"My transitional year residency at Firelands was an incredible experience that provided me with a strong foundation in clinical skills and a supportive community that helped me grow both personally and professionally. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have trained here and would highly recommend it to future residents."
-Dr. Hussain – Graduating Class of 2024
"My time at Firelands was well supported and served as a great foundation to begin my medical career. I was pleased with the amount of endless support from the faculty! The atmosphere at the institution was always collegial, which made for a great workplace to receive quality training."
- Jarrod Buchanon, D.O. – Graduating Class of 2021
Nestled on the scenic shores of Lake Erie, Firelands is a hidden gem for graduate medical education. Due to a 1:1 resident to preceptor ratio, I had an opportunity to perform a multitude of procedures, gain appropriate autonomy and learn from a broad range of clinical experiences. Additionally, I was able to teach, mentor, and lecture to medical students from both Ohio University and Des Moines University. Research opportunities exist as well – working with the Chief Medical Informatics Officer, we were able to investigate an artificial intelligence algorithm able to predict sepsis 7 hours before it occurred. Finally, the medical education staff at Firelands is second to none – I always felt as though the environment was extremely collegial and supportive of my training efforts. Although I will be sad to move on to my advanced program in Diagnostic Radiology, I feel like I could not have picked a better program than Firelands for my Transitional Year Residency and would do it again in a heartbeat.”
- Christian Park, D.O. – Graduating Class of 2019
“I was first made aware of the Firelands Family Medicine Residency Program during my third and fourth year clinicals where I worked closely along side some of the family medicine residents. I believe the atmosphere at Firelands was just what I was looking for: small enough for direct one-on-one attention from attendings, but also large enough for a variety of patient cases to diversify my skill set. The culture is geared heavily towards resident autonomy, which helped sharpen my skills as a provider, but it also allows for plenty of work/life balance.”
- Cameron Conard, D.O. - Graduating Class of 2020
"Completing a transitional year at Firelands was such a blessing. From the moment I started, it was one big family. Everyone I worked with was so helpful, and the main goal is to help you become a great physician. The medical education staff is very approachable. They worked with me to schedule my away auditions and interviews. I had a great work-life balance while working as a resident, and I was able to create a life in Sandusky. Even though I was only in Sandusky for one year, I developed meaningful relationships with my patients in continuity clinic. I definitely felt prepared to start my new residency, but I miss Firelands and Family Health Services, Sandusky, and all of the friends I made during my time there."
- Dr. Jessica Branstetter, transitional year residency Class of 2018
