This past June, a group of young doctors came through the doors of Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital to embark on a year-long journey that will shape the rest of their lives. Three of these doctors have opened up their lives to give a first hand look into the rigorous training, the successes and challenges, the joys and the pains they encounter, as they rotate through our inpatient units, emergency room and surgical suites. Our local daily newspaper, The Enterprise will chronicle the rotations of these doctors on the pages of the newspaper and their  web site feature, Making A Doctor.

Featured this week: Med school graduates embark on rigorous residency program.

For more than thirty years, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital has been a training ground for young doctors. Our academic affiliation with Tufts Medical Center includes residency programs in surgery and internal medicine. Additionally, we offer our own transitional year residency program which is being documented by “Making A Doctor.”

This transitional residency program, started in 1976 under the leadership of Dr. Burton J. Polansky, was developed to provide the strong core of medical practice for doctors who will go on to establish themselves as excellent physicians in a variety of fields.

In total, approximately 80 surgical and medical residents and a large number of medical students from Tufts Medical School rotate through Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital during the course of each year. We are proud of our teaching and training programs and proud of the many physicians who got their start here. 

Over the course of the coming year you will get to know James, Justin, and Leah.  You will meet the doctors and nurses they work with, and the patients they treat. You will see them grow and mature. This dedicated group of doctors represents the future of healthcare in America. They are training in one of the most sophisticated community-based hospitals, learning the intricacies of electronic medical records, while training under the watchful eyes of some of most compassionate and clinically renowned doctors in the region.

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is pleased to work with The Enterprise to bring you this coverage, and proud to serve the healthcare needs of this region.