Health care giant BayCare adds 100 students with expanded residency

Clearwater-based hospital system BayCare announced it is expanding its graduate medical education programs for the 2025-2026 academic year. 

Seven programs will line the new docket, including emergency medicine, adding four more internal medicine programs, another transitional year program and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, according to a statement. The programs will add an additional 100 students. 

The programs will take place at hospitals around the Tampa Bay area, including St. Joseph’s hospitals in Tampa and Riverview, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey, Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor and St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.