Phone Number

Clinical Research
(803) 935-8300
Institutional Review Board
(803) 935-8300
Nursing Education
(803) 935-8504
Professional Training
(803) 936-7215
Graduate Medical Education Family Medicine
(803) 739-3491
Graduate Medical Education Transitional Year
(803) 791-2769

How to Apply

Program Start Dates

Summer (May graduation)

  • Cohort begins in June/July
  • Application posted in February
  • Interviewing begins in February/March

Fall (August graduation)

  • Cohort begins in September
  • Application posted in July
  • Interviewing begins in July

Spring (December graduation)

  • Cohort begins in February
  • Application posted in September/October
  • Interviewing begins in October

Residency Programs

Apply online in one of five areas: adult acute care, critical care, emergency department, urgent care, and operating room.

Adult acute care nurse residents rotate to two areas within the hospital’s medical and surgical division during a 10-week orientation period. During the eighth week, they interview with nurse managers from both rotation units. Upon completion of the 10-week orientation period, residents will be placed on their home units and receive individualized orientation meetings and be assessed by the unit manager.

Medical Unit Options

  • 4th South Medical
  • 5th South Renal
  • 6th South Medical
  • 7th South Medical Surgical
  • 8th South CVA
  • 6th East Bariatric/Neuro Surgery
  • 7th East Women’s/Colorectal Surgery
  • 8th East Orthopedics
  • 8th North Med/Surg
  • 9th North Oncology

Critical care nurse residents will rotate to two areas within the hospital’s critical care division during their 12-week orientation period. During the 10th week, residents will interview with nurse managers from both rotation units. After completing orientation, they will be placed on their home units and receive an individualized orientation and assessment by their unit manager.

Critical Care Unit Options

  • Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Surgical and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
  • Critical Care Unit
  • Medical Stepdown ICU
  • Surgical and Cardiovascular Stepdown ICU
  • Intermediate ICU
  • Progressive Cardiac Unit

Emergency department nurse residents spend the initial 12 weeks in the hospital’s Emergency Department. Upon completion of the 12 -week period, nurse residents are transitioned to staff RN positions in the Emergency department where they receive an individualized orientation and assessment by their unit manager.

Urgent care nurse residents rotate to two areas within the hospital’s CMC urgent care division during a 12-week orientation period. During the 10th week, they interview with nurse managers from both urgent care centers. Upon completion of the 12-week orientation period, residents will be placed on their home urgent care center and receive individualized orientation meetings and be assessed by the urgent care center manager.

Urgent Care Center Options

  • Lexington Medical Center Cayce
  • Lexington Medical Center Irmo
  • Lexington Medical Center Lexington
  • Lexington Medical Center Northeast
  • Lexington Medical Center Saluda Pointe

Operating Room

Operating Room nurse residents spend the initial 12-week orientation period in the hospital’s main Operating Room. They will rotate to different specialties within the Operating Room during their experience, based on preference and nurse resident progress. Upon completion of the 12-week period, nurse residents are transitioned to a staff RN position in the Operating Room where they receive an individualized orientation and assessment by their manager.