Preparing for Residency

Most popular medical residency programs in Tennessee

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This past year, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state. 

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Drawn from more than 38,000 pageviews of the 132 Tennessee residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about Tennessee residencies.

For another unique view of which programs are capturing the attention of your peers, check out our list of the 20 most-viewed residency specialties.

Rankings are based on user activity on FREIDA™ from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2024. To qualify for this analysis, users must have searched by specialty and applied a state or region filter. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

  1. Health Education Services/Crestwood Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  2. East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

  3. Health Education Services Program (Internal Medicine)

  4. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  5. Baptist Memorial Medical Education (Oxford) Program (Internal Medicine)

  6. Health Education Services/Northwest Healthcare (Tucson) Program (Internal Medicine)

  7. Baptist Memorial Medical Education (Columbus) Program (Internal Medicine)

  8. Health Education Services/Merit Health Wesley Program (Internal Medicine)

  9. University of Tennessee Program (Internal Medicine)

  10. University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga Program (Internal Medicine)

  11. Health Education Services Program (Internal Medicine)

  12. Meharry Medical College Program (Internal Medicine)

  13. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Program (Internal Medicine)

  14. University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville Program (Internal Medicine)

  15. Baptist Memorial Medical Education (Jonesboro) Program (Internal Medicine)

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