Preventative Medicine Residency Req's.

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I have noticed that some residency positions for preventative medicine require 3 years of PGY training, while some require only a transitional year. Which is more common?

Sample 3 years reqd: Mayo
http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/preventmed...dmissions.html

sample 1 year reqd: Hopkins
http://www.jhsph.edu/gpmr/apply_to_the_residency

Originally Posted by indya

I have noticed that some residency positions for preventative medicine require 3 years of PGY training, while some require only a transitional year. Which is more common?

Sample 3 years reqd: Mayo
http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/preventmed...dmissions.html

sample 1 year reqd: Hopkins
http://www.jhsph.edu/gpmr/apply_to_the_residency

The Mayo program is a *fellowship* not a residency, hence the requirement to be BE/BC with a completed residency.

If you want to do a Preventive Med *residency* then most only require a TY or Prelim IM year.

Originally Posted by Winged Scapula

The Mayo program is a *fellowship* not a residency, hence the requirement to be BE/BC with a completed residency.

If you want to do a Preventive Med *residency* then most only require a TY or Prelim IM year.

Is there any difference in job opportunities for each choice?

Originally Posted by indya

Is there any difference in job opportunities for each choice?

Yes. The person who does it as a fellowship will also be a BE/BC internist and can work either in Primary Care or hospitalist work (plus all the other options available for a general internist) as well as Prev Med. The person who does a PM residency can only do Prev Med.

That said, most people who do Prev Med do it because they want little/no clinical interaction although this is not a universal truth.