Prelim Year

[GumBougie]

Just curious what the opinions are of Transitional Year vs. Surgery vs. Medicine. Will it set you behind the rest of your fellow anesthesia residents if you decide to do a transitional year that may not have lots of medicine and surgery requirements? How much does your prelim year training affect your actual anesthesiology residency? Does anyone who has already completed a transitional year wish they did a surgery or medicine prelim?

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[fakin' the funk]

Just curious what the opinions are of Transitional Year vs. Surgery vs. Medicine. Will it set you behind the rest of your fellow anesthesia residents if you decide to do a transitional year that may not have lots of medicine and surgery requirements? How much does your prelim year training affect your actual anesthesiology residency? Does anyone who has already completed a transitional year wish they did a surgery or medicine prelim?

There are several older posts on this topic which were pretty helpful.

 

[chicamedica]

I did a medicine prelim, because I thought that attaining a strong medicine background was very important to have a good foundation for anesthesiology. However, in retrospect perhaps a transitional year that has medicine and surgery months (and allows for an anesthesia elective) is a better idea, because my experience has been that knowledge of the surgical procedures helps a lot in terms of timing, for example, and knowing what to expect from the anesthesia side. I've felt like a newbie in terms of the practical aspects of the OR, and this seems to be a very evaluated aspect in anesthesia residency. So, if you want to be seen as a strong anesthesia resident from the outset, my advice is go transitional.

 

[deleted50478]

I don't think it makes a difference so do what you'll like most or hate the least whichever the case may be.