Intern, Match, Primary Match, Advanced Match

[themule]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

WTF??? Apparently I'm quite ignorant but how the hell does all this residency stuff work? Why do a TY? What is a PGY2 Derm match? Thanks.

 

[Winged Scapula]

WTF??? Apparently I'm quite ignorant but how the hell does all this residency stuff work? Why do a TY? What is a PGY2 Derm match? Thanks.

Internship is the first year of residency.

A Transitional Year is an internship year comprised of multi-specialty rotations and fulfills the requirements of some residencies that do not offer an internship year (ie, Derm). Why do it? Because TYs are generally considered to be quite cushy in comparison to intern years in medicine or surgery. For that reason, TYs tend to be competitive.

A PGY-2 Derm position is an Advanced Match. You match for this in your final year of medical school to start as a PGY-2 (or two years in the future) but you are responsible for also matching to a Prelim or TY someplace (the regular match). There are many fields which are an advanced match.

You might consider taking a look at the FAQs or doing a search because these are common questions.

 

[BigRedBeta]

Got beaten to the punch...

 

[canal]

so if I am applying to a residency program that begins at pg2, I would have to apply elsewhere or maybe at the same hospital for prelim or transitional year...now so once I finish this intern year I will go on to the pg2 program that I had apply for the previous year. So basically, this pg2 residency program would match me one year prior to my matriculation into their program with the condition that I have finished my intern somewhere else...now, have I understood this process right?

 

[Law2Doc]

so if I am applying to a residency program that begins at pg2, I would have to apply elsewhere or maybe at the same hospital for prelim or transitional year...now so once I finish this intern year I will go on to the pg2 program that I had apply for the previous year. So basically, this pg2 residency program would match me one year prior to my matriculation into their program with the condition that I have finished my intern somewhere else...now, have I understood this process right?

The prelim or transitional year doesn't have to be at the same hospital, and often isn't. The rest of your post is accurate. A lot of fields (the ROAD specialties, neurology, rad onc, PM&R) want people to have a preliminary intern year first, as foundation, before they specialize. This is more or less a holdover from the 1980s and earlier, when EVERY resident became a generalist first and later specialized.

 

[rachmoninov3]

sorry to unearth a 7 month old thread, but I was just hoping to get a few questions answered about the whole match process:

If I understand this correctly, it's like being on the wait list: You rank your top choices, and in turn, they rank you. If they are 3 slots, and 4 people, but person #1 backs out, then person #4 can be called in later?

Also, what if your choices change? Can you decline your #1 match if you change your mind?

 

[ChiDO]

sorry to unearth a 7 month old thread, but I was just hoping to get a few questions answered about the whole match process:

If I understand this correctly, it's like being on the wait list: You rank your top choices, and in turn, they rank you. If they are 3 slots, and 4 people, but person #1 backs out, then person #4 can be called in later?

Also, what if your choices change? Can you decline your #1 match if you change your mind?

http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/about_res/algorithms.html

Read that website to know how the match works.

As for "changing your mind," I believe that if you match you are in a legal binding contract and thus would probably have to pay some penalty to get our of the contract. Even if you did get out of your contract, what would you do? The scramble already took place, so basically, you'd have to sit out another year and probably have a big red flag on your application for the next match.

 

[Winged Scapula]

http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/about_res/algorithms.html

Read that website to know how the match works.

As for "changing your mind," I believe that if you match you are in a legal binding contract and thus would probably have to pay some penalty to get our of the contract. Even if you did get out of your contract, what would you do? The scramble already took place, so basically, you'd have to sit out another year and probably have a big red flag on your application for the next match.

Not only that but unless the NRMP lets you out of your match contract (reportedly rarely), you are barred from participating in the match for 3 years.