Internal Medicine: Preliminary vs. Categorical?

[166197]

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Can someone please clarify the difference for me? I am wanting to go into endocrinology and obviously need a three year IM medicine program.....

 

[njbmd]

Moving to IM residency forum.

 

[GreenOne]

Can someone please clarify the difference for me? I am wanting to go into endocrinology and obviously need a three year IM medicine program.....

do 3 years catagorical IM, then follow that w/ a endocrine fellowship... good luck dude
endocrine is a nice field for the "family-type," you can have a "life," but the pay is not that much different from an internist... good luck

 

[internal plan]

People going into certain specialized residencies (dermatology, anesthesiology, radiology, some ER) have to do a preliminary or transitional year first.