New Grad, PGY-1, AND PGY-2 Differences

[RxMTM]

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Hey guys, I have a rough idea of what the differences are between being a new grad, PGY-1, and PGY-2. But what are the pros and cons, really. I know you can be a faculty member with one year of residency. Also, I know you need two years of residency to become a specialist. What are some experiences or insight you guys have on this?👍

 

[Passion4Sci]

Asked similar questions to every pharmacist I know, work with, or volunteer with.

General consensus: PGY 2 makes you too specialized, no residency makes you too uncompetitive, and PGY 1 is just right.

 

[rxforlife2004]

Hey guys, I have a rough idea of what the differences are between being a new grad, PGY-1, and PGY-2. But what are the pros and cons, really. I know you can be a faculty member with one year of residency. Also, I know you need two years of residency to become a specialist. What are some experiences or insight you guys have on this?👍

A new grad: fresh, generally lacking of experiences (there are exceptions, of courses).
PGY-1: generally repeating clinical rotations from last year of pharm school with more-in-depth exposure to different settings for another year.
PGY-2: focusing on one or some specialty for one year.

You can be a faculty member with one year of residency. You don't have to have 2 years of residency to become a specialist. I've know a couple oncology pharmacists who were promoted from staff pharmacist positions, and they are doing just fine. Experience counts....

 

[RxMTM]

General consensus: PGY 2 makes you too specialized, no residency makes you too uncompetitive, and PGY 1 is just right.

What you are saying makes sense since most graduates go straight into the workforce without any post-grad training.
I'm hoping this remains for a while. I'm hearing that schools are starting to require PGY-1 residencies.

You can be a faculty member with one year of residency. You don't have to have 2 years of residency to become a specialist. I've know a couple oncology pharmacists who were promoted from staff pharmacist positions, and they are doing just fine. Experience counts....

So it would be a better idea to get paid full salary and specialize on your own by experience. That sounds like a better deal to me.

 

[297point1]

What you are saying makes sense since most graduates go straight into the workforce without any post-grad training.
I'm hoping this remains for a while. I'm hearing that schools are starting to require PGY-1 residencies.

Huh? Required for what?

 

[RxMTM]

Huh? Required for what?

Sorry. I meant that they may require a residency in the near future.

Here is an article on in:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1959211/

 

[homeslice]

Sorry. I meant that they may require a residency in the near future.

Here is an article on in:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1959211/

There aren't near enough residency positions for this to be possible. This past cycle there were already over 1000 (I think?) residency applicants that went unmatched.

 

[297point1]

Sorry. I meant that they may require a residency in the near future.

Schools have no more power to require a post-GRADUATE residency than they do to require you to make your annual alumni donation.

On the other hand, employers have been moving in this direction for a while. Any recent graduate looking for a hospital job with a clinical services component is almost required to do a residency- it's only a matter of time until ALL hires for hospital positions require a residency from recent grads.

I can't say I see retail heading down the same road.