Can you jump into a PGY-2 IM spot from a PGY-1 Transitional Year? What about PGY-2 Family Medicine?
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For IM, the answer is "it depends".
if your TY program has an IM program at the same institution, you will get 1 month of credit for each month that you rotated on an IM service, and were treated just like the IM PGY-1's. This might include the ED, or the ICU, or other services where PGY-1's are all treated the same. You will not get any credit for peds, surgery, OB training -- although, sometimes a PD will be willing to give you 1-2 months of credit for these types of blocks, counting them as "electives".
If your TY program does not have an IM program, then you are likely to only get 3 months of credit maximum.
The ABIM sets out the rules here.
if your TY program has an IM program at the same institution, you will get 1 month of credit for each month that you rotated on an IM service, and were treated just like the IM PGY-1's. This might include the ED, or the ICU, or other services where PGY-1's are all treated the same. You will not get any credit for peds, surgery, OB training -- although, sometimes a PD will be willing to give you 1-2 months of credit for these types of blocks, counting them as "electives".
If your TY program does not have an IM program, then you are likely to only get 3 months of credit maximum.
The ABIM sets out the rules here.
Hi there. I did a transitional year at an FP program that wasn't associated with IM and jumped into IM after that year was completed. Got 6 months of credit for my year of TY, which is the absolute max you can get joining IM from another specialty. Once I decided to do IM, I purposely scheduled IM rotations - nephrology, cards, ID. Got credit for radiology, ER, and another rotation (but I can't remember which one) as well. It helped that my IM PD requested the max of 6 months, which may have been because I received excellent evaluations after starting IM.
As for "being treated the same" as an IM rotation, my FP inpatient months were probably just as intense as any IM I have done (and didn't have much OB or peds at all those months). At least that's my opinion.
Good luck!
As for "being treated the same" as an IM rotation, my FP inpatient months were probably just as intense as any IM I have done (and didn't have much OB or peds at all those months). At least that's my opinion.
Good luck!