PGY 2 Programs

[tjmDO]

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I was reading today in my EMRA Medical Student Emergency Medicine Survival Guide the section on ERAS and applications as well as the match and a question came up. I believe it said that as a 4th year med student you can apply to PGY-2 programs (Cook County, etc) and the ERAS will have you fill out a supplemental form for the transitional year. It went on to say that if you were to get into that PGY-2 spot the ERAS would then go on to place you in your choice of transitional years. Is this true or have I spun this into ******ation?! By the way I am a 3rd year and I am just trying to read up on stuff so the application process won't sneak up on me

thanks

 

[Seaglass]

Yes it's true and the same for several other programs that start in PGY-2 (rads, Gas). You have to apply to a transitional or prelim year at the same time and end up doing twice as many interviews. I don't think many of us were up for that.

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