Pl? Pgy?

[pianola]

Quick question:

If a resident is a PL 8 (pediatrics) what does that mean? What about PGY#?

What do these abbreviations mean

Thanks.

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[shawnzy]

Quick question:

If a resident is a PL 8 (pediatrics) what does that mean? What about PGY#?

What do these abbreviations mean

Thanks.

not sure about the PL but I'm fairly certain that PGY stands for post graduate year and the # is the year

ex PGY1 would be post graduate year 1

 

[nonesuchgirl]

not sure about the PL but I'm fairly certain that PGY stands for post graduate year and the # is the year

ex PGY1 would be post graduate year 1

Yup. PGY= R, also. (R= resident). PGY 1 is also intern year.

Never heard of PL, where was it?

 

[oldbearprofessor]

Yup. PGY= R, also. (R= resident). PGY 1 is also intern year.

Never heard of PL, where was it?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=535664

PL is pediatric level and is our term for our training, just like anesthesia uses CA for it's training post-internship. PGY is the more general term. The linked thread has a mildly entertaining description of the difference and origin of the terms. Since pediatric training is 3 years, then beyond 3 years would go into fellowships. Since essentially all fellowships are 3 years and even allowing for a chief resident year, it would be hard to exceed PL-7 as a true training year in pediatrics. Of course, if you continue with the pedi terminology in other fields it's possible.

 

[pianola]

Yup. PGY= R, also. (R= resident). PGY 1 is also intern year.

Never heard of PL, where was it?

Maybe PL is pre-lim? or post-lim? or something. The resident list was posted where I shadow and they were all PL 3-8s.

EDIT: Never mind. There was only one PL-8. Maybe he was doing something special...

Thanks OBP

 

[nonesuchgirl]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=535664

PL is pediatric level and is our term for our training, just like anesthesia uses CA for it's training post-internship. PGY is the more general term. The linked thread has a mildly entertaining description of the difference and origin of the terms. Since pediatric training is 3 years, then beyond 3 years would go into fellowships. Since essentially all fellowships are 3 years and even allowing for a chief resident year, it would be hard to exceed PL-7 as a true training year in pediatrics. Of course, if you continue with the pedi terminology in other fields it's possible.

Ooh! That's nifty.

 

[dienekes88]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=535664

PL is pediatric level and is our term for our training, just like anesthesia uses CA for it's training post-internship. PGY is the more general term. The linked thread has a mildly entertaining description of the difference and origin of the terms. Since pediatric training is 3 years, then beyond 3 years would go into fellowships. Since essentially all fellowships are 3 years and even allowing for a chief resident year, it would be hard to exceed PL-7 as a true training year in pediatrics. Of course, if you continue with the pedi terminology in other fields it's possible.

Maybe a second fellowship?

Would a pediatric surgeon use PL-terminology?