prelim versus transitional year

[jessimai1]

It's getting to be a bit late for this but...
As I am filling out my ERAS prelim year apps I find transitional year programs. What are the differences between those, and if there is a diff, can we do PGY1 in a transitional year program. Also, in another thread someone mentioned looking under the prelim category on ERAS for the programs. Are these listed under IM or am I missing something. I see the transitional year category, but no prelim category. I would hate to miss out on one because I failed to seach both places.

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[Methyldopa]

It's getting to be a bit late for this but...
As I am filling out my ERAS prelim year apps I find transitional year programs. What are the differences between those, and if there is a diff, can we do PGY1 in a transitional year program. Also, in another thread someone mentioned looking under the prelim category on ERAS for the programs. Are these listed under IM or am I missing something. I see the transitional year category, but no prelim category. I would hate to miss out on one because I failed to seach both places.

On ERAS prelim years are listed under Internal Medicine. Beware that some neuro programs want you to do a prelim year (which basically entails doing a medicine internship).

On the other hand a transitional year is a hodge podge of rotations (ie radiology, medicine, etc) and is not strictly just medicine