psych after Im pGY-1 anyone..?????

[gmonavydoc]

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I completed a PGY-1 in IM then spent 4 years as a Navy GMO (civilian equivalent of nonresidency trained GP basically functioning as a UC doc in the box for the military in exchange for a free private school med education). this was fun and I traveled alot making 90K-100k yr x 4 w/o any Ed Debt.

Now my obligation is up and the Navy monkey off my back allowing me to reenter civilian life take a pay cut and pick a residency to finish. I origianlly 4 yrs ago wanted ER and did a IM prelim however 4 yrs of basically functioning in an acute care/ ambulat. care setting made me realize it was psychiatry I really enjoyed. I also moonlight at a state psych hospital providing h and p and med coverage for ward pts on weekends thus allowing me to gain insight within psychiatric medicine. i know I love it however w/ a IM PGY-1 can I apply for PGY-2 Psych and finish in the normal 36 months? Does psych usually save spots for transfers IM/trans interns who decide PGY-2 that psych is their calling?

Thanks

 

[Anasazi23]

I know many programs (mine included) accept a limited number of PGY-2s. As long as you have fulfilled the basic requirements of a psychiatry PGY-1 resident (internal medicine, etc), you can apply to many programs as a PGY-2 and finish the remaining three years of psychiatry residency. Try this link to search for all the programs and look at their online brochures. Click on Residency/Fellowship Training Program Search and select Psychiatry and any limiters. Many places state if and how many PGY-2s they take. Good luck.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html

 

[Asher]

Hopkins takes approximately half of its residents in a given class during the pgy-2 year -- many of them have done a prelim medicine year. The only issue that might arise is managing to fit the two months of neurology into the remaining part of the residency.