"Training Offered" - ERAS

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Will someone please explain what the below options mean which is stated in programs in the ERAS application. I searched the FAQs and found no explainations on this. 😕

Pgy1 (Categorical)
Pgy2 (Categorical)
Pgy3 (Categorical)
Pgy4 (Categorical)
Pgy5 (Categorical)
Pgy2-Pgy4 (Categorical)
Categorical
Residency Training (Advanced)
Residency (Advanced)
Advanced
Preliminary-3yr program (Preliminary)
Categorical-4yr program (Categorical)
 
medstudam said:
Will someone please explain what the below options mean which is stated in programs in the ERAS application. I searched the FAQs and found no explainations on this. 😕

Pgy1 (Categorical)
Pgy2 (Categorical)
Pgy3 (Categorical)
Pgy4 (Categorical)
Pgy5 (Categorical)
Pgy2-Pgy4 (Categorical)
Categorical
Residency Training (Advanced)
Residency (Advanced)
Advanced
Preliminary-3yr program (Preliminary)
Categorical-4yr program (Categorical)

http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/special_part/inst_officials/registering.html

The majority of new grads entering anesthesia choose a prelim year (medicine, surg, or transitional) and an advanced anesthesiology position (CA-1-3). The rest choose categorical (linked prelim and advanced spot at one institution).