What is the difference between FYGME and PGY-1?

[WBGIII]

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Is there a difference between FYGME and PGY-1? Would a 'transitional year' be considered a FYGME? and after medical school, do you have to do a transitional year, or can you go straight into residency?

For example, if residency programs I am looking at (emergency med) are three years (PGY-1 to PGY-3), will there have to be a transitional year before that?

thanks for helping out the newbie.

 

[Wizard of Oz]

I thought that FYGME was just a military PGY-1.

Big problems on SDN using transitional interchangably with preliminary.

Transitional--broad sampling, programs of wide variability with respect to quality, stringency, and content; often quite competative and matchable by students matching competative categoricals

Preliminary--surgery or medicine (also heard of peds) year reminiscent of what was called internship in the old days, more common than transitionals in specialties with 1 + 3, 4, etc. training

PGY-1 prelim/transitional is used in a lot of the specialties where well-rounded training is needed for step 3 before the trainee enters a more focused specialty.

For EM, you'll apply for both the prelim and the categorical at the same time. Some programs have combined programs that avoid the need to double match.

 

[deleted77919]

Some EM program are still 2-4, which means you need to do a prelim year in something (medicine or surgery for example) then spend years 2-4 doing EM. However, most EM programs are 1-3 or 1-4 (and the trend seems to be moving that way) so there's no need for a prelim year for those programs.

 

[Disinence2]

Thanks, I was wondering about that too

 

[glp]

Transitional--broad sampling, programs of wide variability with respect to quality, stringency, and content; often quite competative and matchable by students matching competative categoricals

i was under the impression that transitional years were for people matching advanced positions (ie PGY2). categorical positions mean that the PGY1 year is done at the same program as the the advanced years. right? in other words a categorical rads program would mean you match the program for PGY1-5 and an advanced program you match for PGY2-5 meaning you are required to match a separate prelim or transitional spot for PGY1.

 

[Wizard of Oz]

i was under the impression that transitional years were for people matching advanced positions (ie PGY2). categorical positions mean that the PGY1 year is done at the same program as the the advanced years. right? in other words a categorical rads program would mean you match the program for PGY1-5 and an advanced program you match for PGY2-5 meaning you are required to match a separate prelim or transitional spot for PGY1.

Indeed I am guilty of the same type of misnomer that I complained about. You're right, there is a difference between advanced and categorical. I should have said advanced.

I started off by going into additional depth, but for the sake of simplicity I edited out the wrong part. 🙁