What's an MS0?

[DickyV]

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What do they call M1s and M2s, if JMS and SMS = M3 and M4??

Probably irrelevant since they're (generally) not doing hospital rotations.

 

[smq123]

What do they call M1s and M2s, if JMS and SMS = M3 and M4??

Sometimes they'll refer to MS1 as "freshman" year. But it usually doesn't matter, since MS1s and MS2s aren't signing any progress notes or patient charts.

 

[alwaysaangel]

An MS0 is what I was yesterday. Today I started med school :-/

But I have no problem with the term. Like others have stated here, I think its a useful term to distinguish on this board who is starting medical school next fall versus premeds who are still applying/haven't applied yet.

 

[Ashers]

What do they call M1s and M2s, if JMS and SMS = M3 and M4??

When I got to scrub in surgery with my research preceptor between 1st and 2nd year, I was called a "Baby Medical Student" by the scrub tech. I had been calling myself an "M one-two."

 

[LifetimeDoc]

LifetimeDoc's new and improved, totally-revamped, easy-to-use key to year classifications of students involved in pursuing an MD or DO...

• Pre-Med: student who wishes to goto medical school, and is working towards that goal.
  
• MS0: medical student who hasn't started their first year. They've been accepted, but are just waiting for classes to start.
• MS1: medical student in their first year. Sometimes referred to as "freshman year".
• MS2: medical student in their second year.
• MS3 or JMS: medical student in their third year.
• MS4 or SMS: medical student in their forth year.
  
• PGY1 or R1 or Intern: medical graduate resident in their first year
• PGY2 or R2: medical graduate resident in their second year
• PGY3 or R3: medical graduate resident in their third year

In some systems...

• 1, 2, 3: medical graduate in that particular year
• E1: medical graduate of emergency medicine in their second year
• E2: medical graduate of emergency medicine in their third year
• CA1: medical graduate of clinical anesthesiology in their second year
• CA2: medical graduate of clinical anesthesiology in their third year

 

[Chulito]

In some systems...

• 1, 2, 3: medical graduate in that particular year
• E1: medical graduate of emergency medicine in their second year
• E2: medical graduate of emergency medicine in their third year
• CA1: medical graduate of clinical anesthesiology in their second year
• CA2: medical graduate of clinical anesthesiology in their third year

Well, not to be both anal and an ass, but only 15 (or so) of the EM residency programs use the PGY2-4 format (with a mandatory preliminary/transitional intern year). About as many use a PGY1-4 format, and the majority use a PGY1-3 format. In those cases E1=EM1=PGY1. 😳