Post Graduate Year? Residency

[Kosherthugg]

I dont understand the PGY thing from the following link..is PGY like 7...7 years after graduating med school???

SGU Residency Postings for 2007 (http://www.sgu.edu/ERD/ResidPost.nsf/BYPGY?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=PGY1&Count=-1)

would somebody please explain. thanks.

[jameslynton]

I dont understand the PGY thing from the following link..is PGY like 7...7 years after graduating med school???

SGU Residency Postings for 2007 (http://www.sgu.edu/ERD/ResidPost.nsf/BYPGY?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=PGY1&Count=-1)

would somebody please explain. thanks.PGY-1 is the first year, most are three years long to PGY-3, some residency like surgeries are five to seven years long. Normally, PGY-6 and PGY-7 you are the chief of a service/attending/fellowship. PGY = Post Graduate Year

[Kosherthugg]

are there more complete residency statistics from SGU than those in the link I provided in my previous post? Are there like %ages for each year, etc. Thanks guys.

[RussianJoo]

So what's the difference between PGY2 and R2??

[rokshana]

So what's the difference between PGY2 and R2??

well, technically, the pgy-1 year is an intern year, so not generally considered to be a resident, so R(esident) 2 is the 2nd year of residency which in some cases is a PGY 3 because PGY is Post Graduate Year, which includes the intern year.

[Kosherthugg]

so THAT many people don't begin residency? or is it accepted that PGY1 is usually an intern year?

[jaywalk81]

it is generally accepted that pgy1=intern yr

[RussianJoo]

leave it the MD's to even make the post graduate status confusing.. Having two different names for the same thing is stupid. I think on odd days I will call myself R1 and on even numbered day's i'll call myself PGY2 once I am a resident...

[cuevasso]

The PGY system is actually the newer more modern classification.

The old classification, for example, in medicine or peds which are 3-year residencies:

1st year: intern
2nd year: junior resident
3rd year: senior resident

but this would get confusing when you dealt with residencies longer than 3 years like OB/GYN, surgery, etc. in addition, some people may have switched residencies from one specialty to another. so to minimize confusion with level of training, the PGY (post grad year) system was instituted.

this is also important because in many places, payscale is based on PGY year.

[cuevasso]

The PGY system is actually the newer more modern classification.

The old classification, for example, in medicine or peds which are 3-year residencies:

1st year: intern
2nd year: junior resident
3rd year: senior resident

but this would get confusing when you dealt with residencies longer than 3 years like OB/GYN, surgery, etc. in addition, some people may have switched residencies from one specialty to another. so to minimize confusion with level of training, the PGY (post grad year) system was instituted.

this is also important because in many places, payscale is based on PGY year.

[swimguy23]

leave it the MD's to even make the post graduate status confusing.. Having two different names for the same thing is stupid. I think on odd days I will call myself R1 and on even numbered day's i'll call myself PGY2 once I am a resident...

you think thats bad, some of the med-peds programs I interviewed at used both PGY and R.....and I could be a PGY2 but an R1 at the same time.....some med peds programs have a 16 month internship

swimguys head started to hurt

[RussianJoo]

Hahhahaaha...