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Internship, Residency and Fellowship. As I discussed above, Residency is a 3+ year training program in a medical specialty. The first year of training after medical school is called internship, or more commonly it is called first year of residency or PGY-1 (PostGraduate Year-1). The following years are called PGY-2, PGY-3, etc. The training that is done after a residency (in a subspecialty) is usually called a fellowship. Much of what you will learn in your chosen specialty will be learned in your residency. It's hard to believe that, after 12 years of school, 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school, there is still so much to learn.
A key factor in determining proper internship length is that an internship should be long enough so that an intern can get into the rhythm of the position and complete deliverables that are valuable to you and them. If your position is only for 5-10 hours a week consider a 6-8 month long internship.uring the school year a position should be no longer than 15-20 hours a week. The time commitment should reflect how substantial the position/internship project is -- you should be able to easily fill up the internsâ hours with projects related to the position description. (See Chart Above).