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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.
Internship and Residency. After completing medical school and the required licensing exams, doctors who want to specialize in dermatology apply to do internships and residencies in dermatology practices. Internships typically last one year and the residency lasts at least three years.