I'm confused about residencies.

kayleealia
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:00:47 +0000

Okay, can somebody please help me clear this up?

I thought residencies began after you graduated med school. Do they start while you’re still IN med school?
I -think- I want to do my residency in internal medicine, without a subspecialty. Would I do a 7-year internship in internal medicine? I can’t believe I’m referencing a TV show here, haha, but on Scrubs, the main character [who is an internal medicine specialty] does a rotation in surgery. Is this false info, or…I dunno, how do rotations work? Does everybody do them?