How does the first year Categorical Medicine program differ from the first year Preliminary Medicine program?
Both programs include Internal Medicine experience sufficient to qualify as a first year for Board Certification in Internal Medicine. The categorical medicine curriculum incorporates outpatient as well as inpatient Internal Medicine rotations while the preliminary medicine curriculum has less experience in ambulatory care. For example, the Categorical curriculum includes scheduled emergency room and medical clinic assignments. The Preliminary (1-year) residents may do an ER rotation as an elective. “Prelim” interns do more months (2-3) of MICU, while “Cat” interns are only allowed to have one. The MICU is one of the most popular rotations in the program. Both curricula include inpatient general medicine, cardiology, critical care units, and Hematology/Oncology. Average Categorical and Preliminary interns have almost identical numbers of call nights, night float and work load. The biggest difference between the two programs is that Preliminary interns do 2-3 months of MICU while Catego
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