acronyms and terms

[ayj]

Could any of you guys help me with the basics of some of these acronyms I see used a lot? I'm considering HPSP and have been looking at Army brochures. They say payback begins "following your First Year of Graduate Medical Education (FYGME)"

I understand residency is what you do after you finish med school to complete training in whatever specialty you've chosen.

What is

FYGME
GME
GME-1
PGY-1
internship year

Thanks for any help!

ayj

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[mpp]

It seems to me that most of those terms mean the same. When someone speaks of "Graduate Medical Education (GME)" they mean residency.

Another term sometimes used is Post-Graduate Year, so a PGY-1 is a person out of medical school for one year. Your internship year is your PGY-1 or your FYGME.

There are some slight variations for certain residency programs that require internship years prior to PGY-1, etc., but for the most part PGY-1, FYGME, GME-1, and intership year all mean exactly the same thing: the first year of residency.