Basic questions

[gunkspam]

I'm wondering if I understand this process correctly. Do most derm residencies begin at the PGY-2 level after an internship? It seems like most people here speak of entering a derm residency right out of med school. If that's so, is it better to try for a derm residency program beginning at PGY-1 or are those programs especially competitive and chances are better after an internship year?

Thanks!

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[Long Dong]

I'm wondering if I understand this process correctly. Do most derm residencies begin at the PGY-2 level after an internship? It seems like most people here speak of entering a derm residency right out of med school. If that's so, is it better to try for a derm residency program beginning at PGY-1 or are those programs especially competitive and chances are better after an internship year?

Thanks!

1. Yes.
2. No not better to try derm beginning pgy-1.
3. No not especially competitive.
4. Not better chances after internship.

Your best bet so I've heard is to apply to derm out of med school as a senior. Most derm residencies begin at pgy2 after you do an internship (transitional, medicine, or surgical, I've even heard of some doing peds). You apply to both the internship and derm residencies as a senior in med school. There are some programs that have the internship built in, usually an internship in medicine. These are not especially more competitive then derm residencies begining pgy2, probably because alot of people applying to derm prefer to do a transitional year, because these are seen as more "cushy." Hope that clears somethings up.