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[Complications]

One more day of intern year ... who's with me? Almost over. Oh yeah.

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[oldbearprofessor]

One more day of intern year ... who's with me? Almost over. Oh yeah.

I have only one more in-house call as a PL-25 or is it 26? or 27: It's hard to count that many years...!!!

What is annoying is that I have to do more call as a PL-26 (or is it 27, or 28) than as a PL-25 (or is it 26?).

Oh well, I hear the PL-40 year is easy!

 

[edmadison]

Yes, congrats to the "graduating" interns. I'll tell you, though, one of the scariest days of my life was my first call as an "upper" level resident.

Ed

 

[jonb12997]

awesome!! congrates! but i do have a question. What does PL mean? I can't seem to find it anywhere...

 

[165808]

awesome!! congrates! but i do have a question. What does PL mean? I can't seem to find it anywhere...

You know what?? Great question Some programs use PGY (post-graduate year, I get that one), but others use PL (for instance, my program), and I have no idea what it means either.

And is there a difference between the two besides just semantics?

 

[oldbearprofessor]

You know what?? Great question Some programs use PGY (post-graduate year, I get that one), but others use PL (for instance, my program), and I have no idea what it means either.

And is there a difference between the two besides just semantics?

PL = Pediatric Level.

Purely semantics.

And Ed is right - it isn't until the PL-2 year that residents are likely to be left "alone" in a situation in which they need to primarily intubate a baby or otherwise make a critical decision/perform a procedure. The PL-2 and PL-3 years may overall be easier than PL-1, but there will be some months/nights that are harder/more stressful than any PL-1 night/rotation. Of course, by then you're ready for it!

 

[TexasRose]

You know what?? Great question Some programs use PGY (post-graduate year, I get that one), but others use PL (for instance, my program), and I have no idea what it means either.

And is there a difference between the two besides just semantics?

Isn't PL just Pediatric Level? As in PL-1 is a pedi intern.

 

[TexasRose]

PL = Pediatric Level.

Purely semantics.

doh! simultaneous posting makes me look stoopid!

 

[oldbearprofessor]

doh! simultaneous posting makes me look stoopid!

I prefer to think of it as "great minds think alike"

 

[Droopy]

awesome!! congrates! but i do have a question. What does PL mean? I can't seem to find it anywhere...

We finish up tomorrow as well.

Our hospitals use the PL abbreviation as well: PL-1 = Postgraduate level 1

Droopy

 

[165808]

PL = Pediatric Level.

Purely semantics.

Oh, wow. That's crazy!! Pediatrics is so cool we even have our own residency year terminology?

 

[Complications]

PL = Pediatric Level.

Purely semantics.

And Ed is right - it isn't until the PL-2 year that residents are likely to be left "alone" in a situation in which they need to primarily intubate a baby or otherwise make a critical decision/perform a procedure. The PL-2 and PL-3 years may overall be easier than PL-1, but there will be some months/nights that are harder/more stressful than any PL-1 night/rotation. Of course, by then you're ready for it!

Well, thanks for deflating me . Tell me about it, I start my first two weeks as a night senior. Crazy!

 

[Freibi]

We finish up tomorrow as well.

Our hospitals use the PL abbreviation as well: PL-1 = Postgraduate level 1

Droopy

That's right, PL is "postgraduate years", and it's a coincidence that "Pediatric" starts with a P, too. I think OBP made a joke referring to PL as "Pediatric Level".

 

[oldbearprofessor]

Google "PL" and "pediatric level" and you'll see many links with the definition so it isn't just me...

for one of many examples...

http://www.peds.arizona.edu/residency/curriculum.asp

I'm sure there's a fascinating history to the term, but I don't care about it or which definition came first. I do know that at the institutions where I've been in the last 30 years, it was defined as "pediatric level". Of course, it is identical to PGY, post-graduate year in meaning, but, pedi has used it's own term for at least 30 years, probably much longer.

 

[Freibi]

Hmmm, interesting. So a Med-Peds resident has 4 Pediatric levels to go through, then?