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Specialty

Intern (Internship)

The hospital intern year (internship) or PGY1

Duration 1 years FT
Pre-requisites Medical Degree
Institution Teaching Hospital
Specialty All

Typically this year encompasses several terms providing a broad range of medical and surgical experience.

  1. 3 months of a Medical Specialty
  2. 3 months of a Surgical Specialty
  3. 3 months of Emergency Medicine
  4. 3 months Trainee Choice

The intern year is closely supervised and assessed. Successful completion of the year enables the doctor to proceed to further less supervised medical practice.