The first year of graduate medical education, which ordinarily is integrated into a full residency training program in a designated specialty. Currently, PGY-1 or PG1 (first postgraduate training year) tends to be the preferred term.
A period of study for medical students that provides for the practice of medicine within a hospital setting under the supervision of a resident physician.
Any period of on the job training which is part of a larger educational program. In medicine, dentistry, podiatry and some other health professions, a one year program of graduate medical education practically always coming in the year after graduation. Practically all physicians take internships although they are required for licensure in only 39 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions. An internship usually is required for granting of staff privileges. Residencies are increasingly beginning in the first year after graduation, gradual!}’ eliminating internships.
The period an intern spends in training, usually in a hospital.