2006-11-03 03:52:30 · 8 answers · asked by trenchwatch 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Wow, lots of bad information here.
The internship year is basically your first year of residency (apparently in the past you could go into general practice after the one year intership or go on and do a residency for more specialized training, but now everything has a residency period and students match to their residency program after medical school , so internship is just the first year of residency).
An intern has completed medical school, passed the USMLE Step 1 and 2, and received his MD, but is not yet fully licensed to practice without supervision.
Some respondents have confused internship with the final two years of medical school. In a typical program, these are the clinical rotations, in which students get hands-on practice in clinical situations. They are still students, though, and that's different from internship.
2006-11-03 06:12:51 · answer #1 · answered by EQ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think a internship is the year of hospital work between medical school and starting a residency.
2006-11-03 03:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both answers are right but the internship is a year of clinical hospital work while you are still in school where you do rotations in every different part of the hospital so you can actually use your knowledge in every specialty. When you have completed this you will do a residency at a hospital, hopefully one you choose, for about one to two years, depending on the specialty you choose. The internship will help you decide what specialty you prefer.
2006-11-03 04:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by diturtlelady2004 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
internship comes before residency. there are steps to becoming an MD so residency is the last step before you can be out on your own, I think you get paid for residency but I'm not sure about internship.
2006-11-03 04:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by lea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to be an intern before you can be a resident. Check out the AMA (American Medical Association) website for more information.
2006-11-03 04:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by Atena4ever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Internship, you have to do that beofre you get your Doctor's degrees, and residency is the service you do to get your Pediatrician degree. I think !
2016-03-19 03:07:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
residency is what you do after you graduate and before boards
2006-11-03 05:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by Katie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
internship is shorter
2006-11-03 05:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by Joe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋