Quick question regarding ACGME residency requirements for prelim internship

[swiftfoot]

I have a quick question regarding the ACGME requirements for internship before starting a rad onc residency. Does anyone know if it's required to do an ICU month prior to the beginning of the PGY2 year? As it stands right now, I am not scheduled to do an ICU month at my prelim program. I know that some specialties require a certain number of ICU months during residency (ie. anesthesia), but I wasn't sure if this was the case for rad onc.

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[IndyXRT]

No need for an ICU month. The internship requirement for rad onc is pretty broad (while most do prelim medicine or transitional year, prelim surgery, family med, OB/GYN, or even peds internships would be acceptable).

Requirements are available at acgme.org. Here is the relevant paragraph:

Int.B.1. Resident education in radiation oncology must include five years of accredited, clinically-oriented graduate medical education. The first year of postgraduate clinical training must be spent in internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, surgery or surgical specialties, pediatrics, or a transitionalyear program. This PGY-1 year must include at least nine months of direct patient care in medical and/or surgical specialties other than radiation oncology. This clinical experience must then be followed by four years focused in radiation oncology.​

 

[swiftfoot]

Got it. Thanks!