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Table 12.1 RESIDENCY TRAINING FOR VARIOUS SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES
Training Period
Prerequisite
Training
(years)
Specialty
Nature of Work
Year(s)
Area
Minimum
Maximum
Aerospace Medicine
Care for individuals
One
Preventive Medicine
Two
Two
involved in space travel
Allergy and
Treatment of illness due to
Three
Medicine
Two
Three
Immunology
hypersensitivity to a specific
substance or condition
Anesthesiology
Producing a partial or total
One
Clinical Base
Three
Four
loss of pain by use of drugs,
gases, or other means
Cardiovascular
Diagnosis and treatment of
Three
Medicine
Three
Three
Disease
heart and blood vessel diseases
Child and Adolescent
Treatment of emotional
One
General Psychiatry
Four
Four
Psychiatry
disorders of children and
adolescents
Colon and Rectal
Treatment of diseases of
Three
General Surgery
Two
Two
Surgery
the lower bowel
Dermatology
Treatment of skin diseases
One
Medicine
Three
Three
Diagnostic Radiology
Use of specialized X-ray
One
Clinical Base
Four
Five
techniques for diagnosis
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis and treatment of
One
Medicine
Two
Three
acute and life-threatening
illnesses
Family Practice
Evaluating total health
--
--
Three
Three
(Primary Care)
needs and providing routine
treatment
Forensic Pathology
Use of pathological methods
Three
Pathology
One
Two
in criminal investigations
Gastroenterology
Diagnosis and treatment of
Three
Medicine
Two
Three
disease of the digestive tract
Hand Surgery
Treatment of injuries to the hand
Five
General Surgery
One
One
Internal Medicine
Treatment of diseases and
--
--
Three
Three
organs with medications
Neonatal-Perinatal
Treatment of infants and
Three
Pediatrics
Three
Three
Medicine
high-risk newborns
Nephrology
Diseases of the kidneys
Three
Medicine
Two
Three
Neurosurgery
Surgery of the nervous system
One
General Surgery
Five
Five
Neurology
Treatment of nervous system
One
Clinical Base
Three
Four
with medications
Neuropathology
Diagnosis of pathological
Four
Pathology
One
Two
conditions of the nervous
system
Nuclear Medicine
Use of radioactive substances
Three
Medicine, Pathology,
Two
Three
in the diagnosis and treatment
or Radiology
of diseases
Obstetrics and
Care during pregnancy and
One
Clinical Base
Three
Four
Gynecology
labor and treatment of diseases
of genital and reproductive
system
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