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Can someone answer me this question???plzzzz...

1. alkis94
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   I have a question.Sorry if my english isn't perfect...What is the position of Baily at the hospital?If i have understand correctly until the third season she was a resident but when the main characters became residents what was her position until she became chief resident?She was still resident?But if she had been still a resident she would have been at the same postition as the others but i think that she was a little bit beyond from them.Plzzz someone ask me

   Posted 9/8/2009 4:03:05 PM #
2. McDreamyLover18
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   she was always just a residentt but she kept on growing she had her interns then got cief resdient and she still is and she is a general surgeaon well she is i htink we dont know if she accepts the ped's fellowship

   Posted 9/8/2009 4:39:46 PM #
3. Ace
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   Hiearchy in a hospital is determined by the residency year, or PGY (post-graduate year).

   During seasons 1-3, Bailey was a 4th-year general surgery resident (PGY-4) and her interns, Grey, Yang, O'Malley, Stevens, and Karev were first-year general surgery residents/interns (PGY-1). When the interns became 2nd-year residents, Bailey because a 5th-year resident. In general surgery, the 5th to 7th years are considered senior resident status, enabling those residents eligibility to a general surgery sub-specializiation/fellowship.

   Even though by 4th and 5th seasons, Bailey's original interns were residents, they were not of the same "position"; Bailey is still an upper-level that outranks the other lower-level residents. Her position as Chief Resident allows her to outrank even 5th-year residents.

   Hopefully, this answers your question!

   Posted 9/8/2009 11:39:55 PM #
4. wannabeMer
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   That was a great explanation Ace. Thanks.

   I'm wondering what position the interns will have this year (Lexie and her co-interns) because if they are now residents, will they have their own interns? I don't want that many new people on the show. Plus, I don't think they are ready to be residents. They just don't seem as "on the ball" as the original "Fab Five".

   Posted 9/9/2009 9:37:44 PM #
5. greysanatomyismylife
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   I think this year she's going to be an attending or a fellow because in the pictures she was wearing darker blue scrubs like the attendings (I don't know what the fellows wear).

   Posted 9/13/2009 8:24:38 AM #
6. alkis94
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   Ace thanx.I also want to ask you two more things.Callie was a resident but not a general an orthopedic(or whatever it's called)?and when these doctors can be a specific surgeοn(eg heart surgeon,neurosurgeon,etc....)?whenever they want but only if they have become residents?at a specific year of they're residency?when they are still interns?and the final question.what do fellow-fellowship and attending mean?

   Posted 9/13/2009 11:12:16 AM #
7. alkis94
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   will anyone answer me?

   Posted 9/15/2009 6:01:34 PM #
8. Ace
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   Alkis94, It depends on what surgical specialty a surgeon will practice. Each residency has a minimum-number of years before a surgeon can sub-specialize in that specialty. When a surgeon elects to sub-specialize, they need to train for a minimum number of years for that sub-specialty: that's called fellowships; during this period, surgeons are referred to as fellows. A surgical attending is a doctor who's completed a surgical residency (and/or surgical fellowship) and can practice that speciality without supervision. Depending on the hospital structure, one can technically gold an "attending" status but not the official position; like in Callie's case, she had to apply to become an attending. According to one of the season 6 promos, Dr. Cheng, who is the Ortho-attending, needs to step down for Callie to be promoted to attending-status. Here are the surgical residencies and their fellowships: General Surgery Residency - minimum of 5 PGYs - Can sub-specialize in the following: - Pediatric Surgery (2 years of fellowship) - Cardiothoracic Surgery (2-3 years of fellowship) - Trauma Surgery (2 years of fellowship) - Surgical Oncology (2 years of fellowship) - Plastic Surgery (2 years of fellowship) Neurosurgery - minimum of 7 PGYs Orthopedic Surgery - minimum of 5 PGYs OB/GYN - minimum of 4 PGYs Otolaryngologists (ENTs) - minimum of 5 PGYs The intern year is the first year of residency; one needs to pass the intern-exam, otherwise known as the Step-3 exam to become a 2nd-year resident.

   Posted 9/22/2009 8:00:22 PM #

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