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Categorical Position (“C”): Post graduate year one (PGY-1) position that provides the full training required for board certification in a specialty.

Primary Position (“M”):  PGY-1 position in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics that provides a training emphasis on primary care.

Preliminary Position (“P”): One-year position in an Internal Medicine, Surgery, Transitional Year, or specialty program that provides prerequisite training for entering advanced positions.

Advanced Position (“A”): Position in a specialty program that begins the year after the Match and after one or more years of required preliminary training.

Reserved Positions (“R”): PGY-2 positions in specialty programs that begin in the year of the Match and are reserved for physicians with prior graduate medical education. These positions are also known as “Physician Positions”.