• Categorical-  trainee in a residency training program that provides the full amount of training required for board certification in a particular medical specialty

  • DesignatedPreliminary- Trainees who are in your program for the current academic year but are matched to a different specialty for the next academic year.

  • NonDesignatedPreliminary- Trainees who matched into your program to do one year of surgery without having a matched program for next academic year

  • Fellow- trainee who has completed medical school and residency and is training in a subspecialty of medicine