Physician PGY Training Program
Training Objectives
This program strengthens post‑graduation holistic medical care, care in the five major specialties, geriatric medicine, and primary care training, and promotes interdisciplinary team collaboration. Through experience in wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and community medicine, it cultivates new physicians to possess independent clinical practice abilities.
Implementation Methods
First‑year curriculum:
- General medical basic training course, 24 hours and at least 25 case analyses
- 3 months of general internal medicine
- 2 months of general surgery
- 1 month of general pediatrics
- 1 month of general obstetrics and gynecology
- 1 month of emergency medicine
- 2 months of community medicine and 2 months of elective courses
Second year: Four groups of grouped training and non‑grouped training are available for selection
Courses offered by our hospital: 1 month of community internal medicine, 1 month of community surgery, 2 months of community medicine
Program Goals
Adopts the competency‑based medical education (CBME) spirit, covering patient care, medical knowledge, learning and improvement in clinical work, interpersonal relationships and communication skills, professional medical conduct, and clinical work within the system.
Trainee Statistics
- Academic year 111: 67 trainees
- Academic year 110: 64 trainees
- Academic year 109: 61 trainees
- Academic year 108: 64 trainees
- Academic year 107: 67 trainees
- Academic year 106: 69 trainees
Training institutions: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, E‑Da Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung‑Ho Memorial Hospital, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, etc., a total of 5 institutions
