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  • August 14, 2025 at 10:42 am #6792
    Rebecca Scott
    Participant

    Good Morning,

    Do any programs use a 4-week, 13-block schedule for the PGY 1 year?

    If so, how do you report the “months” to ABOS as it asks for a total of 12 months? Is this reduced by vacation/sick time?

    If you are able to provide a example of your schedule, and possibly how you report it, that would be so helpful.

    Thank you!

    Rebecca

     

     

    August 14, 2025 at 10:50 am #6793
    Laurie Lynch
    Keymaster

    Hi Rebecca,

    We switched to 4-week, 13-block rotations about 10 years ago. Because ABOS asks for 12 months, we had to report 12 blocks and just drop one from reporting. Pre-COVID, we dropped our radiology since it was a the subject group where we already met our 3 required rotations. After COVID when our radiologists continued working from home and were unavailable to teach, we replaced that rotation with a formalized research rotation. Reseach is now the block we don’t report for ABOS.

    I’ve attached our schedule for this year, let me know if you have questions!

    Laurie

     

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    August 14, 2025 at 10:56 am #6795
    Laurie Lynch
    Keymaster

    Rebecca, to clarify we checked with ABOS when we switched from 12 months to 13 blocks, and they told us to just drop a block from reporting. We didn’t make it up on our own!

    Laurie

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