The Pre-Fellowship Hospitalist Year

Reframing hospital medicine as a destination career for trainees

“…These graduating residents pursue HM as a “gap year” during which they explore other career options, focus on subspecialty research, or schedule time for fellowship interviews. This year has been termed the “Pre‐Fellowship Hospitalist Year.” 15 …”

Mind the Gap: A Single-Site, 12-Year Analysis of Trends in Medicine Residents Taking Gap Years before Fellowship

“…Taking a “gap year” during medical training has become increasingly common ( 1 – 4 ), although the gap-year phenomenon between internal medicine (IM) residency and subspecialty fellowship training has been poorly defined ( 5 , 6 ). Little is known about the frequency of gap years before fellowship and the factors that influence a resident’s decision to pursue a gap year.…”