Post Graduate Years PGY-1 Individuals are matched into "Laboratory Medicine" through CaRMS.  Irrespective of ultimate career pathway chosen, the PGY-1 year encompasses several facets of clinical medicine using a standard rotating format.  This structure for thePGY-1 year allows individuals to be eligible for obtaining a General Licence from the Provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons. PGY-2 to 5 The candidate is allowed to make several choices:  General Pathology - By deciding to remain as a generalist in General Pathology, the resident will take two years of training in surgical and anatomic pathology, six months of training in each of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Microbiology, Hematopathology, and elective rotations.  The resident may decide to pursue one of the other laboratory medicine specialies: Anatomical Pathology Hematopathology Medical Microbiology Medical Biochemistry For more information regarding each of these specialties, please follow the links.