The phrase "a categorical position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a clear and definitive stance or viewpoint on a particular issue or topic.
Example: "The committee took a categorical position against the proposed changes to the policy, emphasizing the need for consistency."
Alternatives: "a definitive stance" or "an unequivocal viewpoint".
Residency candidates may apply for a categorical position, an advanced position, or both.
That too plays a role.... Thus Schröder must be careful, and so he chose a categorical position.
Scores of residents who completed a preliminary year, who later matched into a categorical position, were compared to those who matched directly into a categorical position at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
Applications for a categorical position will only be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service ERASS) administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
(Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. took a middle position, saying Mr. Graham deserved a shot at parole but declining to endorse a categorical position).
Even before he was sworn in, Mr. Obama's advisers had warned him against taking a categorical position on what would be done with Guantánamo detainees.
But he seemed to back away from that categorical position when he tried to assure the justices that his position would not convert into a taking every temporary delay that a property owner must endure while seeking a building permit under ordinary zoning laws.
They seemed particularly alarmed by the categorical position put forward by Michael A. Carvin, the lawyer representing the small-business plaintiffs, who argued that a victory for the government would mean that Congress could "regulate every human activity from cradle to grave".
The Residency Training Program at Yale-New hasen Hospital currently has 17 categorical positions and 2 advanced positions per year.
There are currently 33 residents in the program, eight categorical positions and one preliminary resident.
For those matching in one of our categorical positions, the PGY-1 year exposes residents to surgical and medical subspecialties, as well as rotations in critical care, emergency medicine and anesthesiology.
