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My point is that if 2.5y AP+1 ysurgi fellow+1ysurgi subspecialty fellow has more oppor than 4y AP/CP+1y fellow to get a decent job?
My point is that if 2.5y AP+1 ysurgi fellow+1ysurgi subspecialty fellow has more oppor than 4y AP/CP+1y fellow to get a decent job?
We moan and groan precisely because we spent so much time acquiring credentials that may or may not turn out to be useful. When you finally hit residency you're older, some have kids who seem like they'll be needing help funding college in a few years, and the last thing you want to do is spend more time making resident money and acquiring a credential that you may not need. Hence the question, do I really really really need CP? I think it makes pretty good sense to skip it if you want an academic career, and if you decide to bail you can still get private practice jobs with AP only, I personally know of three who have left our department.
funny how people have this pang of difficulty in deciding to do CP. Most CP programs are 18 months of rotations and 6 months of elective.(although maybe this changed) They are the most CUSHY rotations that currently exist in all medical residency training, rivalling and IMO better than those 10-2 Derm outpatient ones (the only thing I can think of that is more cushy is Poison Control rotations!).
I cant believe trainees moan and groan when thinking about CP, like somehow 2 years is a major impediment to your life dreams or some crap.
The funny thing is seeing all these MDPhD moan and groan at doing CP, like they didnt just spend 10 years in post college education...LMAO.
CP is a GIFT, a gift FFS, treat it as such and do the residency.
CP will never hurt you, never.
Yeah, I can't cry about CP rotations. I find myself enjoying CP more and more. 9-noon sitting around with techs and having the rest of the day surfing SDN while drinking iced coffee.
LA you are right....it is LA DOLCE VITA
Yes, AP fellowship vs. CP+fellowship. Difference of one year. In some programs AP only can come out of 4 years with two fellowships if one is non-boarded, but that's just an insurance policy. If I wanted to give academics a shot, and bailing for the private sector is an option with AP only, why should I spend even one year doing CP? The hospital contract thing is something I haven't heard. Why do hospital contracts insist on CP?
LAdoc thanks for your posts. I have been struggling with the many applicants trying to decide between AP only and AP/CP. You certainly make a good argument for doing the combined program.
However, I recently was speaking with an attending at a very well-known pathology program, and we were discussing this very topic. He told me that the future of pathology in private practice is sub-specialization, in which case it absolutely does not matter if you are CP trained or not.
I'm still in the undecided boat, leaning towards AP/CP mostly because I don't know for sure what my future career plans are... but I just wanted to throw that out there for other students who are also still debating.