Would appreciate any balanced responses.
Need to decide on residency over next week or so and can't make my mind up, probably best not to make decisions based on forum advice but input can't hurt. Also appreciate the cliches that everything is cyclical and that one should follow ones passion...but
Main interest throughout med-school has been cardiology. I'm not going to put medicine ahead of everything in my life however and wont pretend I love anything other than my friends and family. I like certain careers more than others and like helping people. I enjoy cardiovascular medicine more than other systems. I'm led to believe that competition is down for fellowship spots and increasingly more IMGs are matching which is not necessary a great sign. Also jobs in large cities where I would like to live are few and pay less than just a few years ago. As much as I like cardiology, I have to balance this with other factors that I also like, such as a strong job-market, hours and length of training. I have applied for a residency other than IM with relatively better work-life balance which limits it's residency numbers better. With 800 or so new fellows joining every year, is it likely that things in cardiology will get better in next few years or will there be a massive over-supply?
Need to decide on residency over next week or so and can't make my mind up, probably best not to make decisions based on forum advice but input can't hurt. Also appreciate the cliches that everything is cyclical and that one should follow ones passion...but
Main interest throughout med-school has been cardiology. I'm not going to put medicine ahead of everything in my life however and wont pretend I love anything other than my friends and family. I like certain careers more than others and like helping people. I enjoy cardiovascular medicine more than other systems. I'm led to believe that competition is down for fellowship spots and increasingly more IMGs are matching which is not necessary a great sign. Also jobs in large cities where I would like to live are few and pay less than just a few years ago. As much as I like cardiology, I have to balance this with other factors that I also like, such as a strong job-market, hours and length of training. I have applied for a residency other than IM with relatively better work-life balance which limits it's residency numbers better. With 800 or so new fellows joining every year, is it likely that things in cardiology will get better in next few years or will there be a massive over-supply?