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I'm currently a 4th year MD PhD student applying for IM fast track positions.
Can you directly go from ABIM research training pathway to clinical private practice after your fellowship training?
Standard pathway: 3 years IM + 3 years GI
Research pathway: 2 years IM + 1.5 years GI + 3 years research (free time)
If you just go through the research pathway and don't really care about your research output and don't take it seriously wouldn't it be just like free time to do whatever you want while avoiding an extra year of IM training? You end up with a total training time of 6 months extra but if it's research time/free time what downside is there apart from an extra 6 months of training?
At the end of the day you end up BE/BC in IM and GI, so what difference does it make? Am I missing something?
Can you directly go from ABIM research training pathway to clinical private practice after your fellowship training?
Standard pathway: 3 years IM + 3 years GI
Research pathway: 2 years IM + 1.5 years GI + 3 years research (free time)
If you just go through the research pathway and don't really care about your research output and don't take it seriously wouldn't it be just like free time to do whatever you want while avoiding an extra year of IM training? You end up with a total training time of 6 months extra but if it's research time/free time what downside is there apart from an extra 6 months of training?
At the end of the day you end up BE/BC in IM and GI, so what difference does it make? Am I missing something?