med/peds

I have seen posts that competitive specialties are kind of out of the question if you repeated a year due to not passing exams. I was wondering if people think this holds true for “top” residencies for med-peds, which is not as competitive and perhaps gentler to this kind of thing (the vibe I...

Hello, I am a PGY-1 in a IM/Peds program and am strongly considering switching to PM&R. I did two PM&R rotations as a med student, and actually applied to and interviewed in IM/Peds, IM and PM&R, with my rank list looking like 1 IM/Peds program (the one I matched in), then 4 PM&R programs (I've...

Hi all, I am an international graduate who recently matched into a pediatrics program. While I am extremely glad and grateful to have matched into a fully University-based academic Pediatrics program, I have been interested in Med/Peds for a long time and have worked hard to try to get a match...

Since the stats available on the Charting Outcomes aren't the best, given the small number of foreign grads that apply IM/Peds every year, I thought it would be best to ask more directly. 1) How much US Clinical Experience did you have? Did you do electives in both Medicine and Peds (in the...

-DO student -Top 20% of my class -Getting A's in most of my 3rd year rotations (might get 1 or 2 B's) -Can get some really great letters of recommendation -But I messed up on step 1 because I thought doing questions wasn't necessary (idiot): -222 USMLE step 1 -599 COMLEX level 1 -Planning...

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