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[Dave1980]

Bad luck but that intern year isn't going to count if it is 50% psych. Probably most psych residents love that.

I don't know many people who were between psych and rads. Are you sure you know what you're getting into?

I mean with rads you gotta consider that you will likely get to work from home half the time, make about 2x what a psych does, have a great work-life balance, be free of social work, and be in a field which is free of midlevel encroachment.

youre making a great decision

 

[Dave1980]

I've looked at the ACMGE requirements set for different advanced programs (rads, gas, PMR, etc) and there's some ambiguity in what would count as an intern year for radiology. I was wondering if anybody knew more about this?

I did more sub-i's with rads programs than with psych. I'm a huge nerd and enjoy studying and really enjoy knowing things about medicine. I think rads is a good fit. I am aware of the excellent lifestyle as well although I think you can probably have a very similar lifestyle in psych if you play your cards right.

I guess I'm really wondering too if I went to reapply would I have a realistic shot at matching a rads program or would they just see I did a year in psychiatry and toss my app?

you will get a spot somewhere if you apply broadly. doing psych first sent you from being a top tier candidate to a lower tier candidate but shouldn't have an issue matching if you are realistic about the programs you apply to

 

[FutureInternist]

Current psych intern, thinking of trying to switch into radiology. Anybody know how doable this is? I dual applied but ultimately ranked all my psych programs above my rads programs. Realizing that this was a mistake and I am a better fit for radiology.

For reference:
Step 1/2: 250+/250+
Research: 2 rads case report, some unpublished translational rads research.

No radiology residency program at my current academic institution. If I did this would I be able to match into a PGY-2 spot or would I have to redo PGY-1? My year is 50/50 psych and inpatient medicine rotations.

So you’re going from looking inside their head to….. looking INSIDE their head?

 

[Dave1980]

I've looked at the ACMGE requirements set for different advanced programs (rads, gas, PMR, etc) and there's some ambiguity in what would count as an intern year for radiology. I was wondering if anybody knew more about this?

I did more sub-i's with rads programs than with psych. I'm a huge nerd and enjoy studying and really enjoy knowing things about medicine. I think rads is a good fit. I am aware of the excellent lifestyle as well although I think you can probably have a very similar lifestyle in psych if you play your cards right.

I guess I'm really wondering too if I went to reapply would I have a realistic shot at matching a rads program or would they just see I did a year in psychiatry and toss my app?

There might be a little ambiguity but not enough that 50% psych rotations would count for any specialty. Bad decisions have consequences. Hopefully for you it only involves extending your training by 1 year.