3 Year Programs

[MikeA613]

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Hi yall,

A few med schools now offer 3 year programs for students going into certain residency fields (peds, IM, etc). Would doing a 3-year program hurt changes at some fellowships (ie doing endocrinology/cardiology/GI fellowship after IM residency)

 

[LizzyM]

I am not thoroughly familiar with those programs but I heard from a leader of one of them when we both presented at an event for pre-med advisors. The point is to pump out primary care providers for areas that are sorely lacking physicians providing primary care (general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general psychiatry, family medicine). Therefore, I expect that admissions officers at such schools would shun applicants who expressed an interest in doing a specialty outside of primary care as a poor mission fit.. I don't know if that shunning would extend to fellowship directors. In the end, those programs, and their continued funding through the state legislature, depends on showing that they are producing primary care providers for areas where the need is great. Pulling those grads into fellowship programs hurts that objective.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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I point out NYU Grossman does have 3-year tracks for specific non-primary care specialties. I have heard no drawbacks when it comes to fellowships, but the data may be a little light to make a solid conclusion.