a gpr type residency help a lot when trying to apply to specialty?

[griller]

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lets so for example you have an 88 on the boards, rank top 30 in your class and you have all the extracurricular actiivities to boost your resume. Therefore, you try to specialize and dont get in anywhere your first try. After doing a year or two of a gpr residency, i reapply.....

would i have a better chance of specializing? i hear a lot of people giong about this route, but i have to assume that they rank much higher than the example i gave. Personally, if i were a part of the admission committee, i wouldnt take another look at this file because i would much rather take a student with higher stats...

what normally happens? does a gpr really help that much? what if your dieing dream is to specialize? can you retake the boards? slide money under the table?😉 im curious to know if your only chance to open more doors in your future is to smash the boards. 😎

 

[S Files]

lets so for example you have an 88 on the boards, rank top 30 in your class and you have all the extracurricular actiivities to boost your resume. Therefore, you try to specialize and dont get in anywhere your first try. After doing a year or two of a gpr residency, i reapply.....

would i have a better chance of specializing? i hear a lot of people giong about this route, but i have to assume that they rank much higher than the example i gave. Personally, if i were a part of the admission committee, i wouldnt take another look at this file because i would much rather take a student with higher stats...

what normally happens? does a gpr really help that much? what if your dieing dream is to specialize? can you retake the boards? slide money under the table?😉 im curious to know if your only chance to open more doors in your future is to smash the boards. 😎

gpr, aegd, fellowships, internships, etc all of these help quite a bit.

 

[I'mFillingFine]

If you go to the respective web sites for whatever GPRs you're interested in, many of them say what residents do after they're finished (including what percentage go on to specialties versus private practice.) It gives a good indication if the residencies are geared towards a specialty (like tons of on-call and ER rotation for OMFS) or not (rural or inner city rotations....more clinic hours, whatever.)

 

[DrJeff]

In short, yes! Specialty program directors (especially those directors of endo and oral surgery) will look at you not just as 1 more year mature, but also as a potential resident that has ALOT more experience than a newly graduated form d-school potential resident, plus the newness of do procedures independently has worn off a bit, unlike when you finish dental school and are still quite used to being "over precepted"

 

[griller]

that definitely makes sense, but would you say it could take a little pressure off your back if you didnt perform top notch as an undergrad in dent school? (meaning, although you didnt rank at top 5%, for example, doing a residency will still give you a shot at specializing)

 

[DrJeff]

that definitely makes sense, but would you say it could take a little pressure off your back if you didnt perform top notch as an undergrad in dent school? (meaning, although you didnt rank at top 5%, for example, doing a residency will still give you a shot at specializing)

If you were a good resident, then it would be beneficial to your specialty residency application. If you were a weak resident that couldn't handle the increased pressure of a GPR, or demonstrated weak clinical skills as a resident, then the GPR would hurt your application. Realistically, if you did a GPR, and then applied to a specialty residency, the program director of the specialty residency would call up your GPR program director and point blank ask your GPR director if they think you could handle the specialty program(remember, the GPR director will in most cases have way more conact/exposure to your clinical skills/patient management descision making processes than any d-school prof will).

So, if you're going to use the GPR as a stepping stone to a specialty residency, give the GPR 100% of your attention or else, you can pretty much kiss your chances of getting into a specialty program bye-bye.