Hello,
I am a recent DO grad and am currently doing a traditional rotating internship as I was pretty undecided about which field I wanted to pursue. However, I am now on a PM and R rotation during my elective month and enjoying it. I am certain that this is the field that I want to perform for the rest of my life. But, I am uncertain about how most PM and R residency positions work. As I understand it, the match for this year will be for PGY 2 2007 positions. Since I will finish my internship this year and be a PGY 2 next July, would I have to hopefully fill a PGY 2 2007 spot and take a year off to do research or something? Or are there certain programs that will accept people in my position that keep some PGY 2 spots open? If so, which programs do that? Will I have to try to fill a current PGY 2 opening at a program that did not fill, and how would I find such open spots? Lastly, if I do have to possibly take a year off, should I just apply through the match, tell them of my situation, and plead to do research for a year? Thanks in advance.
I am a recent DO grad and am currently doing a traditional rotating internship as I was pretty undecided about which field I wanted to pursue. However, I am now on a PM and R rotation during my elective month and enjoying it. I am certain that this is the field that I want to perform for the rest of my life. But, I am uncertain about how most PM and R residency positions work. As I understand it, the match for this year will be for PGY 2 2007 positions. Since I will finish my internship this year and be a PGY 2 next July, would I have to hopefully fill a PGY 2 2007 spot and take a year off to do research or something? Or are there certain programs that will accept people in my position that keep some PGY 2 spots open? If so, which programs do that? Will I have to try to fill a current PGY 2 opening at a program that did not fill, and how would I find such open spots? Lastly, if I do have to possibly take a year off, should I just apply through the match, tell them of my situation, and plead to do research for a year? Thanks in advance.