child psych fellowship

[docpsych14]

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Hi, I am a 1 st year Psychiatry residenct at a program in NY. I am basically form California and want to go for child psych in california after my 3rd year? I have following questions in mind:
1) How easy is it to get fellowship in child psych, esp in california?
2) what are the application requirements in general, I mean, what kind of resume do they prefer?

I will appreciate any input
Thanks

 

[whopper]

I do know in general it's not hard. I've seen terrible residents get into name-brand programs, ranging from Columbia Johns Hopkins. Specific programs may be different. I know some of the name-brand programs take in several people making them more likely to be in the quantity under quality mentality. I even knew a few people with bad LORs get into name-brand places.

Now that's not to say these programs aren't good nor saying that every person going into the program is bad. Sometimes good programs, due to the numbers game, take in bad with the good.

But I wouldn't be surprised if specific programs were harder to get into simply because they might take far fewer applicants and several may want into those programs because of the location rather than the name. Despite what I said, if you're shooting for specific programs, I'd be very location-specific the trends at the specific place.

 

[billypilgrim37]

The vast majority of residents can match at a "better" child psychiatry fellowship than they did general residency. If you're at one of the best 3 or 4 programs in NYC, you probably wouldn't have much trouble matching at one of the strong fellowships in California.

Part of the effect whopper is referencing is that many well respected general adult programs do not have equally respected child fellowships. There are more spots at really good psychiatry residency programs than there are really good applicants for psychiatry residency programs. This becomes much more true for child fellowships.

 

[docpsych14]

thank you guys a lot for the input...🙂