I applied to 89 IR and 113 DR total, some added a few days after apps opened. I got interviews at places I’d never dreamed of going, that are out of region and/or are in states I thought I hated, which are now in my top 5.For the DO applicants, how many applications did you apply to? Did you apply to any other back up specialties? Thanks in advance
Edit: any place I can find programs not to apply to?
Be sure to ask very carefully what the resident expectations are, months and options for electives, what the average census is, the number of residents expected to take care of that census, and what the policy is if a resident is out sick and needs coverage.
LOI is only sent to number 1. Other, non-number 1 emails are pointless and may hurt.
I'm planning on just sending one letter, period. Still debating about making it a combined #1/#2 letter since it's the IR program and its DR program at the same facility, but I'm definitely not planning on sending more than one letter.
There is some confusion on if Resolution 42 is even necessary due to the merger as there is technically no way to fulfill it with their specific type of intern year. I believe OK, PA, and Fl might be the only states this *might* matter and that was a couple years ago. @hallowmann is not in rads but has posted good content on this subject. Search for older threads in the DO student forum about this and he probably has the useful info (as usual).
I thought one of those states (OK or FL) dropped it, but its still a thing in PA and I believe one other state. I wouldn't worry too much about the specific rotation requirements as I think they don't care if it makes sense with what residency you are doing. They accredit people who have done path for example all the time.
Thanks! I think the other state is WV. Also originally from PA and glad I’m keeping options open for going back one day. Glad I don’t have to deal with osteopathic anything ever again in a few months.
You have a good shot. Chin up.
I’m considering academics. If you’re going to do academics, would you only do it for pslf? It’s a nice perk for sure, but it’s likely a wash at best financially. If you like academics, you could just do 5 years instead of 4 years in it.
I like teaching but it’s not a make it or break it for me. I’ve precepted a ton in previous jobs and always enjoyed it, but I think I could also enjoy private practice and working alone and at my own speed. I’m still completely on the fence on whether I want to pursue academics or not.
But if you went academics, you’d do more than just the bare minimum to get pslf though, right? If the answer is already no, then might as well just go PP. It’s not financially worth it.
I'd definitely do more than the bare minimum - I'd probably stick around if I decided I liked my academic job.
TYs at the end of your list. Prelims mess with your funding. TYs don’t.
Unless you 100% believe you would go into IM if you fail to match an advanced program. Then do IM prelim.
I think…and someone correct me if I’m wrong… that when you match/soap into a prelim year that you get allotted the amount(years) of funding for that categorical specialty. So if you just match into prelim medicine, you’re locked into 3 years which includes the intern year you’ve matched into. But TYs don’t don’t do that since they’re transient by design.
Hmm. General surgery is the same length as ortho no? If you got prelim IM then that makes sense.
But the GS prelim year doesn’t count toward ortho training. So you’ve lost a year of funding if you reapply ortho which is a disadvantage.
I'm not applying rads, but I'm applying ortho next year and had no idea that a GS prelim messed with funding like that. So really happy I just happened to be aimlessly scrolling today lol
Funding most everywhere isn’t an issue the way people on SDN suggest. Sometimes it can be, so ask the PD of a program you’re interested in whether it matters or not. Odds are it won’t.
Agreed. An average to large program can take that hit and not really notice it. But a smaller program, which may be targets for applicants that fail to match first time, might consider this a reason to rank an applicant lower. So I still think it’s worth ranking TYs and not prelims on your ROL.
If you aren't willing to match anything else, I would think about it. However, as competitive as rads seemed this year, I don't know that I'd throw prelims/TYs at the bottom unless I just didn't apply broadly the first time or something else that's an easy fix that you can make a significant difference in by September.
Also im pretty sure you still have funding for the 5th year, its just 50%. Thats how the rules work.
It’s straight community for me because I opted not to double dip out of excessive caution - I did not apply radiology and IM at the same facilities. I thought about adding in a couple academic IMs, but everywhere I could see myself working that had academic IM also had rads so I chose to skip IM apps at those places.
Categorical DR - 1 spot open (133 offered) , Advanced DR - 2 spots open (998 offered), "reserved positions" (I assume physician only) - 2 spots open (28 offered), IR categorical - 0 spots (45 offered), IR advanced - 1 spot (122 offered). Overall, seems like a very competitive year for radiology. I don't know when the full reports are going to come out but I'll be interested to see how they look this year compared to last year.
Same!! Matched number 1!!!!
