Combined Residencies?

[Geekchick921]

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Just want to chime in and say that, if I go into Ob/Gyn, I would definitely consider an Ob/Gyn - Medical Genetics residency, especially if I wanted to go into a subspecialty like MFM. That sounds so insanely interesting.
Edit: Wait, I'm wrong. No such thing as ObB and Medical genetics, though there ARE MFM/Medical Genetics fellowships that are 4 years instead of 3. Nifty.

Peds and Medical Genetics sounds interesting, too.

 

[7starmantis]

There is a company in TX that has set-up acute care centers everywhere. It is basically like a family practice, but stays open until 10pm and staffs doctors on shifts like an ER. They do not take urgent patients....just like an urban family practice. This company hires FM, IM, and EM docs to staff it. It is very popular among "burnt out" EM people, because they keep their shift schedule that they love.

I haven't seen an EM doc start a family practice clinic, but I don't see why its not possible. Most EM people would hate the M-F lifestyle with call and responsibilities of running a clinic.....all with making less money. This is why so many of them join non-urgent clinics like I described above.

Yeah I have a few friends who went this route, even started their own Urgent Care facility.

So I'm still a little confused about sub-specialty training for EM. Its early for me to try and decide, but I'm having fun looking into all the things that interest me. Oh and by the way, you guys that got so serious about the EM/Rads thing, I was just joking, combining two specialties I'm interested in and having some fun.

So what are the benefits of EM sub-specialty training career wise? There aren't really opportunities for higher salary for fellowship trained EM docs right? I mean beside sports medicine and going to work for the Dallas Cowboys. Is there a niche for toxicology boarded EM docs aside from say geographically? Are you looking at more of an academic or research oriented career for most tox peeps or sub-specialized EM in general?

 

[Morsetlis]

The EM/IM residencies are for people who want to do more interesting fellowships. I've been looking into this 6-year EM/IM/CCM residency in New York.