Difficulty of obtaining a fellowship after an AOA (osteopathic) psychiatry residency.

[EverybodyLies99]

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I'm considering a program that's very close to home, but it's an AOA program. Would I be shooting myself in the foot? How difficult would it be to get into addictions, child and adolescent or forensics after a DO residency (which will eventually become acgme)? Thanks.

 

[PistolPete]

I don't think you can do an ACGME fellowship after you do an AOA psychiatry residency. If you are interested in an ACGME fellowship, I think you need an ACGME residency, but I could be wrong. Keep your options open and do an ACGME residency, but that's just my $0.02.

 

[Dharma]

I don't think you can do an ACGME fellowship after you do an AOA psychiatry residency. If you are interested in an ACGME fellowship, I think you need an ACGME residency, but I could be wrong. Keep your options open and do an ACGME residency, but that's just my $0.02.

AOA residents qualify for ACGME fellowships. This has been the case for a long time now however one of the resolutions made during the merger negotiation period ensured that the qualification still stands. That said, I agree with applying to ACGME programs for psychiatry. Quality AOA programs are limited in psychiatry (although they do exist), while many ACGME programs welcome DOs. Don't limit yourself OP.

 

[downwithDTB]

The most reliable way to answer this question is by finding out where grads of this and similar programs have gone on to do fellowships. Check websites and ask on interviews. If there isn't a precedent, it's probably not the greatest idea if you really are married to the idea of a fellowship.

 

[masterofmonkeys]

By the time you graduate the merger will be complete I think, and all programs will be ACGME...