Fellowships after IM Residency

[Dr Gerrard]

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I know I am really far away, but I have always wondered, how hard it is to get these fellowships, in infection diseases, urology, cardiology, endocrinology, etc?

 

[MegaProjectile]

I know I am really far away, but I have always wondered, how hard it is to get these fellowships, in infection diseases, urology, cardiology, endocrinology, etc?

Urology is a residency in the surgical field, not a fellowship.Very competitive. Has an ~70% match rate.

Cardiology fellowship is hard to get into.

Endocrinology and infectious diseases are moderate to easy.

 

[Dr Gerrard]

What are they like in terms of lifestyle?

 

[Kaustikos]

What are they like in terms of lifestyle?

Speaking from someone who has a dad who is a cardiologist and whom I have shadowed, I'd say it can vary. You either have a week where you're booked implanting/replacing pacemakers and have to deal with the normal clinic aspect of medicine. Or it's rather slow, monotonous day where you're only doing clinic work with the ho-hum patients in their 50-70s with usual cardiovascular issues. OR you have an awesome day where you diagnose someone with broken-heart syndrome😱.
In the 1 month shadowing I've done, I've realized that cardiology involves everything that medicine entails - paperwork, annoying patients, annoying staff - but with its ups and hilarity (patient wanting to smoke in the hospital icu and trying to hide the lit cigarette in their purse).
I'd shadow a cardiologist, if not to get an idea of the day-to-day, but to also, imo, follow one of the "cooler" fellowships in IM.