Fellowships after Psychiatry

[SukaNeNauka]

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How easy it is to land a pain or sleep fellowship after completing 4 years of Psychiatry residency training? I ve heard that most pain management spots are taken up by Anesthesiology and Physical Medicine people, is this true?

 

[prominence]

How easy it is to land a pain or sleep fellowship after completing 4 years of Psychiatry residency training? I ve heard that most pain management spots are taken up by Anesthesiology and Physical Medicine people, is this true?

though there is no concrete stats out there, my educated guess would be a 5-10% chance of landing a sleep medicine fellowship, and a 1% chance of landing a pain managment fellowship upon completion of a psychiatry residency. (keep in mind that the landscape of sleep medicine may dramatically change very soon with the reimbursements of sleep studies, and this could alter the competitiveness of entering into the field of sleep medicine.)

 

[189213]

It probably also depends what residency program you're coming from. As always, if you're applying to a fellowship at the same place you're doing your residency, your chances for landing a spot will undoubtedly increase. So, if you're really serious about sleep or pain, maybe that'd be something to think about when you're evaluating residency programs.

 

[michaelrack]

It probably also depends what residency program you're coming from. As always, if you're applying to a fellowship at the same place you're doing your residency, your chances for landing a spot will undoubtedly increase. So, if you're really serious about sleep or pain, maybe that'd be something to think about when you're evaluating residency programs.

I agree. If you are interested in sleep, you might want to do your psychiatry residency at a place with psychiatry friendly sleep fellowship- Univ of Mississippi, Dartmouth, or Philadelphia (I'm not sure of the exact name of the Philadelphia university).
Western Psych-Pittsburgh also has a psychiatry friendly sleep fellowship, but it is a 2 year research-oriented fellowship.

 

[manwhoisthursdy]

I agree. If you are interested in sleep, you might want to do your psychiatry residency at a place with psychiatry friendly sleep fellowship- Univ of Mississippi, Dartmouth, or Philadelphia (I'm not sure of the exact name of the Philadelphia university).
Western Psych-Pittsburgh also has a psychiatry friendly sleep fellowship, but it is a 2 year research-oriented fellowship.

I think you're referring to Jefferson (in Philly).