SirDeathKnight
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Howdy!
I'm a 3rd year HPSP and after completing rotations I've figured out the only place for me in medicine is surgery.
After reading a whole bunch of posts here about atrophy and such my plan when I apply to match in a year is: surgery intern year + 4 years gmo/omo/w/e-o then apply residency after service is done.
My question is if some of the more compeitive surgical subspecialities would look down on having served instead of just being 100% focused on surgery?
I've really enjoyed some of the endovascular procedures and new technologies coming out but would still want to have skills for open (ie vascular surg).
So does anyone have thoughts on the perception post service? Bascically should I just try for GS in Navy then serve/atrophy and then fellowship after service, or could I get away with GMO, do research, (try to) get involvement in field, networking, good step 2 etc, and apply residency after and still be seen as competitive despite not being "all in" from the beggining? I know vascular fellowships not too hot atm, but I'm interested in those 5-6 year integrated residencys with lots of endo exposure that I've heard are very competitive.
Thanks for any guidance!
I'm a 3rd year HPSP and after completing rotations I've figured out the only place for me in medicine is surgery.
After reading a whole bunch of posts here about atrophy and such my plan when I apply to match in a year is: surgery intern year + 4 years gmo/omo/w/e-o then apply residency after service is done.
My question is if some of the more compeitive surgical subspecialities would look down on having served instead of just being 100% focused on surgery?
I've really enjoyed some of the endovascular procedures and new technologies coming out but would still want to have skills for open (ie vascular surg).
So does anyone have thoughts on the perception post service? Bascically should I just try for GS in Navy then serve/atrophy and then fellowship after service, or could I get away with GMO, do research, (try to) get involvement in field, networking, good step 2 etc, and apply residency after and still be seen as competitive despite not being "all in" from the beggining? I know vascular fellowships not too hot atm, but I'm interested in those 5-6 year integrated residencys with lots of endo exposure that I've heard are very competitive.
Thanks for any guidance!