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Yes, best of luck!!! Wishing the best for everyone...
Looks I'm gonna be stuck dealing w/ gutonc for the next 3 yrs. I matched at OHSU! Number 3 on my list, but still happy! I had a nagging suspicion I was gonna end up there all along. Good thing I didn't skip the interview day
anyone going there?
A good friend of mine from Med school is on staff there after having been a fellow there. So is Kanti Rai (of the Rai CLL staging system). He likes the place and it will be an interesting few years with the new med school coming online.
how many unfilled programs this year? I tried to click on it but it said I can't access it.
Question: Do you guys think that places where I interviewed this year will interview me again if I add more stuff to my CV?
Hard to say. There were quite a few programs that extended me an interview 3 yrs ago that didn't this time around, despite my significant improvement in my CV. It depends on what the PD is looking for. Sorry to break it you, but the longer you're out of residency, the tougher it is to get interviews.
MidwestMD, congratulations for succesfully getting through this match nightmare.... Wish you all the luck..
I know that its going to harder for me, the farther I am out of residency.... But, I have no options.. have to serve my J1 waiver...No escape from that..
Give me a fair eval based on my credentials: FMG, residency from community program, won't need visa in 2012, decent USMLE scores, 7 pubs, 16 abstracts, MPH and currently enrolled in MS in lab science....
Anything else that I can do....because if they want me to do anything else I will do it to get the fellowship which I always dreamed of...
Not sure what else you can do. Nothing you can do about being FMG or Step scores at this point. You've got a ton of pubs (and hopefully more by next year). The fact that your visa will be a non-issue might make a huge difference.
The only other thing I can say is that you should apply very broadly. I have no idea how many programs you applied to this year, but you need to apply to 2 or 3 times that many next time, across all geographic areas and "program quality" levels. Fair or not, you have 2 strikes against you (FMG and "decent" Step scores) and the longer you're out of residency, the more that approaches a 3rd strike.
Thanks gutonc for your insight on my tough situation and never ending struggle for fellowship.........
What about if I do a PhD? I am pretty sure that would help...right
Stemcell007,
I agree w/ what gutonc said. There's only so much you can do. An MPH and Masters in lab science? That's pretty impressive already. A PhD wouldn't hurt, but that's at least 4-5 more yrs of your life. It seems like there's something else going on here that we're missing.
If I may ask, how many places did you apply to last time and how many gave you interviews? Maybe improving your interview skills might help, especially if English isn't your first language. Also, do you have any idea what your LOR's look like? Maybe getting new ones that you're SURE are positive.
The only other thing I can think of is doing a hospitalist gig part-time for an Oncology floor at an academic institution. Then you'd be able to get to know the faculty who might be ale to right you a letter or pull some strings for you. Good luck Stemcelll007.
Gutonc and MidwestMD. Congratulations on your match. OHSU is a great place.
Oh I did not know that Gutonc. When I had the tour last year I was really impressed by the campus ..the skyride tram is supercool..how often do you guys use this? I think it link sthe main hospital with clinics right?
Gutonc and MidwestMD. Congratulations on your match. OHSU is a great place. I interviewed there as a hospitalist about a year ago ( eventually went elsewhere) but I loved the place. Suffices to have Brian Druker working there!. Would you guys care to tell me your STATs, I am going to apply next year, IMG, excellent community hospital, just got My GC. about 8 Pubs
( reviews and case studies) , a few posters. Now the primary site director for one of the centers particpating in a multicenter NIH funded RCT ( basically the PI at my hospital), also applying for a $20,000 grant for seed funding for working on a novel biomedical device related to circulating tumor cells. What else can I do from now till next December to beef up my CV!
Special shout-out to our man MidwestMD, who personified persistence and continued positivity and was rewarded with a great fellowship in a wonderful part of the country! Take good care of him, gutonc...
Thanks MidwestMD. Do you think the masters in clinical research would help, did it come up in your interviews?.
Thanks midwestmd , I don't have either . Stemcell does , I don't !what do you think of the " online programs for ms in clinical research? Drexel etc are these worth doing?
I am working as a full time hospitalist now..were you able to take some time off for the Masters ? or how did you work out the time Contsraints?
Sorry that I'm late to the party...been celebrating! Matched at my #1 CCF.
Everyone seems to be going to impressive places... for those who do not, I wish you all the best in the future and hopeful match next year - I have been pouring through the statistics and it seems to have been an especially tough year in an increasingly competitive speciality.
And keep sharing your experiences/outcomes... where did you match tutu? i think i met you at shands...