how competitive is it to match fellowship as a hospitalist?

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Is your best chance to match fellowship straight out of residency with say a chief year, compared to say 3 years in practice as a hospitalist?

 

[Prehealth1011]

Probably depends on the fellowship

 

[shouldigomd]

Is your best chance to match fellowship straight out of residency with say a chief year, compared to say 3 years in practice as a hospitalist?

Generally speaking, yes.

 

[aafisahar]

Cards, GI, pulm, etc etc, will be more difficult the longer you are out of training,especially if you didn't use your hospitalist time to do research and make connections.

 

[Residentdoc86]

It all depends on how you use your time as a hospitalist and what fellowship you are applying. As a hospitalist, you'll have lots of opportinuty to work with Cards, GI, pulm, etc etc. So use that to your advantage.

I went 3 years outpatient pcp and will be starting fellowship in a few months. It was more so what I did 3 years out of residency that helped me secure a fellowship spot.