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And what can I do to increase my chances? Should I rank all my community programs where it's close to an academic program for possible connections, outside research, and elective opportunities?
And what can I do to increase my chances? Should I rank all my community programs where it's close to an academic program for possible connections, outside research, and elective opportunities?
I matched from a community med-peds residency. Two of my pediatric cohorts matched peds cards this year as well (8 total per year in peds program).
It can be done.
Work hard. Try to publish some case reports/ do a research project. Get solid letters of rec. Do an away if you can (I matched in a place I did an away). The other two residents matched without doing aways at their respective programs.
Do step scores count (took complex only) and how much DO bias is in the Peds cardio world?
What makes you say that?The question you should ask is not if you can match but where you can match - if you don't go to one of the top places for cardiology fellowship - what will your job prospects be like when you're done? The market is tight.
Interventional peds cards needs the population for it. These jobs only exist in major academic and large community hospital. In other words, there aren’t that many position available.Why is the market so tight, especially for interventional?
Interventional peds cards needs the population for it. These jobs only exist in major academic and large community hospital. In other words, there aren’t that many position available.
For example, all of the Chicago hospitals that I rotate at have adult interventional cards because of how prevalent coronary diseases and such are . But for peds, only a few places offers such services, I’m talking handful (Lurie, Rush, UofC, Advocate Christ, maybe UIC). not that many kids have an ASD or VSD
Keep in mind that Adult Congenital is an official 2 year fellowship after a 3 year pedi cards (or adult cards) fellowship. That's more years of training than a neurosurgery residency. But hey, you gotta do what you love .
I know someone who is doing that exact course, ICU then palliative care fellowship. The trick is to get institutional buy in where you choose to do fellowship that will hire you as faculty at the same institute once you complete the fellowship training. Sometimes, you can actually do fellowship training and get paid as an attending to provide ICU coverage (since you are eligible to do just that) and get a instructor level position. Not as good pay as an assistant professor, but better than a fellow.I'm in the same boat. I'm doing NICU and maybe, if I buy lots of flowers and make lots of promises, she'd let me do one more year of palliative care fellowship. But that would be it.
I’m applying med peds right now. I like the idea of adult congenital. But also the idea of a PGY-9 still on fellow salary isn’t all that appealinglegit think my wife might leave me if I decided to do med peds + peds cards + adult congenital. That 2 years does seem like an awful lot.