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Hello all,
As the match is a week away, I was wondering how can I make myself a competitive applicant for a pain fellowship. I have applied to PM&R for residency. Prior to returning to medical school I knew I wanted to do pain and eventually chose PMR as I enjoy the MSK and neuropharm aspects of the residency.
I was wondering what can I do to make myself a more competitive applicant one fellowship application time rolls around.
* I am hoping to contact the anesthesiology department and see what pain research projects they have going and see if I can help out or start one of my own.
* I will hopefully do a couple of case studies on some type of pain or MSK.
* And try to get as many procedures as I can in residency.
* How important are USMLE step 3 scores in the application process? ( I am a DO student and took the USMLE 1 and 2, and was wondering if taking USMLE 3 also is recommended?)
Just wondering, but suppose I have a post call day or something during residency or take a day or two off for vacation. Is it feasible to ask the pain department if I can rotate with them for that day or is that overkill?
Also, how competitive are anesthesiology based pain fellowships for a PM&R applicant. Im sure they want to give positions to their own specialty if possible.
As I am doing a pain rotation currently as my last rotation in 4th year medical school. I have been exposed to many areas that I find very fun and interesting such as cancer pain and the acute pain service. All the fellows I am working with are anesthesiologists. If a physiatrist did an anesthesiology based pain fellowship, do they get exposure to the acute pain and cancer pain services and how likely is it that a physiatrist ( or neurologist or psychiatrist) would do acute, cancer pain service, or SCS/intrathecal pumps after a pain fellowship, or do they tend to do more outpatient pain services?
As the match is a week away, I was wondering how can I make myself a competitive applicant for a pain fellowship. I have applied to PM&R for residency. Prior to returning to medical school I knew I wanted to do pain and eventually chose PMR as I enjoy the MSK and neuropharm aspects of the residency.
I was wondering what can I do to make myself a more competitive applicant one fellowship application time rolls around.
* I am hoping to contact the anesthesiology department and see what pain research projects they have going and see if I can help out or start one of my own.
* I will hopefully do a couple of case studies on some type of pain or MSK.
* And try to get as many procedures as I can in residency.
* How important are USMLE step 3 scores in the application process? ( I am a DO student and took the USMLE 1 and 2, and was wondering if taking USMLE 3 also is recommended?)
Just wondering, but suppose I have a post call day or something during residency or take a day or two off for vacation. Is it feasible to ask the pain department if I can rotate with them for that day or is that overkill?
Also, how competitive are anesthesiology based pain fellowships for a PM&R applicant. Im sure they want to give positions to their own specialty if possible.
As I am doing a pain rotation currently as my last rotation in 4th year medical school. I have been exposed to many areas that I find very fun and interesting such as cancer pain and the acute pain service. All the fellows I am working with are anesthesiologists. If a physiatrist did an anesthesiology based pain fellowship, do they get exposure to the acute pain and cancer pain services and how likely is it that a physiatrist ( or neurologist or psychiatrist) would do acute, cancer pain service, or SCS/intrathecal pumps after a pain fellowship, or do they tend to do more outpatient pain services?