Innocent premed question

[medhope4]

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I see alot of specialties like Cardiology for instance, require you to complete 3 years of Internal Medicine initially. My question is, do you need to get into a cardiology program or match to one, or do you match to internal, and then anyone can specialize or do a fellowship later in cardiology?

 

[DrMom]

Moving to pre-allo. The specialty forums are for those in the specialties, or those applying to those specialties, to discuss training issues.

And to answer your question, you must complete an IM residency prior to a cardiology fellowship

 

[armybound]

you match IM and later apply for a fellowship.

 

[itsMileyCyrus]

OMFG NOOB UR SO BAD AT PREMED







jk... lol. and I would trust the answers above about IM.

 

[medhope4]

lol thanks. So basically anyone who matches in internal medicine can specialize in this later? Even from the carib? What are some other fellowships besides cardiology.

 

[mmmcdowe]

lol thanks. So basically anyone who matches in internal medicine can specialize in this later? Even from the carib? What are some other fellowships besides cardiology.

Theoretically yes. However, just like residency there are limited fellowships avaiable so you have to apply for them. Other fellowships include nephrology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, endocrine, etc.

 

[Catalystik]

lol thanks. So basically anyone who matches in internal medicine can specialize in this later? Even from the carib? What are some other fellowships besides cardiology.

Cardiology is a competitive fellowship to get into. Even an exemplary application does not guarantee you'll match into this specialty.

 

[Robot Skeleton]

Cardiology is a competitive fellowship to get into. Even an exemplary application does not guarantee you'll match into this specialty.

just to extend on this, my impression is that for fellowships (particularly competitive ones) it matters a great deal where you did your residency. Caribbean grads will have some challenges matching into the better university IM programs, so I think your path to cardiology would be more difficult vs. that of an MD trained in the states.