Just wondering if anyone knows if you really should get your letters of rec with the preceptors who did the specialty you went into? For example, if you want to go into internal medicine, would it be a bad idea to get one of your letter in family medicine?
letters of rec
- Thread starter person011
- Start date
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Messages
- 7,475
- Reaction score
- 2,429
It's going to depend on the specialty. In one of these other threads, it was discussed regarding peds residencies, and saying how having a letter from outside of peds is okay, even encouraged by some PDs. However, the surgery attendings chimed in saying that it would be unusual for someone applying to surgery to have an IM or FM letter.
I think if you're applying to IM, and you have a good relationship with your FM preceptor, then there would be nothing wrong with sending that letter, since the fields overlap.
I think if you're applying to IM, and you have a good relationship with your FM preceptor, then there would be nothing wrong with sending that letter, since the fields overlap.
