List of top residencies.

It depends entirely on what field of medicine you are interested in. You can find US news rankings of hospitals, categorized on specialty to give you an approximate idea of how good the programs are at each institution you are interested in. In terms of comparing what specialities are more competitive and difficult to enter, you can refer to several books (i.e. iserson's getting into a residency), or simply talk to older medical students or residents at your university. usually, when it gets closer to the time when you are applying for residencies, you'll get some counseling from your school to see what programs you may be competitive in depending on your grades and board scores and other factors.


nuclearrabbit

northwestern -2006

 

Radiology, while fairly competitive, is certainly not one of the most competitive. There are a good number of spots. Radiology, like Emergency Medicine has been growing in popularity, but also has a good number of spots. Neurosurgery has also been very competitive.
dani

 

And let's not forget... GENERAL SURGERY.

 

I'd have to agree with that list with the inclusion of radiology AND neurosurgery but general surgery just isn't as competitive. But this is a snap shot in time though, these things do change and it will likely be much different in 5-10 years.

 

I've heard that EM is becoming increasingly competitive over the last 5-10 years.

What is the outlook in say, the next 4 years ( ).

Anyone have opinions?


Also, someone once told me of a website or other reference that actually calculated trends of physicians in certain specialties based on average age of the docs in that area. It also showed #'s of docs in those areas, need, and potential growth.

Anyone know of any publications that have info such as this?

Thanks much.