LOR-Surgery?

[Oslersghost]

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My hats off to all of you wh matched your top choices in Gas.

I was wondering if anyone can tell me based on their experience retrospectively whether a LOR from Sx was influential in matching anesthesia.


If not. Where else other than gas should one get a letter. Would it be redundent to have 3 gas letters all saying the same good stuff?

I am asking this, cuz I am doing Sx now and these guys r pricks. And if they know I need a LOR for Gas they will not be friendly.

Thank you for your help. 😎

G-ghost

 

[BuffaloMed]

I was told when applying that a great letter from anyone is better than a superficial letter from a
specific department. I was also told that in order it's good to get letters from:

• Anesthesiology
• Critical Care
• Surgery or Surgical Subspecialties
• Pulmonary
• Other Medicine Subspecialties (Cardio, Nephro, etc)
• Internal Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Other Specialties

My letters were from Anesthesiology, Pulmonary and IM so I was able to find a spot without a Surgery LOR.
I'm sure it won't hurt you if you don't have one from Surgery, but it might be good to diversify and get LORs
from more than just Anesthesiology. Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[me454555]

I don't plan on getting a LOR from Surgery and I don't see how it will make much difference. I did my Sx at a place w/residents. I spent almost no time w/the attendings and didn't feel they got to know me at all. I'm going to get a LOR from my OB/GYN attending and then 2 more from anesthesia. That should be enough for a good showing

 

[Trisomy13]

as BuffaloMed said, quality of the letter goes a long way, more so than the department if you just get a generic form letter.

for the record, I had - anesthesiology, trauma surgery/ICU, medicine, ob-gyn (perfect case of doing well and getting a strong letter from a largely non-gas dept).

 

[brisk80]

I agree with some of the above posts. For my application I had LORs from (2)Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Family Practice. Several times during my interviews I received compliments about the quality of the letters particularly the 1 FP and both of the Anesthesia letters. I followed the typical advice about including a Surgeon's LOR and even though we got along great during the rotation it was still a short and breif Surgeon's note. During the interviews we actually had a good laugh when we compared and contrasted the letters and saw how true some of the stereotypes about professions can be. If I were you I would ask for letters on every rotation and choose the three or four that stand out the most regardless of which department they come from. However, In my opinion at least one letter should be from the department of your chosen specialty.

 

[ThinkFast007]

all are good advice. especially, the one of getting a vast # of lors.

getting LORs from surgeons. I think it's definitely a great idea. Shows that you have what it takes to be 'liked' by them, who you are obviously going to need to work with for X # of years.