Med peds residency

[doctah27]

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I'm thinkng of applying for a med peds residency b/c I'm torn between becoming a pediatrician and an internist. ANy thoughts? Any idea if the residency is super ridiculously busy as I hear?

in fact, are there osteopathic residency programs in med peds..i really should search that out...but wanted to come here first for input! 🙂

 

[BillyWitchDoctr]

It's a great residency but it is pretty difficult...you're essentially condensing 6 years of learning (3 IM & 3 peds) into 4, and then you sit for both boards (of which I've heard peds is the tougher one...all those damn in-born errors of metabolism and such).

 

[medpedsisme]

I am just starting my intern year in Med-Peds and I cannot honestly say that I have picked the right choice after a few weeks. Here's why...

Yes, you are busy in that you have more call months that your categorical colleagues. It's just the nature of going into two specialties at once and I think I have only 1 or 2 elective months this year. But on the flip side, your categorical colleagues are having to try to nail down the electives in the fellowships they are interested in because they have to start thinking about fellowship right away while Med-Peds people have a year more to digest.

Med-Peds people are balanced and I think my Med-Peds colleagues are simply amazing. I have heard this some many times as a rotator currently that "we love you Med-Peds people because you are just great people to work with." You are the one that loves kids and old people at the same time. You have to be an all-around caring person and like both big and little poop!

Busy would describe my pager currently as I get texts for great morning and noon conferences daily from BOTH departments. And I can pick the talk or the lunch menu that I want to enjoy!

All in all, I just think Med-Peds is a great choice for those that really like all age spectrums and like being in the buzz of an academic center. You have every door open to you for what you want to do after your training. The best advice I received when making my career decision is not to picture what kind of life you want during residency but envision your practice 5-10 years down the road. And I see myself rounding/teaching in Medicine one month and flipping to Peds the next month to never have a dull, repetitive moment.

PM me if you have any further questions!

I'm thinkng of applying for a med peds residency b/c I'm torn between becoming a pediatrician and an internist. ANy thoughts? Any idea if the residency is super ridiculously busy as I hear?

in fact, are there osteopathic residency programs in med peds..i really should search that out...but wanted to come here first for input! 🙂

 

[SoCuteMD]

I say this as someone not going into med peds, but who has thought about it and researched it. I think choosing med-peds because you can't decide is a really bad reason to choose a specialty. If you want to work with young and old and just don't want to do obstetrics then I think it's a great choice. If you think you only want to ultimately practice one of the disciplines - figure out which one and focus on that. As my favorite poster in the EM forum would say, "You can't be a stem cell forever."

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

I say this as someone not going into med peds, but who has thought about it and researched it. I think choosing med-peds because you can't decide is a really bad reason to choose a specialty. If you want to work with young and old and just don't want to do obstetrics then I think it's a great choice. If you think you only want to ultimately practice one of the disciplines - figure out which one and focus on that. As my favorite poster in the EM forum would say, "You can't be a stem cell forever."

I have to agree (this is coming from someone who's not med peds as well.) In my time, I've met maybe three doctors who are truly using their med/peds training. Even the ones who go out and practice as a "adult and pediatrics" here don't see any more children than a family medicine person could as their practice is still mostly adult medicine.

For a select few the extra year is useful. For others, it's just wasted as they focus their practice on only one or complete a fellowship in an adult or pediatric only field.

I'd advise really trying to figure out which you'd rather do and focus on one.