Dallassurgresident
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Just wanted to get everyone's opinion on the competitiveness various surgical fellowships. I'm a junior general surgical with an open mind to all subspecialties. I have three publications, and come from a descent community program. I looked at the match rates for different surgical specialties and these are the overall match rates i found for them from NRMP website.
- Colorectal surgery - 66%
- Peds surgery - 69.1%
- Thoracic surgery - 70.7%
- Surgical oncology - 74.4%
- Vascular surgery - 91.8%
- Trauma surgery - usually more programs than applicants
- Transplant surgery- usually more programs than applicants
This might sound dumb but why are some of these specialties competitive whereas others aren't. I understand lifestyle might be a big factor but what else determines competitiveness? How do yall think these stats are going to look in 4-5 years?? Thank you. I love our surgical community.
- Colorectal surgery - 66%
- Peds surgery - 69.1%
- Thoracic surgery - 70.7%
- Surgical oncology - 74.4%
- Vascular surgery - 91.8%
- Trauma surgery - usually more programs than applicants
- Transplant surgery- usually more programs than applicants
This might sound dumb but why are some of these specialties competitive whereas others aren't. I understand lifestyle might be a big factor but what else determines competitiveness? How do yall think these stats are going to look in 4-5 years?? Thank you. I love our surgical community.