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To go into peds surgery (or peds surg sub specialty), does one have to go through GS or peds as a residency?
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You do a general surgery residency. Pediatric surgery is the most competitive of all surgery specialties, so most applicants do 2 years of research in addition to their 5 years of general surgery training.
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Scutking,
pedssurg is actually not one of the more competative fellowships these days. The match rate is >>90% & the applicant : position ratio has drifted down to nearly 1:1. Fewer people are interested in it as a specialty & this has led to some real concerns re. what could be a pending workforce crunch - there are MANY more jobs then available surgeons.
The most competative fellowships are Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, & Advanced Laparoscopy (a new growing subspecialty of general with relatively few fellowship positions as yet)
pedssurg is actually not one of the more competative fellowships these days. The match rate is >>90% & the applicant : position ratio has drifted down to nearly 1:1. Fewer people are interested in it as a specialty & this has led to some real concerns re. what could be a pending workforce crunch - there are MANY more jobs then available surgeons.
The most competative fellowships are Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, & Advanced Laparoscopy (a new growing subspecialty of general with relatively few fellowship positions as yet)
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Dr. Oliver,
Hmmm... I'm not sure I completely agree with you, although I agree that Plasitcs is very competitive. There's only about 20 pediatric surgery fellowship positions available every year and I don't know of anybody getting a position without doing 2 years of research. While there are plenty of competitive surg onc and laparoscopic fellowships available, you definitely don't have to take time off for research to get a position, whereas with pedi surgery you really do.
Hmmm... I'm not sure I completely agree with you, although I agree that Plasitcs is very competitive. There's only about 20 pediatric surgery fellowship positions available every year and I don't know of anybody getting a position without doing 2 years of research. While there are plenty of competitive surg onc and laparoscopic fellowships available, you definitely don't have to take time off for research to get a position, whereas with pedi surgery you really do.
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Traditionally, your feelings re. ped surg would have been correct. However, there is a dwindling applicant pool for the field & they're in real danger (like CTVS already is) of having more spots then applicants. I think last years #'s were up a very slight amt. but the trend is a little worrisome over the last decade. Many people in the past have felt pressure to do 1-2 years if lab time for many of the subspecialty fellowships, but frequently it's becoming less & less neccessary to match. For the most selective of the ped surg fellowships, I bet most successful applicants have as you said done lab time. As you get out into the second tiers of programs, the quality (on paper) of the candidates falls a bit
