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I'm a psych resident in my last year and want to do a second residency in FP and plan to practice both part time, I love psych but miss the medicine. I am applying to FP this year, MD and DO. If I am lucky enough to get a DO spot I can start as a PGY2 because I did a TRI. I am in a MD psych residency.
A few questions
1. My personal statement, I know one page is ideal, is a page and a half a deal breaker?
2.Being that I am trying to condense it down, how essential is it to mention how I could bring things I learned in psych to fp, ie motivational interviewing versus why I want to do fp? If I leave both in, it ends up being two pages.
3. I transferred programs, I "traded up" from a less prestigious program to a more prestigious program, is it necessary to mention this in my PS. I am applying locally and it's pretty obvious that I'm at a more prestigious program now and if offered an interview, I have a letter from my former PD stating that I left in good standing
About LORS- all of them are from my former program. I was there longer and knew the attendings much better, it was a smaller program and I really left on great terms with everyone and go to their social events still. Some of the attendings at my new program weren't all that supportive of me doing a second residency in a different field so I stopped mentioning it. Would it look bad to have all of my letters from my former program?
Is it expected that I have a letter from my current PD?
The initial PD at my former program quit but wrote me a letter.
I was going to have a letter from my current PD "just in case" and I don't know how ERAS works, he really doesn't know me at all. Can I submit my four letters from my prior program and if they ask for a letter from my current PD, erase one of the other letters on ERAS and submit his? I have STRONG letters from my prior program and I kinda think his would be pretty generic, not bad, just generic, he doesn't know me, I have met with him during two semi annual evals and when I interviewed, that's it, what could he really say about me. The other people who wrote letters for me worked with me for months, - one worked with me for 18 months.
Thanks.
A few questions
1. My personal statement, I know one page is ideal, is a page and a half a deal breaker?
2.Being that I am trying to condense it down, how essential is it to mention how I could bring things I learned in psych to fp, ie motivational interviewing versus why I want to do fp? If I leave both in, it ends up being two pages.
3. I transferred programs, I "traded up" from a less prestigious program to a more prestigious program, is it necessary to mention this in my PS. I am applying locally and it's pretty obvious that I'm at a more prestigious program now and if offered an interview, I have a letter from my former PD stating that I left in good standing
About LORS- all of them are from my former program. I was there longer and knew the attendings much better, it was a smaller program and I really left on great terms with everyone and go to their social events still. Some of the attendings at my new program weren't all that supportive of me doing a second residency in a different field so I stopped mentioning it. Would it look bad to have all of my letters from my former program?
Is it expected that I have a letter from my current PD?
The initial PD at my former program quit but wrote me a letter.
I was going to have a letter from my current PD "just in case" and I don't know how ERAS works, he really doesn't know me at all. Can I submit my four letters from my prior program and if they ask for a letter from my current PD, erase one of the other letters on ERAS and submit his? I have STRONG letters from my prior program and I kinda think his would be pretty generic, not bad, just generic, he doesn't know me, I have met with him during two semi annual evals and when I interviewed, that's it, what could he really say about me. The other people who wrote letters for me worked with me for months, - one worked with me for 18 months.
Thanks.