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I want to re-enter the match next year, but will be a PGY-1. How in the world will this work with my current program? Do I have to resign first? Or should I try to arrange an out of match spot?
PGY-1 entering the match?
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Why? This is not a smart-ass question. New specialty? Matched prelim only? Different program in same specialty? The answers to your questions will depend somewhat on the "why".
Really poorly. I interviewed for fellowships as an intern and even though I had the full support of my program, I still barely had time to make it to 8 interviews in a 3 month period. Expect the same.
If you want to ensure that you have a bad LOR from your current PGY1 PD and increase the risk that you won't have a spot next year, resigning is a good way to go. But it may also be the only realistic way, depending on the answers to my questions above. An out of match spot would be easier from a logistical standpoint...but won't give you much flexibility.
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to be vague. Basically due to my own poor planning (believe me, I take full responsibility) I was not prepared to interview for my dream specialty even though from a numbers standpoint I'm competitive. I convinced myself that I would be "content" in another field, but I am now really feeling like I made the wrong choice. The program where I went to med school holds a spot out of the match every year for people in this situation, so I want to try for that spot initially. But if i don't get it, I'm not sure what my plan B should be since I really DONT want to leave my new program high and dry since this is my own mistake but I also don't want to be asking myself "what if" for the rest of my career. Thanks for your honest feedback.
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Wait, what!? A) why are you applying for fellowships with only a few months of clinical experience under your belt. B) what program would interview an intern for a fellowship spot. Are most fellowships based on Step1, grades, LORs just like residency?
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ABIM Research Pathway. Look it up.
And the interviews l got for fellowship were even better than the ones l had for residency (which were pretty damn good).
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I went on twelve fellowship interviews in a two-month span last year, and my program was NOT happy about it. At all.
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If the people at your program are nice people/feeling generous then you might be able to work something out to have your lightest rotations scheduled during the interview season. Just don't count on it as a given.
Since I was in a one year internship where they knew that I would be looking for a different spot during the year, they didn't give me much hassle about going on interviews. In a categorical program where they don't expect you to be leaving you probably will get more resistance unfortunately.
Since I was in a one year internship where they knew that I would be looking for a different spot during the year, they didn't give me much hassle about going on interviews. In a categorical program where they don't expect you to be leaving you probably will get more resistance unfortunately.
