Planning Residencies Class of 2020

[SoulWind]

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Greetings again SDN:

I will be applying for the class of 2020. Currently I am selecting schools for my AMCAS application. I want to be sure that a residency in ophthalmology is possible at some point. Will this opportunity vary from school to school? Pardon my ignorance I am looking quite a few years ahead. 😉

 

[Osteoth]

Step 1. Get good grades.
Step 2. Take the MCAT
Step 3. Apply for medical school
Step 4. Get into medical school
Step 1000001. Worry about what residency you will want to do 3 years down the road.

From what others have said, your clinical rotations will largely determine which residency you will do. There are many steps in between where you are and that point.

 

[SoulWind]

I appreciate the response. I was told residencies vary from school to school so, as you might imagine, I was a bit spooked. 😛

Cheers.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Some schools do not have residency programs for certain specialities. For example, UCSF does not have a pm&r program. But, this doesn't preclude UCSF students from matching into pm&r. (You can do away rotations if your school lacks a specific program).

Although, I believe there are advantages to having a residency program for your speciality of interest (which can obviously change) at your med school. But, as @Osteoth pointed out, your principle concern at this point is to get into to med school.

 

[DarknightX]

I appreciate the response. I was told residencies vary from school to school so, as you might imagine, I was a bit spooked. 😛

Cheers.

US MD school, high step 1 score, good clinical rotations.

That's it.

PS: Very high likelihood that you'll change your mind. Can't tell you how many people were "born to be Orthopedic surgeons" or "knew they wanted to be a neurosurgeon because their parent is one and they've seen a million operations and know they love it." These people ended up going into medicine, psych, and FM. Likewise some people who thought medicine or FP end up going into surgical specialties.

Just something to think about.