Program's Fellowships

[somdave2005]

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Hey guys and gals, I was wondering....If I want to do a fellowship, how important is it to go to a program that has that fellowship? How much should this weight into my decision about where to go and how to rank? thanks!

 

[yomanjr]

It is pretty much program specific. Some programs seemingly set aside a spot or even more for their own housestaff. Others give no preference.. in fact may encourage their housestaff to try other medical "cultures" so as to not train under one philosphy. You'll have to give me specifics as to what it is you want to do and the programs you're eyeing. Good luck. 😎

 

[somdave2005]

I'm interested in heme onc. I'm looking at places like Utah, New Mexico, California Pacific, Loma Linda, and UCSD. I really liked Cal pacific but they don't have a heme onc fellowship.

It is pretty much program specific. Some programs seemingly set aside a spot or even more for their own housestaff. Others give no preference.. in fact may encourage their housestaff to try other medical "cultures" so as to not train under one philosphy. You'll have to give me specifics as to what it is you want to do and the programs you're eyeing. Good luck. 😎

 

[june015b]

Hey guys and gals, I was wondering....If I want to do a fellowship, how important is it to go to a program that has that fellowship? How much should this weight into my decision about where to go and how to rank? thanks!

If you wanna do a very competitive fellowship (like GI and Card), you should go to a program with a strong subspeciality/fellowship division (one of many ways is checking NIH's research ranking). Overall, it doesn't hurt to go to a program with a fellowship since the program frequently fills the spots internally.