I took a look at the new data for appointment year 2021 and pulm crit was more competitive (64% match rate overall) than other medical specialities like cardiology and GI. What has changed? Is it compensation or related to COVID?
Cardiology and GI are more competitive. The average applicant who applies to cards or GI is more competitive than an average Pulm/CCM applicant.
I suspect with COVID and hiring freeze many grads who might have considered hospitalist route might have later decided to apply Pulm/CCM unlike the majority of card/GI applicants who probably have been working on their application from intern year.
Cardiology and GI are more competitive. The average applicant who applies to cards or GI is more competitive than an average Pulm/CCM applicant.
I suspect with COVID and hiring freeze many grads who might have considered hospitalist route might have later decided to apply Pulm/CCM unlike the majority of card/GI applicants who probably have been working on their application from intern year.
Curious what your definition of more competitive is? More publications/research experience? Step scores? And where did you get the information that informed your opinion? Not trying to have a dick measuring contest, just honestly curious.
Curious what your definition of more competitive is? More publications/research experience? Step scores? And where did you get the information that informed your opinion? Not trying to have a dick measuring contest, just honestly curious.
Background The competitiveness of internal medicine (IM) fellowships have not been well studied. Our novel competitiveness metric aims to estimate IM subspecialty fellowships entry competitiveness in a single, concise number that is easily accessible and understandable. Through this we hope to o...
Background The competitiveness of internal medicine (IM) fellowships have not been well studied. Our novel competitiveness metric aims to estimate IM subspecialty fellowships entry competitiveness in a single, concise number that is easily accessible and understandable. Through this we hope to o...
Meh. Anything that uses # of pubs is going to be skewed to cards and onc because those areas are the most well funded research in the US. Lots of MD/PHDs apply to both specialties, especially heme/onc. Pulmonary and liver research is pretty poorly funded, just not sexy organs and it isnt the 'fight against cancer'
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