Question about IM residency

[canadian2us2222]

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Hi all,

I was trying to find out some more information about internal medicine residencies and this might be a really dumb question but from my understanding a residency in IM leads to lots of other subspecialties including General internal med.

So my question is what happens if a person doesn't do any subspecialties and they just do IM. What are they called (since GIM is its own thing) and are IMs who dont subspecialize the norm? Are they super disadvantaged?

Thanks in advance.

 

[SquidLab]

Internists. They can do primary care, hospital medicine, urgent care, and other things!

What is a Doctor of Internal Medicine, or Internist? | ACP Online

Internal medicine physicians, or internists, are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.

www.acponline.org

 

[NotAProgDirector]

GIM is not it's own thing. While there are GIM fellowships, they are research focused and not required for practice.

Lots of people don't do a fellowship.