quick question?

[OBfan]

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I've heard from some of the peds residents at my hospital that fellowships in peds are not as competitive as IM. I was looking at some stats from the last 2 years for Heme-onc. Basically it shows for 2005 that out of all the spots for hemeonce they were all filled by all the applicants(foreign and US grads) leaving one unfilled spot. The 2006 match shows that 100% of all the foreign grads matched.

It all sounds great but is it really true. Are the peds fellowships that uncompetitive practically all the applicants find a spot?

Do IMG's really have a shot at landing a great fellowship?

any feedback will be great!
Thanks

 

[blanche]

I've heard from some of the peds residents at my hospital that fellowships in peds are not as competitive as IM. I was looking at some stats from the last 2 years for Heme-onc. Basically it shows for 2005 that out of all the spots for hemeonce they were all filled by all the applicants(foreign and US grads) leaving one unfilled spot. The 2006 match shows that 100% of all the foreign grads matched.

It all sounds great but is it really true. Are the peds fellowships that uncompetitive practically all the applicants find a spot?

Do IMG's really have a shot at landing a great fellowship?

any feedback will be great!
Thanks

peds fellowships are generally not as competitive as adult ones...of course there are exceptions (EM is one notable..) but i've known imgs that fared well in the fellowship match (cards, em, hemeonc). i get the impression that if you want a certain peds fellowship and work towards it in residency, chances are on your side.

 

[edmadison]

Why are peds fellowships relatively uncompetitive?

1) They are all three years long
2) Many don't result in a significantly increased income.

Ed

 

[oldbearprofessor]

Why are peds fellowships relatively uncompetitive?

1) They are all three years long
2) Many don't result in a significantly increased income.

Ed

Hi Ed: I'm not sure the change from 2 to 3 yrs was the deciding feature as in most cases they added research months which aren't too strenuous. Money is an issue, but not the one people tell ME about (although since they're usualy talking to me about neo and long-term the income is significantly increased, this isn't the issue). The reasons I hear from folks that say whey want to do fellowships but don't are:

1. Don't want to do (subject their family to) another clinical year of night-call similar to internship (true for neo, card, PICU) and more time in-house after that.
2. Don't like research or want to spend most of 2 years doing it.

My response is:

Go home and tell your loved ones that this is what you really want to do with your life and this is what will make you happiest. Then go do a month of clinical research (metabolism, not epidemiology) and see if you don't think that metabolic research has direct application and is reasonably "tolerable."

Happy holidays to all on the pedi forum of SDN!

OBP