radiology res. after peds res.??

[thebrightside]

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Would it be any easier applying or the whole process all over again. Anyone who has done it?

 

[IJL]

Not worth it in my opinion. At a bare minimum, you're talking about an extra 4 years, assuming you're intern year will count. After a fellowship, that's 5 extra years. You'll be a PGY-8 at that point. I'm not even sure if you'll be able to be funded for that many post grad training years. Think about all the money you'll be losing during those years.

 

[Radz123]

Why are you doing a whole peds res followed by radiology?

 

[shark2000]

There is no point in doing it unless you are already a resident and want to switch fields.

 

[Rads312]

I did 2 years of anesthesiology before radiology. I got credit for my intern year and am coming into radiology as a PGY-2. I lost the time i put in as a pgy-2 anesthesiology resident, and the gap year I had between ending my pgy2 and starting as a pgy2 radiology resident. I spent the year doing a research fellowship focused on cancer imaging and getting some publications. From a strictly time perspective, it's not ideal, as I will have done 6 years of training vs. 5 if I had started in radiology, ( +/- with fellowship ), and lost a bit of time in the transition. Other than that, If it's what you want to do, go for it - but if you complete pediatrics, you may be meeting the cap for ACGME salary funding, which I think is 7 years...could be 8, not sure.

 

[rufaterd]

I met someone on the interview trail that I clicked really well with...and found out he was almost two years into his peds cards fellowship at Boston Childrens.

 

[tco]

We have an attending who did med/peds then rads.

The PD at Wake (who is an awesome person, btw) did Neurosurgery and was practicing, then went back and became a Neurorads. The Neurosurgeons love her because she knows exactly what they're looking for.

Another attending at Wake did Thoracic Surgery and was practicing, then went back and did IR. He does all kinds of hybrid surgery/IR procedures that no one else can do.

We have another attending who was an OB/GYN and went back, now is one of the best Body attendings we have.

Do whatever you want. Don't let someone else decide what's "worth it" for you. Only you know.

 

[shark2000]

To OP: It seems you are currently a pediatrics resident. Why do you want to switch? Switching fields is a big decision but doable and more common than you think.