in terms of reputation, what are the best specialties and hardest to get into?
Good List. The addition of Plastics to the top two would make it complete.exmike said:Hardest? If you talk about Step 1 and match rates, Derm and neurosugery. After that RadOnc/ENT/ophtho/ortho/rads
exmike said:Hardest? If you talk about Step 1 and match rates, Derm and neurosugery. After that RadOnc/ENT/ophtho/ortho/rads
oh yes, plastics.BrettBatchelor said:Good List. The addition of Plastics to the top three would make it complete.
exmike said:Hardest? If you talk about Step 1 and match rates, Derm and neurosugery. After that RadOnc/ENT/ophtho/ortho/rads
arkroyal said:in terms of reputation, what are the best specialties and hardest to get into?
Tominator said:What about emergency medicine?
jammin06 said:mmm....good hours, not great pay (generally paid by hospital....no such thing as private practice in EM)
dz88 said:so which specialties pay the most?
is my list correct?
1. cardio surgeon
2. neuro surgeon
3. plastic surgeon
4. orthopedic surgeon
5. don't know, anyone care to fill out the rest?
am I correct?
interesting...my top two choices as of now if i end up doing a residency (md/mba).sscooterguy said:Not competative
Pathology (538 spots, 155 programs)
Medical Genetics (74 spots, 48 programs)
Shredder said:interesting...my top two choices as of now if i end up doing a residency (md/mba).
sscooterguy said:I have to disagree, as my girlfriend is now interviewing for emergency medicine in the midwest as well as the east coast. Hours are great, and so are salaries. There is such thing as private practice in EM. EM practices work through contract with different hospitals, and they do VERY well, while working 3-4 days a week with NO call. They are actually very common, even in academic centers.
Here's my list of how difficult specialties are, based upon multiple variables from desirablity to number of spots available. Its also based on the specialty in general, not including fellowships (cardio, peds surg, plastics, etc)
Top tier (most competative)
Plastics (37 spots for 5-7 year residencies, 89 programs (the rest are fellowships open to residents in gen surg, ortho, and ENT residents)
ENT (273 spots, 103 programs)
Neurosurg (146 spots, 94 programs)
Derm (301 spots, 106 programs)
Orthopedics (472 spots, 152 programs)
Urology (253 spots, 121 programs)
Rad Onc (121 spots, 77 programs)
High tier (very competative)
Diagnostic Radiology (883 spots, 193 programs)
Med-Peds (445 spots, 109 programs)
Opthomalogy (452 spots, 122 programs)
Anesthesiology (1030 spots, 132 programs)
Emergency Med (1033 spots, 124 programs)
Competative
Surgery (1039 categorical spots, 254 programs)
Ob (1218 spots, 254 programs)
Not so competative
IM (4752 categorical spots, 390 programs)
Peds (2601 spots, 208 programs)
Not competative
Physical Med and Rehab (298 spots, 80 programs)
Psychiatry (1179 spots, 180 programs)
Family Practice (3572 spots, 497 programs)
Neurology (468 spots, 117 programs)
Pathology (538 spots, 155 programs)
Medical Genetics (74 spots, 48 programs)
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tacrum43 said:So did you just create your own list? I've always heard ophthalmology is one of the very most competitive specialties, and that EM and Anesthesiology weren't all that competitive.
sscooterguy said:Well, yeah, I created this list, but with a few (good?) resources. I ranked EM and Anesthesiology as competative from what fourth years, attendings, and residency directors are saying at my school. (I talk to the EM, IM, and Surg residency directors probably every 3-4 weeks because I have worked with them previously). Also, I have based this list on another resource, titled Iserson's "How to get a medical residency", which I think is an excellent source if anyone is intersted. The book has statistics on each specialty as well as a general direction, projections about the future, and competativeness of the programs in one of its chapters. Iserson uses statistics on number of applicatants, percentage of FMG's, personal contact with residency directors, number of programs going unmatched, etc to come to conclusions. I have also combined those two sources with Freida (Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive database: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html) and my own opinions based on what docs are saying at my school. This is just my list though. Take it for what it is.
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something like that. im interested in biotech but i know phd school isnt for me (papers, grants, benchwork). i see this route as a valid alternative. some fellowships offered look fascinatingTheMightyAngus said:interesting. if you pursue the path/med genetics route you bypass patient care almost entirely. are you confining yourself to the research sector?