Residency Programs

[jstargirl17]

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Hello,

Does anyone know if there’s a list of programs that are good to apply to for family medicine? I am having a hard time deciding what programs to apply to and how many programs to apply to.

Here is my current list of programs:

Ohio State University
Wright State University
Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Akron General Program
Kettering Health (Soin Medical Center)
OhioHealth Riverside
OhioHealth Grant Medical Center
University of Michigan
University of Louisville
Emory University
Morehouse School of Morehouse
Meharry Medical College
University of Florida
University of Washington

With FM residency, I really worry about getting treated equally and fairly on inpatient and OB rotations.

I passed step 1 on the first attempt and got a low pass score on step 2 (which has been stressing me out and upsetting me…)

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

As a general rule, most FM programs are solid and the differences between them aren't major.

Assuming there isn't anything beyond regular FM that you really want to do, I'd start with geographic location to narrow things down a bit and work from there.

 

[jstargirl17]

As a general rule, most FM programs are solid and the differences between them aren't major.

Assuming there isn't anything beyond regular FM that you really want to do, I'd start with geographic location to narrow things down a bit and work from there.

My geographic preference is OH/midwest but there are also programs that I like outside of the Midwest (such as Atlanta, Florida, and Washington)

I was told by a couple of people to apply broadly… I’m hearing to apply to as little as 15-20 programs and others have applied to as many as 40 programs…

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Sounds like you need to choose between FM and IM first

 

[jstargirl17]

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Sounds like you need to choose between FM and IM first

I was planning to dual apply…

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

I was planning to dual apply…

Why?

My understanding was that usually duel applying is for backups to competitive specialties.

 

[jstargirl17]

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Why?

My understanding was that usually duel applying is for backups to competitive specialties.

So you feel that I should either apply to just FM or just IM? Don’t do both?

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

So you feel that I should either apply to just FM or just IM? Don’t do both?

Not exactly, I'm just not sure why you would do both. Neither are that difficult to match into but they are fairly different training programs. My wife did IM because she really didn't like taking care of kids or pregnant women. I did FM because I liked both adult and pediatric medicine (prenatal care I like, deliveries I did not).

If you don't want to lose out on pediatric medicine, do FM. If you don't care about that (or want to subspecialize), do IM.