Residency selection

[Dansh]

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Anyone know where I can find which residency types are the hardest/easiest to get into?

 

[Diogenes]

Actually I don't have a suggestion, but welcome to SDN!

 

[BushBaby]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Dansh:
•Anyone know where I can find which residency types are the hardest/easiest to get into?•••••From word of mouth I think Ortho and Derm are pretty competitive. Check out the Allo forums, they have similar topics.

 

[souljah1]

Iserson's Getting into a Residency is a really good book for approaching medical school, describing specialties, etc..I think he discusses the specialties that are more difficult to enter. Derm, Ortho, Oto, EM, are some that come to mind, but I'm sure there are others.

 

[dingiswayo]

Check out this Wash U web site. For each specialty they provide match rates (by year) and a qualitative rating on competitiveness (e.g. less, more, most). You must use the "view a specialty" menu in the upper right corner.

<a href="http://medicine.wustl.edu/~residenc/outside/spec/comp.html" target="_blank">http://medicine.wustl.edu/~residenc/outside/spec/comp.html</a>

 

[sorrento]

okay, stupid question. what is ENT?

 

[souljah1]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by sorrento:
•okay, stupid question. what is ENT?•••••ears, nose, throat?

 

[sorrento]

so is that the same thing as otolaryngology??

 

[LBJeffries]

otolaryngology = otorhinolaryngology = ENT = Ear Nose Throat

It's all the same.

 

[fiddler171j]

Derm is pretty competitive. There are many students who want to practice but aren't interested in crazy hours......derm is usually a chance to have an eight our day and have fun or be with the family.

 

[savoy]

hey, dingiswayo: thanks for posting that residency website. it's so informative...

 

[dingiswayo]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by savoy:
•hey, dingiswayo: thanks for posting that residency website. it's so informative...•••••Glad you liked it. I think it's awesome. I've never found some of those stats anywhere else.

 

[Dansh]

Thanks everybody for your help - that Wash U site was what I was looking for.