Resource for finding residencies

[Indymom]

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This has probably been asked before - but where do I go if I want to find what kind of residencies are offered in different places, and how competitive each one is?

I am just starting first year medical school this August but I am thinking ahead four years. I don't know what residency specialty I will end up in, but I am thinking it will be OBGYN since I have worked in that field already for the past 6 years and know what I would be getting into, and it is the reason I decided to go to medical school.

I am married and my husband has a very good job at his company which is located close to where my medical school is - however there is only family practice residencies in our city - so we know we need to move on if I want to do anything else. His company also has a branch in Cleveland but I am having trouble finding a website that lists what is available in Cleveland. Is there any type of guide for this? Kind of like the book that the AAMC puts out about the different medical schools available around the country?

Thanks!

 

[Winged Scapula]

This has probably been asked before - but where do I go if I want to find what kind of residencies are offered in different places, and how competitive each one is?

Here you go:

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/graduate-medical-education/freida-online.shtml

There is no formal source for "competitiveness" of residencies although you can look at NRMP data tables to see how many applicants a field gets, how many match, etc.

I am just starting first year medical school this August but I am thinking ahead four years. I don't know what residency specialty I will end up in, but I am thinking it will be OBGYN since I have worked in that field already for the past 6 years and know what I would be getting into, and it is the reason I decided to go to medical school.

Ob-Gyn would be in the moderate competitiveness category - some programs more or less difficult to match into.

I am married and my husband has a very good job at his company which is located close to where my medical school is - however there is only family practice residencies in our city - so we know we need to move on if I want to do anything else. His company also has a branch in Cleveland but I am having trouble finding a website that lists what is available in Cleveland. Is there any type of guide for this? Kind of like the book that the AAMC puts out about the different medical schools available around the country?

Thanks!

You can use FREIDA above to look for residencies in any region you wish (although I don't think you can do any more specific than by state).

 

[roflcakes887]

This has probably been asked before - but where do I go if I want to find what kind of residencies are offered in different places, and how competitive each one is?

I am just starting first year medical school this August but I am thinking ahead four years. I don't know what residency specialty I will end up in, but I am thinking it will be OBGYN since I have worked in that field already for the past 6 years and know what I would be getting into, and it is the reason I decided to go to medical school.

I am married and my husband has a very good job at his company which is located close to where my medical school is - however there is only family practice residencies in our city - so we know we need to move on if I want to do anything else. His company also has a branch in Cleveland but I am having trouble finding a website that lists what is available in Cleveland. Is there any type of guide for this? Kind of like the book that the AAMC puts out about the different medical schools available around the country?

Thanks!

The two main things that matter for a residency interview invite:

1. Step 1
2. Clinical Rotation grade in that speciality.

Once you get the interview, it is all subjective and political from there.

Hence, why residency applications, just like medical school admissions are a huge crapshoot.

 

[dragonfly99]

The two main things that matter for a residency interview invite:

1. Step 1
2. Clinical Rotation grade in that speciality.

Once you get the interview, it is all subjective and political from there.

Hence, why residency applications, just like medical school admissions are a huge crapshoot.

This is basically true. Your overall class rank can matter also. Not the absolute number, but where you are in your class (i.e. top 1/3, middle 1/3, lower 1/3).

One thing you might find helpful is to try to explore several specialties during years 1/2, in a low key way. Asking for short meetings with attendings and/or shadowing them can be helpful. If you wait until 3rd year that can be too late...other students might already be positioning themselves for the best research, best rotations, etc. Also, if there is something you are very interested in, try to avoid taking that clerkship at the very beginning of the 3rd year when you are more "green" (and more like to make mistakes on the wards).

FREIDA online is a great resource to just scope out what residencies are available. There should be more stuff on the AMA-med student section and the AMSA web sites as well.