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[espfactor]

Do fellowships care about it at all?

 

[espfactor]

83 views and not a single reply? Someone has to have some input!😕

 

[zwasfeli]

i don't think it is all that important. i believe the people you know and the letters you get + audition rotations are more important (phone calls are key supposedly). your program is probably important insofar as it helps with the aforementioned. having a home program helps as they know you best.

i believe my senior medicine residents took step 3 after obtaining their medicine fellowships (in gi and allergy/immuno) and step 3 is by far more medicine heavy than pm+r heavy. most interns don't have a zillion hours to devote to step 3 anyway.

hope this helps.

 

[fozzy40]

Any other thoughts on this subject? I've taken Steps 1 & 2 COMLEX and USMLE. Just registered for COMLEX 3. What do you guys think?

 

[dc2md]

hey fozzy. i just took step 3 recently, passed it, and feel a hell of a lot better. our pgy4 applying to fellowships say it's not heavily looked at at all. the above poster is right. it's all about connections and doing rotations with them.

 

[drvlad2004]

Any other thoughts on this subject? I've taken Steps 1 & 2 COMLEX and USMLE. Just registered for COMLEX 3. What do you guys think?

Just pass that damn COMLEX 3 so that you can start applying for state medical licenses. None of the fellowships cared how well I did on step 3. Take and pass the exam early so that you put full focus on PM&R. Who wants to study OB/Gyn during their PGY4 year when you need to get ready for the PM&R boards.

 

[mehul_25]

It all depends on the strength of your application (i.e. letters, connections, medical school/residency reputation). All the programs I applied for asked for it formally and some looked at it, particularly the anesthesia-based ones.


It probably wont make your application but if everything else is suspect it might break you.

 

[fozzy40]

Thanks for the advice!