How valuable is the guarantee of fellowship in heme/onc for the ABIM physician-scientist track? Some programs offer a guarantee and others do not. The Harvard programs, for example, do not guarantee fellowship, but they all argued on interview day that MD/PhDs coming out of a top residency program match for fellowship in heme/onc wherever they want anyway. Is this true?
How easy is it then to match into a top heme/onc fellowship as a fast-tracker with one fewer years of clinical training under your belt (especially to fellowship programs not affiliated with your residency)? Ive heard people on the interview trail say that a lot of fellowship programs dont consider fast-trackers from outside of their institution, but on this message board I read that Mount Sinai recently sent two fast-trackers to UCSF and MSKCC for heme/onc fellowship. Not too bad!
I have found that the places I am most interested for fellowship are not always where I would like to train for residency. Trying to decide whether I should take it one step at a time (rank based solely on preference for residency and think about fellowship when the time comes) or rank solely based on where I would like to end up for fellowship i.e. MGH/Brigham with no fellowship guarantee vs. Cornell with guaranteed spot at MSKCC?
What are other fast-track applicants doing? How has it worked out for those of you a few years ahead of us in the process?
How easy is it then to match into a top heme/onc fellowship as a fast-tracker with one fewer years of clinical training under your belt (especially to fellowship programs not affiliated with your residency)? Ive heard people on the interview trail say that a lot of fellowship programs dont consider fast-trackers from outside of their institution, but on this message board I read that Mount Sinai recently sent two fast-trackers to UCSF and MSKCC for heme/onc fellowship. Not too bad!
I have found that the places I am most interested for fellowship are not always where I would like to train for residency. Trying to decide whether I should take it one step at a time (rank based solely on preference for residency and think about fellowship when the time comes) or rank solely based on where I would like to end up for fellowship i.e. MGH/Brigham with no fellowship guarantee vs. Cornell with guaranteed spot at MSKCC?
What are other fast-track applicants doing? How has it worked out for those of you a few years ahead of us in the process?