What is the best fellowship if you like plain IM but want to specialise?

[Kahreek]

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Yep.

 

[bashwell]

Preventive or primary care fellowship.

Whether or not that's actually worth doing is a different question.

 

[CCM-MD]

Yep.

Geriatrics.

There is some GIM fellowships you could do also.

 

[Kahreek]

you guys kill me 😀

what about the subs?

 

[rokshana]

you guys kill me 😀

what about the subs?

uh, if you like "plain" IM then why would you sub specialize?

probably nephrology or endocrinology...those diabetes pts will keep you in the IM realm...

 

[Kahreek]

uh, if you like "plain" IM then why would you sub specialize?

probably nephrology or endocrinology...those diabetes pts will keep you in the IM realm...

because i can.

 

[gutonc]

because i can.

I assure you that "because I can" is going to get you DNR'd for every fellowship (except maybe renal) when you answer the question "why this specialty?".

But I'd agree with renal. That way you can spend 2-3 extra years getting crap pay and working as hard as the trauma intern, followed by only being able to get a Primary Care or hospitalist job anyway.

 

[Kahreek]

I assure you that "because I can" is going to get you DNR'd for every fellowship (except maybe renal) when you answer the question "why this specialty?".

But I'd agree with renal. That way you can spend 2-3 extra years getting crap pay and working as hard as the trauma intern, followed by only being able to get a Primary Care or hospitalist job anyway.

it is better than saying i find the nephron fascinating 😛
Why is renal so heavy workwise?

 

[gutonc]

...and now I'm sad that I replied to a troll.

 

[Kahreek]

...and now I'm sad that I replied to a troll.

Ah , dont be like that.
Why is renal fellowship so brutal.

 

[deleted547339]

CCM - get to do a little of everything. But I'm biased....

 

[Raryn]

Ah , dont be like that.
Why is renal fellowship so brutal.

Because they can make it so.

 

[gutonc]

Ah , dont be like that.
Why is renal fellowship so brutal.

I'll tell you what...when you're a 2nd year IM resident and asking this question for real, come back to this thread and you'll laugh your a$$ off at your naivete.

Not to mention your punctuation.

 

[visari]

after a 2 minute search, It's a miracle that the OP account is not flagged as fake/troll

 

[Successor12]

I find pulm cc the best choice for someone who likes general IM

 

[IM2GI]

Palliative care or geriatrics

 

[Gastrapathy]

GIM Fellowship

 

[drfunktacular]

Not to be a broken record on here but... rheumatology

 

[235009]

I'm surprised nobody said ID!


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[witzelsucht]

Allergy. Thank me in 7 years

 

[Instatewaiter]

it is better than saying i find the nephron fascinating 😛
Why is renal so heavy workwise?

I recently saw a nephrology fellowship application. Here were the questions:
1) Do you have a pulse?
2) Do you want to do nephrology?
3) If the above answers are yes, please describe your psychiatric history

 

[JP2740]

Im surprised more people aren't saying critical care. Almost like gen med on steroids

 

[CCM-MD]

Im surprised more people aren't saying critical care. Almost like gen med on steroids

Critical care is awesome. Very hard work and very different practice from GIM. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who likes GIM and wants subspecialize just for the sake of subspecializing. Geriatrics or a GIM fellowship is a better plan if this is your intention.

 

[JP2740]

Critical care is awesome. Very hard work and very different practice from GIM. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who likes GIM and wants subspecialize just for the sake of subspecializing. Geriatrics or a GIM fellowship is a better plan if this is your intention.

It's obvious the OP wants nothing to do with gen med though.

 

[CCM-MD]

It's obvious the OP wants nothing to do with gen med though.

I didn't think that was obvious. The only thing obvious about the OP is that he's a troll.