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

[Kahreek]

Yep.

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[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.