b**3
发帖数: 16 | 1 Maybe I need to make things more clear. Actually, I just matched to prelim
surgery program but NOT categorical program, so that I have to re-apply to
other specialty (I don't want to do surgery indeed) this year.
Do you still think the PD will feel bad for a prelim intern to interview for
other specialty? Please give me your idea. Tanks a lot. |
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l*****8
发帖数: 22 | 2 Good news for med students worried about their debt loads: Physicians coming
out of residencies last year reported increases in their starting salaries
in many specialties, according to a survey by the Medical Group Management
Association, a trade group for medical groups.
Here are the specialties with the biggest jumps in 2008 from a year earlier
based on data from 300,520 physicians:
* Neurology: $200,000 to $230,000 -- up 15%
* Non-invasive cardiology: $350,000 to $400,000 - up 14.29%
* Anest |
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s******h
发帖数: 31 | 3 I want to apply for more than one specialty, do I need to get separate
recommendation letter for each specialty from the same doctor? Thanks! |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 4 You need to let the doctors know about your plan and come up with an
agreement. Some doctors may write more than one version of LOR, others may
not mention any specialties and the same letter can be used for multiple
specialties. |
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发帖数: 30 | 5 The form asks to fill out which specialties to apply. If I wanna apply to
both IM and Peds, can I say "Multiple
Specialties" or I have to say "IM and PEDS" ?
Thanks |
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h********g
发帖数: 145 | 6 I just found this at DigiDoc's website:
Make the Letters 'specialty neutral' If you plan to use the same letter for
different speciaties- what I mean by this is that don't let the letter
specifically mention that you would be a great fit for 'pediatrics' or '
Internal medicine' - just let them say that you would be a great fit for '
your residency program'. Two reasons for this : a. The same letters can be
used for multiple specialties and b. This also avoids a mistake by ERAS guys
sending the w |
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发帖数: 76 | 7 I found a mistake right after I reserved the LoR slot: I should assign the
LoR to all specialties but only put one specialty in the LoR. But I can not
edit it anymore. The instruction said i need to create a new slot in place
old one and let dean's office know that. But I can not delete the reserved
slot, how can I create a new one and in place incorrect one and let them
know? Also, I found when we apply for programs, we can assign the LoR to
programs, does it mean it is ok that I assign the LoR |
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发帖数: 1334 | 8 Don't worry about this. The "specialty" field in LOR slot is for information
purpose only, and it will not be sent to any programs you applied. You can
assign a LOR to any programs, regardless of the "specialty" field.
not edit it anymore. The instruction said i need to create a new slot in place |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 9 You have to make up your mind soon. If you like IM most, Path as a backup
probably doesn't make sense (Path is more competitive). If you choose Path
first, you'll need IM as the backup. Many people apply for more than one
specialties. Just try to avoid applying more than one specialties at the
same place. Of course you won't tell the programs IM is your backup. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 10 Should be OK. One to five sentences are good enough for each experience
description. In PS you may talk about your personal story, why you're
interested in the specialty, what makes you good at the specialty, and your
long term goal. |
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m***c
发帖数: 8 | 11 Job is everywhere. But usually metropolitan area offers lower pay than
suburb area does.Some specialty requires longer time training like PATH.In
20 years, population in US will reach 400 million from 300 million. But the
slots for residents each year has no big change.
Current trend is that there will be less reimbursement to specialty. This
time the biggest victims are Radio and Cardio. There will be 42% fee cut in
Echo study and 21% cut in stress test.
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 12 From NRMP:
- Categorical positions (C) are in programs that expect applicants
who enter in their first post-graduate year to continue until they
have completed all training required for specialty certification,
provided their performance is satisfactory. Primary categorical
programs in medicine and pediatrics are designated by (M).
- Preliminary positions (P) provide one or two years of prerequisite
training for entry into an advanced position in specialty programs
that require one or more years |
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发帖数: 39 | 13 大家都说最好不要申请同一个医院两个不同的specialty. 但是有些uiversity
hospital在不同的几个城市都有program. 如果我申请在两个不同的城市的不同
specialty会有问题吗? 多谢！ |
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l***o
发帖数: 578 | 14 There is no problem to apply for different specialties in the same hospial.
I got 3 interviews in the same hospitals, where I am working now.
Of course, you have no problem to apply for the same specialty in different
programs. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 15 Each state issues medical license so a physician can practice medicine in
that state. Some physicians also take exams in a particular specialty to get
"board-certificated". Although no guarantee a "board-certificated" doctor
is more knowledgeable than other doctors in that field, it's an important
credential measure. As long as a physician has a medical license he or she
can see patients in that state. If not sure, choosing a "board-certificated"
doctor in that specialty is a safer bet. |
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s******h
发帖数: 31 | 16 If I want to apply to 2 different specialties (advanced programs), should I
indicate PGY-2 Specialty interests when I apply to the preliminary program?
Thanks! |
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s******h
发帖数: 31 | 17 Thanks Eric! That is my concern. However, if I mention one specialty, and
later I get into another specialty, will this give them bad impression (I
mean during the interview or while doing the internship)? What do you think
if I don't mention it at all? Thanks! |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 18 Yoghurt, the reason your boss didn't want to set up connections for you this
year cold be that he doesn't want you to leave now, or he doesn't want to
influence too much for the residency selection process. However, as Dok
pointed out, the more you give, the more you will have. It's a human nature.
A chair I have done a research project with encouraged me to consider his
specialty, and implied a guarantee of a residency spot. Unfortunately this
specialty is not my top choice. When I approached a |
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发帖数: 786 | 19 从这个ECFMG 的回信中"Qiming Wang, Director, Agricultural and Medical
Education Division,Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education,
China, has confirmed that there are five-year Bachelor of Medicine diplomas
in certain specialties that allow the graduate to take the CDLE for clinical
medicine to proceed to the practice of general medicine without restriction
in China and five-year Bachelor of Medicine diplomas in other specialties
that do not allow the graduate to take the CDLE for clinical |
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发帖数: 110 | 20 I remembered during my interview,I was interviewed by one of the most famous
and well respected guy in our specialty, (the highest level specialty
meeting is under his name), he asked what is my career plan, I told him to
be in a hospital with residency teaching and private practice. He said, we
train you here is not for you to be just a surgeon, but you should
contribute and benefit the whole subspeicalty. different people have
different expectation on you, some attendings liked my answer a lo |
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yf
发帖数: 272 | 21 One PD asked me, what can you contribute to this program? What can you bring
to this program? This is a tough one.
They all want to know the career plan, and they like to train somebody that
can contribute not only to the program but also to the whole specialty.
Especially in those academic program, they want you to be a future leader.
By default, those program can prepare you to pass the specialty board, so
they don't even mention the clinical training, all they want to sell to you
is the poten |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 22 Attitude and trust-worth are very important. However a specialty's
competitiveness is determined by supply-and-demand. If a lot of AMGs want to
get into a specialty, it leaves very little room for FMG/IMGs. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 23 Just be aware that there are some drawbacks for preliminary surgery:
1) It doesn't count as the PGY-1 for specialties like IM, Peds, FM, and neurology;
2) It will use up one year residency funding, thus obtaining a spot of the
above specialties will be more difficult;
3) It will be very demanding and hard to arrange time for interviews in the
next application cycle.
Possible outcomes for preliminary surgery:
1) Match or promote to PGY-2 categorical surgery if such a position becomes
available;
2 |
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发帖数: 120 | 24 If the residency of preventive medicine competitive, and what special
requirement needed? Never heard people talk about it.
Could anyone give an explaining? It looks like quite different from other
specialties, as it is not like a clinical specialty.
What kind of candidates they prefer?
Thanks in advance for your input! |
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f*****w
发帖数: 1451 | 25 One more question, About the applied specialty ob cover letter:
IF I put into IM, does it mean this LORs only can be used for IM application
? How can I use the same letter for more specialties?
Thanks!
received
LOR |
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t*******i
发帖数: 60 | 26 Hi CS66,
it depends. for some nice people, I asked them to write for different
specialty. But for people that is not too close and less friendly, I didn't.
In fact, one person agree to write me different letter, but in the end, he
just wrote one, even I asked him again.So you could imagine it's probably
not a very strong letter)
Anyway, if you have enough people who are willing to write you good letters
(say five people in one specialty), you can ask them to write individually,
even one of them |
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k**********n
发帖数: 438 | 27 Yes, you do need to apply a lot of program, IM, 100 is reasonable, assuming
you graduated more than 10yrs. If you are more fresh, less than 100 is OK,
and even some university programs may give you a chance. However, community
programs are still our major target.
You may not need to apply more than 100 for a second specialty. Remember,
dual specialty application means double your workload accordingly. |
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w**s
发帖数: 367 | 28 看了你们的帖子才发现我还没designate, 如果多科申请，下边这项
Specialty(s) to which this letter will be assigned
该怎么添，一定要写清楚具体是哪几科，还是写all specialty(s)就行？ |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 29 Personal statement for residency application doesn't need to be too dramatic
(a very convincing story will be good though). Basically you need to answer
these two questions:
1) Why do you choose this specialty?
2) What's your qualification for this specialty?
In addition, provide explanations for red-flags in your application, if any. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 30 Some possible red-flags for IMGs:
- Trained/worked in a different specialty
- Lack of clinical experience, research to clinical
- Lack of commitment for the specialty
- Long graduation year
- Low step scores or failed exams
- Gap in CV
- Switch job/field frequently |
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h****6
发帖数: 41 | 31 Is it absolutely not recommended to apply for different specialties (e.g.,IM
, FM, Peds) in the same institution? Does that affect getting interviews?
I know it might hurt if you go interviews for different specialties in the
same instituion. But does it have a negative impact on your chance of
getting interviews?
Thanks. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 32 IM, FM, and Peds are similar primary care specialties. It's OK to apply them
at the same place. The chance for inter-department communication is small.
Even if they find out, you may say that you want to be a primary care
physician, and any of these specialties will suite your career goal. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 33 In general the chance for inter-department communication is small. However
some small community programs could have the same stuff to handle residency
applications for multiple specialties.
1) If no one finds out, there is no effect on your application.
2) If they find out they may question your commitment for the specialties. |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 34 Most likely the letter mentions you will apply for a particular specialty,
thus it can't be used for other specialties. |
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b***u
发帖数: 746 | 35
pass 1st attempt.-------yes, that's not good enough
count
applying in the same field, otherwise same as above or just slightly better.
specialty such as patho. good if your work fits the interest of the PD.
Paper published in China does not weigh much.
oriented specialty such as patho. Good if you research field happen to be
the same or close to the interest of the PD.
PhD also means that your graduation year >5. not good for IM.
overall impression:
1. Chances relatively low
2. Chances are even |
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a****9
发帖数: 773 | 36 那如果我两个都选，但是我在planed PGY-2 specialty 里面填写和preliminary一样的
specialty呢？ |
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B*****5
发帖数: 39 | 37 FIND the answer:
A "categorical" position is one which offers full residency training
required for board certification in that specialty. A "preliminary" position
, in contrast, is a position offering only 1-2 years of training generally
prior to entry into advanced specialty programs. Many internal medicine and
surgery training programs offer preliminary positions in addition to
categorical positions. Transitional year programs are also considered
preliminary year training programs.
preliminer |
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U******u
发帖数: 5829 | 38 u r so lucky!
all such experiences are great and helpful to your future application and
interview, unless you don't understand what a treasure you got and how to
take advantage of them!!!
even FM or EM, they are useful for any other specialties--as OB is not for
you to learn a specific specialty and how to make dx or treatment, but to
understand US clinic system and communication between physicians with pts,
their family, nurse stuff and peers!!!
5 CMG OBers with me last yr and before last yr, 3 |
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D******e
发帖数: 1085 | 39 To be honest, Derm and Cardio are off the limits. Path requires a Ph.D and research background. I cant stand children yelling. So, Pedi is crossed out. The lesser good specialties have all been taken by the AMGs. You are the only specialty left for me................
Research is a stepping stone to come to the US. Glad I dont have to grow bugs again.....
My husband misled me......
"There is the door. Close behind you please." |
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a*****o
发帖数: 174 | 40 Thanks, Eric.
I'm just curious. Didn't apply for either of these.
But your input is helpful to many of our friends here.
I met some transitional yr interns in the summer but didn't get the chance
to ask what their R-2 specialties are. So, usually which specialties they
will continue on?
Hope this post can be read by the person whom I've misled. Sorry :(
some |
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z**h
发帖数: 153 | 41 下面这封信是在mock interview一周之前发给所有报名的interviewee的
各位兄弟姐妹，
感谢大家对Mock interview的兴趣和耐心等待。最近两周有很多始料未及的变故，现在
跟大家一五一十的汇报一下，也请大家心中有数。
这次Mock Interview最早是在咱们7月31号的住院医申请研讨会时定下的。在过去的两
年当中，我自己也帮助过很多兄弟姐妹的申请，自己深知申请策略、面试准备的重要性
。面试的过程除了向program推销自己，实际上也是一个自我总结的过程。以前的时候
我们有十几个面试，很多人往往是在几个面试之后慢慢找到感觉，最终入门。但是现在
竞争越来越激烈，很多人本来拿到的面试就不多，不可能拿前几个练手，所以在面试前
做好准备至关重要，这也是Mock
Interview的初衷。Mock Interview最难的不是钱，而是面试场地和有面试经验的面试
官。我们原先不准备组织大规模的Mock Interview就是因为这两点很难做到。7月31号
的讨论会上，Dr. Eng建议我们在10/16号做一次Mock Interview，因为他们会有个
Doctor-F... 阅读全帖 |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 42 Sure you may apply for some. Yes you need to say you want some surgery
training experiences, but not necessary for a surgery-related specialty. It
can also be used as PGY-1 for advanced specialties such as radiology,
ophthalmology, emergency medicine, and anesthesiology. |
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发帖数: 2279 | 43 By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent,
MedPage Today
October 20, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts experienced a shortage of primary care
physicians for the fifth year in a row in 2010 and half of primary care
doctors in the state stopped accepting new patients, according to a study
released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Massachusetts has, in some ways, been a model for healthcare reform for the
nation.
While overall access to care has improved since the state passed a ... 阅读全帖 |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 44 Excelling in Interviews
Interviews are pleasant experiences for the vast majority of students. In
fact, many interviewees say that the interviews should be called “marketing
discussions” because program directors and faculty really try to “sell”
them on their respective programs.
Interviewers do this because they want to give you the information you need
to make the decision that they would hope for (i.e., for you to rank them
high on your list), and they want you to tell others how great they a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 790 | 45 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
ucfu (tiger) 于 (Tue Jun 16 00:47:37 2009, 美东) 提到:
对美国的临床病理医生的分类不是太清楚，是不是有的检验医生也是属于病理医生？也
需要考Board？Clinical Chemistry属于Clinical Pathologist吗？先谢了。
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ANOA (溪头卧) 于 (Tue Jun 16 01:57:34 2009, 美东) 提到:
对美国的临床病理医生的分类不是太清楚，是不是有的检验医生也是属于病理医生？
是。属于CP(Clinical Pathology).
也需要考Board？
是。可申请CP only或AP/CP住院医生。但clinical chemistry 和microbiology很多由
PhD负责，不需考Board.
Clinical Chemistry属于Clinical Pathologist吗？
是。
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发帖数: 746 | 46 1. I would agree 7 years as the limit, but you need to check DOS/USCIS
regulation to confirm. Normally it shall be enough to cover your residency.
2. If you drop, you drop. 2-year home country service is always there,
unless you get waiver.
3. one extra thing I confirmed with ECFMG about "Statement of Need"
a) if you stay with your program finishing your resiency, the letter is good
for the entire resideny, no renewal needed.
b) if you switch program but not specialty, you need to verify with EC... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 790 | 47 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
xyyzm (xy) 于 (Sat Sep 5 12:38:17 2009, 美东) 提到:
Applicants who 1.) Have not been engaged in clinical medical practice for 5
years or 2.)Graduated from medical school 5 or more years ago, will be
required to document 150 hours of category 1 CME credits, earned within the
last 2 years prior to the application date, in order to be eligible for
temporary licensing in the state of Illinois. (Temporary licensure is a
requirement for all entering house staff... 阅读全帖 |
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l**s
发帖数: 53 | 48 Hi all,
I am trying to register for MCCEE exam, but i found that i have to get my
certificate verified first.
including the following things:
a certified copy of your final medical Medical degree/diploma, Medical
transcript, Internship, Postgraduate training, Specialty certificates,
License/registration
anyone knows how to get the certified documents for the internship? and what
is post graduate training? specialty certificates? License/registration?
I am totally confused!!
http://www.pcrc.org/e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 579 | 49 hi, Eric,
thank you so much for the information! I have a few questions for you:
1. I was withdrawn from the MATCH because the delay in taking my CK exam,
and my score is still pending (hopefully will come out on March 16). Do you
think my chance will be very little? I will just give it a try anyway.
2. Should we contact the program only after noon tomorrow?
3. what is the difference between Medicine-Neurology and Neurology? Is Medicine-Neurology a combination of both and will take a few more ye... 阅读全帖 |
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e*****a
发帖数: 1334 | 50 I never scrambled before so someone else with more experience may give you a
better answer. I just provide some personal opinions (could be wrong).
1.I was withdrawn from the MATCH because the delay in taking my CK exam,
and my score is still pending (hopefully will come out on March 16). Do you
think my chance will be very little? I will just give it a try anyway.
A; According to ECFMG, “if you wish to participate in the Scramble only,
you must obtain an ERAS Token; register at MyERAS; register... 阅读全帖 |
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