mansun7177
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I would like some help here please. I wondered if ''bbb'' is able to make any comments here.
I qualified in India (1995). Did my postgraduate degree (MRCP) and higher specialist training in Gastroenterology in UK - 3+5 years.
I have plans to move to US for more training in GI and have started flicking through MLE books.
I have a feeling that I will have to do residency and then fellowship in GI after -but answers to some questions would help:
1. How difficult is it for someone like me qualified so many years ago :cry: to get a residency/fellowship in GI?
2. Is GI fellowship very difficult/competitive specialty to get into 8-[ ?
3. Is it possible to get into Fellowship straight after USMLE?
To everyone out there, thanks very much and take care.
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1. How difficult is it for someone like me qualified so many years ago to get a residency/fellowship in GI? We have taken persons into residency recently who graduated in 1995 - you have to to get good USMLE scores, interview well, etc.
2. Is GI fellowship very difficult/competitive specialty to get into? Yes, most of the fellowships are competitive: Cardiology, Pulmonary, Nephrology, GI - but this doesn't mean impossible.
3. Is it possible to get into Fellowship straight after USMLE? There are programs which will accept persons directly in a fellowship, but you will not be able to become board certified with the ABIM, because they require a US residency. I know that some physicians in the past have been accepted into a US fellowship, and then tried to get into an IM residency and have had difficulty with this.
Good luck
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bbb - trying to combine common sense and humour into realistic answers, but not going to guess on anyone's chances of getting into a position....
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