silky
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ive been offered a pgy1 position in IM at a community hospital with no inhouse fellowships. Im a 1999 graduate ,us citizen with scores of 92 and 88 in step 1 and 2 both first attempts and cs passed on 2 nd attempt ,no USCE just one month observership in pathology but dont intend to go for pathology since i like IM better .i also want to do fellowship after graduation.should i accept the offer or wait till next year in hopes of getting matched in a university program?
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| doc_droc_apurva
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i wud take it in ur position..
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| adeelmd
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do the residents there go on to fellowships?? If so take the position. If it is a malignant comunity program I might reconsider, but you are saving a year; and usually doing a chief resident year (an extra pgy-4 year) will get you a fellowship... so I would take the position unless it is one of the absolute worst programs out there (ie Harlem, or on probation, etc..)
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| silky
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thanks so much for the replies. some of its graduates do go on for fellowships and its not malignant either . can u explain to me a bit more about the chief resident year in regards to the fellowship?how it helps for the felloship, is it considered as a fellowship year 1 and wat u do in that year or do u apply for fellowship after completing that year ?
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| adeelmd
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I don't know too much about it. All I can say is that it is an extra year (pgy-4)which is pretty much like your third year but you are also chief resident. It doesn't count towards fellowship, but you have a greater chance of getting a fellowship afterwards. One of my interviewers at a lesser known community program was doing this in order to get a cardiology fellowship, and while I don't know if he got it, he did tell me he was getting interviews. The reason I mentioned this is that even if you were in an awful program where noone got a fellowship, a chief resident year would get you a fellowship somewhere... but seeing as residents do go on from pgy-3, i don't think you will have a problem. TAKE THE PREMATCH!!!
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| msashraf
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take the prematch.
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| doc_droc_apurva
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most comm progs dont have an extra chief yr.. the pgy3 is just designated as chief.. the duties arent significant as a uni pgy4 chief.. just makin the schedule and stuff.. but does add weight when u go for fship.. espec the lower ranked ones.. for cards and gi its less effective unless u have a stellar all round cv.. for last yr the chief of even uconn didnt make it to gi..
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| silky
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is the pgy4 chief resident year different from pgy4 fellowship year?
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