That being said, the sample size for most of the data is pretty large, and if the specialty appears towards the top or bottom of BOTH lists above, that should be a fairly good estimate of where it lies in the grand scheme of things. Yea part of the reason I don’t consider these rankings to be definitive in any way is that competitiveness varies a lot year to year, and this is especially true the smaller the specialty. Press J to jump to the feed. 2 weeks later... bearded frog 392 Posted July 31, 2016. bearded frog. Pediatrics Psychiatry Family Medicine These are the fields on anyone's shortlist of fields easy to enter. TL;DR Specialty competitiveness in 2018 was different than what you'd probably expect. On average I do believe the ones you listed fit the category. I had a friend who won an award for outstanding psych work and he didn't match or SOAP. Eligibility criteria. Family medicine is by far the least competitive specialty to match into, scoring only 15 points in our dataset, with the runner up at 27 points. Kelly Gooch - Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 Print | Email. Hoping Anesthesiology stays near the bottom in 2 years. save. If you have a 200 on step 1, you're certainly not going to apply derm. 2018 Main Residency Match: who matched into the most competitive specialties? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the medicalschool community. Pathology and microbiology spots typically are seen as the least competitive, and there is some … 80 hours a week surgery core rotation was hell. Vacant positions are very rare with a salary amounting to … I guess I should have been more clear. Given that some specialties provide better compensation than others, some fields in medicine are more competitive than others. Lv 4. If the average hours are 50, then at least I'll know I can always slide on down if I need to without the risk of being ostracized by my colleagues (I have legit seen this in surgery, I kid you not) or having the hospital system tell me "well most people we hire in this position sign up for 60 hours". If you truly and honestly struggled with a 40 hour work week during gap years, your entire career is going to be rough. My question is - what specialties tend to have residency programs that work us less hours than the "80 hour limit" that seems to be loosely followed? I worked 30 hours a week as a dish boy and hated my life. I posted this data after looking through it because as I said it seems like we're behind the times in gauging competitiveness. i think all specialties are "intense" in one way or another. I agree. Top 25 internal medicine residencies, ranked by physicians . 0 0. linsday. Shayna Korol - Monday, March 19th, 2018 Print | Email. PM&R is traditionally among the least sought for residencies which usually gets filled by international and other independent applicants. It's not a surgery or medicine residency, but still nothing like what OP wants. Don't make that mistake again and go into a specialty just because of hours. This thread is archived. in my ms1-2 years, I was also in the pursuit of less intense specialities, so I started my third year with an interest in path and rads. The ones you listed, FM and PM&R, as well as psychiatry and and pathology seem to be less intensive. I'm in a similar boat as you, though I'm an M2 now. Additionally I would strongly urge you to consider your future colleagues as well when making this decision. Dermatology. IM and peds have wide distributions, some programs are extremely competitive and some will take anyone with a pulse. Do some more cardio to increase your heart's pumping ability and the fatigue should wane. 94 comments . I tend to tire out physically AND mentally much more quickly than all my peers. New comments cannot be … I'm starting to think of specialties (because I'm thinking about what I want to do my research in this summer), and was wondering whats out there that I could handle. But really your body and lifestyle will get used to it. EM and OB/Gyn are more competitive than most would think. More competitive residencies, naturally, have the higher overall score. I present the data as a ratio of matching (1:1 means 50% chance). American dermatologists have an average USMLE Step result of 251 which makes them one of the most competitive residencies to match. Medical Residencies: It is known that medical residencies in North America are the best and most competitive medical training programs in the world. Think of them as the first-line defense when it comes to maintaining health. You really should consider pursuing your interests however and just making it work. Many people who are bottom of the barrel or had bad personalities went unmatched in psych and family med but can’t think of one “bottom of the barrel” or bad personality that did in IM (now good applicants who overestimate their competitiveness and under apply do go unmatched). Specialty No. Its more of a physical exhaustion that gets to me (I have no issues pulling 80hrs a week sitting at my desk studying before our giant block exams if its needed.) 40hrs a week was tiring, but I was at a shit job that I hated. Psych is the only thing that comes to mind. Hey guys, I was procrastinating and ended up sifting through the NRMP match data. The results are pretty surprising and it seems the collective view of competitiveness on this subreddit and in real life is very much lagging behind reality. report. A lot of the academic programs have enough volume that the residents stay busy. Welcome to /r/MedicalSchool: An international community for medical students. EM and OB/Gyn are more competitive than most would think. So, I tried to do one more analysis using match % of those who scored a 240 or higher on step 1. Knowing how competitive a specialty is will help you avoid difficult specialties and help you pick the specialty you have a greater chance of Matching with. What marketing strategies does Residencies use? Others like psych have shown a pretty clear upward trend each year. First, you'll need to understand how The Match works. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Anesthesia is one of the least competitive. I'm a little bit more flexible with residency and I'm willing to work hard as long as the final job has reasonable hours. 1. IR is insane. Ask any doctor and they will tell you that residency is the most difficult part of their training. So first I'll rank them just based on match % for US allopathic grads. Again, I want to put a disclaimer that this is by no means meant to be a definitive ranking of competitiveness. How were his stats and how many did he apply to? Residency Interview Question: #8. ENT is less competitive. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The last two years had really low number of applicants. My psych electives finish before I realize they even started. Dermatology, radiation oncology, and radiology all have far less work hours than medicine, surgery, and many others -- but they are academically challenging fields with a LOT of new information you're expected to study pretty intensively off-hours. Just doesn’t have the interest that psychiatry does, Plus FM training is somewhat standard whereas all IM programs are not the same; at many large academic centers all the residents go into Cards/GI/pulmonary fellowship. Most Competitive Residencies 2020. dermatology but good luck getting in if you can't give up sleep. Big surprises for me were Psych and OB/Gyn being so high, and anesthesia and ENT being so low (relative to how I perceived their competitiveness prior to doing this). Pysch and Family Med while on whole the applicants have lower scores - tend not to want bottom of the barrel and focus on people skills. 96% Upvoted. This is a question we at MedSchoolCoach get all the time. (and yes, I'm already terrified about my surgical rotation in m3.). Exceptions in the opposite direction generally do not hold up as well. It really depends on how much you enjoy what you are doing. At least at my med school, the “bottom of the barrel” in terms of test scores and personality many times end up in IM and peds at lower tier programs. there is no 40 hour residency. MEDNUT97; 1 Quote; Link to post Share on other sites. Also note that this data does NOT include all specialties. even psych you work 60-80 hours in the first two years. There are a couple 40 hour residencies, but there is a big trade-off. share. This blog includes an overview of the most competitive residencies and the least competitive residencies. This is an important point. Specialty Competitiveness (for applicants with >= 240 on step 1), Pediatrics (100% match even when lowering the cutoff to 230!). Even in psych, you're not working 40 hours, especially during the first two years. When you were working 40 hrs a week, it was probably a job you weren't into and maybe even hated. https://www.aamc.org/cim/specialty/list/us/. Could IR be artificially inflated bc most Rads applicants apply a mix of IR and DR programs, and matching a DR program (perhaps with plans of doing the IR “residency” after DR years) when you ranked an IR program first counts as “not getting into your choice specialty”, I chose the best time ever to apply psych. So my question should have been: which specialties have residencies that tend to be around 60 hrs/week? My fiancée is applying ENT and the Otomatch boards/friends of hers going to ENT are freaking out.