hopefornuero Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I am 1st year student and interested in Neurology. How competitive is this? Any chance for getting into sub-speciality like Paediatric Neurology? Any advice from this year’s matched candidates? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbert2011 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Generally neurology is considered competitive, but it's not too bad. It also depends on location/program preference. So Toronto, for instance, would be quite competitive. However, even this year there were some spots left over in R1. You can pursue Pediatric Neurology through Adult Neurology, Pediatrics, or as a direct entry specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entkeener Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Generally neurology is considered competitive, but it's not too bad. It also depends on location/program preference. So Toronto, for instance, would be quite competitive. However, even this year there were some spots left over in R1. You can pursue Pediatric Neurology through Adult Neurology, Pediatrics, or as a direct entry specialty. Respectfully disagree- it's not considered competitive by most. Getting into anything in Toronto is competitive. Despite having the most residency spaces available each year it is consistently the city with the least spots available (if any) in the second round each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubZteR Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 ... agreed that neuro is generally not considered a competitive specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome88 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Neuro is a cool specialty and only people who really like the topic could do it. But since it's not on the high end of reimbursements (still good though) it is not too competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I'm also gonna jump on the whole neuro is not competitive band wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsrock Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I've heard diff. opinions on how competitive neurology. And according to some people, it's still fairly competitive. Some of the neuro gunners have indicated that they did over 10 weeks of electives in neuro, and felt that they needed too. Any opinions from those who matched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbert2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Respectfully disagree- it's not considered competitive by most. Getting into anything in Toronto is competitive. Despite having the most residency spaces available each year it is consistently the city with the least spots available (if any) in the second round each year. I probably should've rephrased my original statement and I agree with the other comments. A few particular programs are competitive, but overall your chances of matching to the field are quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renu Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 How difficult is it to match to the University of Toronto, if you are a Quebec student? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome88 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 How difficult is it to match to the University of Toronto, if you are a Quebec student? Lol I'd imagine it's difficult to match to UofT regardless of where you're from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefornuero Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 What about McMaster or Ottawa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubZteR Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 What about McMaster or Ottawa? It depends on the year and specialty. For neuro, i'd say it isn't too bad. In general, the Mac programs are usually competitive given that Hamilton is in close proximity to Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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