boodog Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Looking to start a list with info on peds residency programs across the country ie. strengths/weaknesses/call/resident comraderie/etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boodog Posted August 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 not a popular year for pediatrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Question - how competitive is peds? I have a friend who really wants to go into it, but so do many others in our class, so she's getting kind of intimidated and thinking of family practice instead just because she worries about not matching. I never considered peds, so I have nothing really to say to her in that regard when she mentions that concern to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 We had a lot of people interested in pediatrics - I think all matched, just not necessarily at their first choice location. I can't see any downside to trying for peds and backing up with family. There is the 2+1 option in pediatrics as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olecranon Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 really? there's an R3 for special interest in pediatrics??? where?!?! never heard of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 http://www.familymedicine.uottawa.ca/eng/pg_PGY3-Pediatrics-Residents.html Just one example - other schools may also offer enhanced skills training in peds, or allow residents to customize their 2+1 year.. below is a split OB/Peds program: http://www.mcgill.ca/files/familymed/MC.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Good luck with peds. Seems like everyone in my year wants it. That or obs/gyn or internal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 So funny! Tons of peds interest in my class as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erk Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 So funny! Tons of peds interest in my class as well! orly? It's interesting how different circles roll... I haven't met many peds, though I don't doubt you or anything. The only consistent goal in my small group seems to be oncology... that's only 2/9 and it's because of previous research interest though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 orly? It's interesting how different circles roll... I haven't met many peds, though I don't doubt you or anything. The only consistent goal in my small group seems to be oncology... that's only 2/9 and it's because of previous research interest though. What lots of people in your small group want oncology? You know it's not a specialty, it's a subspecialty of internal medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 In this thread, people post anecdotal evidence from a small subset of classmates and are projecting it upon the entire student pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 There are also quite a few peds spots in the match, so you would expect more people per class to be looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erk Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 In this thread, people post anecdotal evidence from a small subset of classmates and are projecting it upon the entire student pool. In this thread, people explicitly state that given statistics apply only to a particular subset of people (even giving precise statistical constraints), and other people try to claim that this is a generalisation. What lots of people in your small group want oncology?You know it's not a specialty, it's a subspecialty of internal medicine. Like I said, two of the nine people in my group, the only two with a common interest. Both just got out of cancer research. I have no idea if they're aware it's a subspecialty of IM, but I don't see why that would affect their interest in the field. We also have one guy looking at surgery, a prospective radiologist, and a few undecided. As for me, I'm looking at EM right now. In general, none of us have any interest in ped, which is why I was interested that LL has met a lot of peds: we generally hang out with a lot of the same people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ1985 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Generally people who want peds match to peds as long as you apply broadly. Last year was the only year where it filled completely in the first round and had a few people unmatched who wanted it. However, after doing the interview tour last year for peds, it really was the same people at almost all the interviews (excluding the french ones) including many who had also applied to another specialty as a first choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrIM2015 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 not a popular year for pediatrics? Can someone tell me if it is mandatory to use "General Pediatrician's" reference for Pediatrics residency program. I have references from Peds Gastro, Peds Cardio, Peds Emerg and NICU all from senior faculty. I am not sure how my Gen Peds referee evaluated me. Although he has given me a reference, due to limited interaction, I wonder how he would have written a reference. Also, I have mentioned taking these electives / rotations in my application and CV. Also, I have uploaded Evaluations from each of these rotations onto my CaRMS file. Does anyone know if residency programs download and consider these evaluations?? None of the programs have mentioned Evals as a mandatory document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boodog Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 good question. i'm planning on using a gen peds reference. however, i think that any reference from pediatrics is good, so long as it is a strong one. most of the evals are in the mspr anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I'd also be interested in getting feedback on the different peds residency programs across Canada. Are there particular schools with different focuses? Are some programs noticeably better than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrIM2015 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 In the west, U of A, U of C, UBC are wonderful. Calgary is a much larger program than edmonton. I'd also be interested in getting feedback on the different peds residency programs across Canada. Are there particular schools with different focuses? Are some programs noticeably better than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I'd also be interested in getting feedback on the different peds residency programs across Canada. Are there particular schools with different focuses? Are some programs noticeably better than others? Sick Kids is the best pediatric hospital in the world if not the entire universe. Just ask them: they'll tell you all about how great they are... Seriously, U of T has a pretty good program from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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