Big Booty Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Regardless, hopefully, I believe we should all match somewhere. It will work out. This aint ROAD quite yet. I applied to a ROAD specialty and got a greater %age of interviews than some of my IM friends this year. Come on over, the water's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimp Face Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I applied to a ROAD specialty and got a greater %age of interviews than some of my IM friends this year. Come on over, the water's fine. COME ON! Work with me here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrb Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 On average, how many programs have people been applying to? From the people I've spoken to, people have applied to on average ~8-10 programs -- more for those who applied to competitive specialities like plastics, ER etc. I think the better flexibility of GIM vs other sub spec (don't need a cath lab or dialysis or to be at a major centre), the ability to acquire new skills (I encountered a fair # of GIM ppl learning to scope, bronch who then wanted to setup rural shop) and the supposed difficulty in finding work in some fields (I don't want to comment on this as I don't have enough insight into this issue) is making IM, GIM in particular, more appealing. But wouldn't this make GIM more popular in the R3 match, rather than making internal medicine more competitive in the R1 match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 This was all in BC. I think the better flexibility of GIM vs other sub spec (don't need a cath lab or dialysis or to be at a major centre), the ability to acquire new skills (I encountered a fair # of GIM ppl learning to scope, bronch who then wanted to setup rural shop) and the supposed difficulty in finding work in some fields (I don't want to comment on this as I don't have enough insight into this issue) is making IM, GIM in particular, more appealing. Cool. As an IM resident bound for GIM +/- ICU this might make me happy. We'll see! But wouldn't this make GIM more popular in the R3 match, rather than making internal medicine more competitive in the R1 match? I think what s/he is implying is that people might be shying away from non-IM specialties with poor job outlook (e.g. surgical fields) and towards IM with the plans of doing GIM down the road? Although I've heard GIM is getting tough to find jobs in now too. Then again I just saw an ad in CMAJ for a nice academic position in Kelowna. Who knows what's true anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I wonder if this year is just ridiculously competitive for Internal. I wonder if this will be a trend. It's been pretty competitive for at least the last two years. Of course, after a day of being on intake for my team I kinda wonder why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'm guessing it's just the first signs of a system breaking down due to unsustainability and the increase in medical school positions. There's really no reason why IM should be become more popular. People interested in surgical specialties will not suddenly switch to GIM because of job outlooks. Neither will those in Peds. And if anything the new GIM billing codes have done is made all of IM more undesirable. What the above guy/gal is talking about is a future push to make it so that only the GIM trained internists can tend to CTUs. At the moment, many CTUs are actually staffed by part time subspecialists who dabble in it because they may not be able to have a 1.0 FTE position in their respective field. That will in the future change...but if anything, that will make all of medicine less desirable because not everyone wants to do CTU (or can bear it) but were at least able to put up with it for a little bit to be able to be hired as sub-specialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbarry Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hey, I'm just wondering if anyone else got an IV for U of Manitoba? It looked like there was 50-60 interview slots in total, so I'm guessing that's the max # of ppl they interview. I didn't count exactly, because I was too busy trying to get a good time, so that's a rough estimate Anyone here can confirm if I'm remembering right? Just trying to figure out the odds (14 spots, 50-60 IVs, so roughly 1 in 4 chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internal2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Crazy that IM is suddenly so competitive. What seems to be the average number of invites this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeon Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I am disappointed to hear that IM has become so competitive. I am hopeful that everyone makes it through and gets into their top choice. It is posts like these that make my heart skip a beat or two - all my electives are in CTU, with the exception of 2 weeks in hematology and 2 in cardiology. As a hopeful candidate, would anyone please describe how many programs the average candidate applies to and how many interviews do they typically get? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK47 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I am disappointed to hear that IM has become so competitive. I am hopeful that everyone makes it through and gets into their top choice. It is posts like these that make my heart skip a beat or two - all my electives are in CTU, with the exception of 2 weeks in hematology and 2 in cardiology. As a hopeful candidate, would anyone please describe how many programs the average candidate applies to and how many interviews do they typically get? Thank you! With all your electives in CTU that should be good. I applied everywhere in English-speaking Canada with ~50% success rate. Mostly places I went for electives / less-desireable locations. Some of my classmates had better luck. IM is tougher than it used to be I think but far from impossible. You should at the very least get some love from your home school and the schools you do an elective at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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