flamingelephants Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 How should someone split electives if they are attempting to match into either peds or internal? I'm leaning towards pediatrics but I am interested in general care so am also considering family instead of internal as a back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingelephants Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 bump. any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicfail Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Peds is pretty competitive in recent years. If they can sense from your elective schedule that you are on the fence, you will get cut. Family medicine is also no longer a guaranteed safety net, especially if you have gone all-in for peds with no electives in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingelephants Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I want to have a safe elective schedule, with regards to matching to Peds most likely but I also want to be sure i am matched and does that mean I need to "back up" with family? How much splitting can I do with electives and still remain competitive for peds? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicfail Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Usually each school has a minimum requirement for the number of specialties for your elective, so you can't truly go "all in". This each school understands. With this in mind, you can get away with 2-3 blocks of electives in your "backup" specialty. If you want to backup with family, do a block of family, a block of emerg, and a block of psych or something to that effect. This way, when you going for peds, it doesn't look terribly suspicious. And should your peds endeavour flop, at least you have something to persuade the people in family medicine that you have some interest. I don't know, my friend. This past year makes it look like family medicine is not very safe as a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingelephants Posted July 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Thank you for the advice, I will keep this in mind as I book electives. Would psyc or another field serve as a better back up field than family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Just as an aside... Family is still a safe back up. Which speciality has such a numerous array of spots with such match stats? I don't know where this notion of family is not a backup comes from... Sure, it is slightly more competitive over the past two cycles. But nothing I would get alarmed about. Back up with family if you want. It probably won't harm you if you treat it as a true back up to your primary choice. Do electives in your main choice. Use post-carms electives for FM if you so desire. Heck, I would be surprised if you didn't land a bunch of interviews in FM without anything beyond your core FM rotation. FM still is and always will be as easy as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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