Originally posted by Baygham
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No way. I refuse to believe that peds is the most competitive. You have IMGs making it into that field in the droves. It may be the most sought after field, but peds, internal med, and psych are the factory fields.
This is probably more accurate:
http://www.medliorate.com/2009/06/10...idencies-2009/
With psych, Int Med, and peds having a higher number of spots available.
Derm, Plastics, Orthopedics, Rad Onc, Diagnostic Rads, Opthalmology are probably the reigning most competitive withthe requirements of highest board scores, AOA, etc.
Now dont get me wrong, you gotta get to cards through IM, so my assumption that you are a doctor as well, would hardly make the above an insult to you as you would quickly catch the fact that in terms of:
IM = peds = psych in terms of difficulty getting into residency/board scores equivalency/etc.. That paradigm breaks down at the most competitive centers where its about as hard to get into JHopkins or Mass Gen Internal Med as it is to get into Ortho, Derm etc. The fellowship level competitiveness brings Cards, Plastics (in surgery) etc on par with the above competitive ROADS fields.
I think this probably meant in terms of entering the field or the most sought after or something:
Additional info
http://www.nrmp.org/data/advancedatatables2009.pdf


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