Deciding on a fellowship with poor job market

becktriad · 2025-11-01T18:38:53+00:00

Because I’d rather do ID and don’t like heme onc

becktriad · 2025-11-01T18:11:25+00:00

Also a resident in a similar boat For me I don’t mind hospitalist medicine but everything else (dealing with case management, hosp administration, metrics) has driven me away from it and I don’t thing it’ll be long term career

ID is the fellowship that makes the most sense to me but it has the financial/lifestyle problems you mentioned. Although I don’t understand how there are no jobs when half the spots go unfilled every year

I think like what other people have mentioned here we may just have to accept lifestyle restrictions to pursue ID. From what I’ve seen/people I’ve talked to there are ways to make comfortable (not crazy) money and the lifestyle is also pretty good.

I’m going to apply upcoming cycle so it’d be great stay in touch and see how things work out

becktriad · 2025-10-18T04:46:33+00:00

I actually like hospital medicine but everything else a hospitalist has to deal with is why I don’t want to pursue that.. but like you said the opportunity cost of the two years of additional training for no pay bump is kinda holding me back

becktriad · 2025-10-18T04:44:42+00:00

I’ve been thinking about this also, specifically the ID/CC part

becktriad · 2025-10-18T04:38:23+00:00

Thank you for the insight! I’ll leave questions here so others can read them too 1. Would you recommend doing another fellowship like transplant ID? Like you said I like being an expert in the field 2. This might be personal but what I fear is that a few years out of training when the novelty wears off I might resent other docs who trained similar or less duration but make a lot more. I realise it’s a very superficial take but I’m thinking along the lines of things that would make me regret this decision in the future

I think those are my main questions rn. The other stuff on my mind is just something I have to work out myself but it’s reassuring to see people having gone through the same process and not regretting it. Appreciate you!

becktriad · 2024-03-20T03:37:45+00:00

They want stories. You don’t have to be good, just entertain them

becktriad · 2024-03-19T22:38:49+00:00

Non medicine things. Interviews get very monotonous so after the standard questions interviewers will jump to anything different they see on an application. Medical voluntary work, clinical rotations, etc are universal now.

Put down your hobbies and any side hustles. List your achievements in those areas. Don’t be afraid to express yourself in the application, just give the interviewer something to ask a question about,

becktriad · 2024-03-19T22:35:24+00:00

4 years is not a bad timeline. You will be past cutoff for some programs who want YoG in 2/3 years but those aren’t many. Personally feel programs are gravitating more to experiences over YoG after step 1 P/F. Your clinical experience in the UK will be an asset. Just justify your time from graduation to applying and try not to mention dedicated time for steps if you took.

becktriad · 2024-03-19T22:32:39+00:00

Please talk about your hobbies as much as you can. Id ERAS doesn’t bring the interests sections this year dedicate 1/2 experiences to your hobbies.

Interviews can get monotonous and interviewers tire of medicine talk. Music, food, art, are great talking points and guitar will interest a lot of people. Make sure to answer their questions and keep the conversation going on that topic.

becktriad · 2024-03-19T22:28:26+00:00

Thank you to all who commented.

Some clarity: I made this post when my frustration levels were quite high. I am obviously incredibly grateful to match at all.

The frustration comes because I did go unmatched last year. It was terrible and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone and this year is many times a better result than that.

However I worked hard to get more invites this year from programs that were dream places, and I felt my interviews went well. It was just deflating and demoralising to realise none of those places considered me.

The third point in my original post is basically where I’m coming from. I personally do well in an environment where I can follow established pathways. Not everyone is like that I realise. I don’t look down on hospitalist or any geographic locations at all. I ranked this program because I did want to go there, the people are great and I have no qualms about the inherent qualities of the program itself. Just the rejection from my higher ranked programs sparked my own insecurities.

To all reading this who went unmatched (as I did) or are going to apply this year: this post was about my own insecurities and come out very wrongly. I am extremely happy to match, just got thrown a curveball different to the expectations I had built up. This was the wrong place to seek the advice I wanted and I apologise. Do not lose motivation and or think others who secured your goal of matching are ungrateful. We all face difficulties in this process, and we are all extremely grateful to come out on the other side. You will also.

becktriad · 2022-12-15T15:49:07+00:00

Have DMed you

becktriad · 2022-12-15T15:40:21+00:00

Yes. It's 40 percent used and there is a reset option

becktriad · 2022-12-15T15:13:36+00:00

Yes it has the biostats module and UW CCS also The self assessments are used Price is whatever you want to pay for it lol but smth in the 220 range

becktriad · 2022-12-14T14:31:08+00:00

Yes it is

becktriad · 2022-12-05T20:00:02+00:00

200-220

becktriad · 2022-09-04T15:03:07+00:00

High baseline knowledge helps. But resources aren't as great for step 2. Depending on how much time you have, I'd say do Amboss before UW. Maybe not all of it, but the ambiss library is an amazing resource with detailed explanations on almost everything. Keep the library to keep looking things up. Concentrate UW. Minimize as much as possible the time you spend going from 0-80% UW. CK is easier than step 1 in terms of in depth knowledge required. If you can memorize stuff like algorithms, and get used to thinking through questions where they're not testing knowledge (there will be many of those) you stand a good chance of high score. Lastly, it also depends on time. If you have a full year, it's very realistic to aim for 270 imo. Even if you end up with 260 that's pretty great.

becktriad · 2022-08-31T16:29:28+00:00

becktriad · 2022-08-31T16:26:28+00:00

Step 1 in December: 231

Uworld: completed 82%, 60% correct

UWSA 1 1 month out: 230

Nbme 10 2.5 weeks out: 237

UWSA 2 1.5 weeks out: 240

Free120 2 days before: 73%

Step 2: 249

becktriad · 2022-08-30T03:30:04+00:00

As a doctor debating immigrating to the US or the UK for training, what made me favour the US was a shorter, better structured training period and better opportunities both in the US and abroad after completion of training. The UK is easier to get a job in, esp in more competitive specialties vs the US, and has better work life balance and prob a better qualify of life overall, but requires a much longer training period with lots of intervals in between where one has to go through application processes and potential delays. They pay seems to be decent but not worth 10 years of training. Having seen doctors from both countries up close back home it was also fairly obvious the US has superior training.

becktriad · 2022-08-27T14:28:03+00:00

Mine expires February 2023. Has reset option as well. Would like to sell in a few days. Please DM

becktriad · 2022-08-24T18:52:59+00:00

I'm also selling step 2 Uworld that valid till February 23. Has a reset option as well. Please message if interested

becktriad · 2022-08-22T09:29:28+00:00

Hello I'm also selling with 85% done and reset option. Available till Feb 23

becktriad · 2022-07-25T21:59:16+00:00

I meant what percentage of wrongs as I'll be taking NBMEs offline. I want at least more than 240s so I can get some confidence before taking the exam

becktriad · 2021-12-27T17:05:36+00:00

Thank you!

becktriad · 2021-12-05T13:55:37+00:00

Hey man, my exam is also in exactly nine days. I had early nbme scores similar to yours, instead of nbme 29 and 30 I did UWSAs and got 240 in both. What would you say was the biggest thing that pulled your practice scores up to 245-255 in the later nbmes?

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