General surgery residency?
The ratio of the number of total applicants to surgical residency slots varies between about 2:1 up to 3:1 most years. It was down for a while, but then it snapped back up. That's a ratio from across the country. It doesn't break down by state because applications happen across the country. Individual surgical training programs may or may not favor in-state applicants. In some of the less populated areas, they will tend to favor local students to the point where they will choose locally rather than take someone from out of state when the applications materials are about equivalent. Few surgical residency programs would turn down a stronger applicant for a weaker local one, though. The north east is NOT a place that has a problem with population, so I wouldn't expect them to try to do favors for locals. They'll take the best applicants they can get. In general, you should apply broadly to surgical programs. If you've never been outside of a university hospital in medical school, you should probably see what smaller community based residency programs look like too. You should also take a look at how training programs are set up in other geographical areas. There are lots of differences! As a surgeon, you'll have to make some tough choices as you go out into practice. If you want to try to break into a community that's already saturated with surgeons because it's exactly where you want to live, then you're likely going to suck up a high stress, low pay job offer to do it. You can eventually carve out your lifestyle of choice, but there will be a lot of work to do to get there. On the other hand, if you just keep looking around at job offers, you'll find some great salary choices if you're willing to move into the boonies. Most people have to strike some sort of balance between salary, geographic choice, and lifestyle. If you're lucky, you'll find something that's very satisfactory on all accounts. I did. ;)
How competitive is Neurosurgery residency?
If you are truly ready to embark on this journey, be prepared to sacrifice A LOT. Medical school itself is competitive enough. After 4 years of medical school, students apply for residency at different hospitals that offer the residency program they desire to get into. So for neurosurgery, it will be the top of the top hospitals that participate. Getting into neurosurgery residency is a challenge within a challenge. You have to have near to perfect scores throughout medical school including classes to the USMLEs. The residency itself is 7-8 years, which is after medical school.
How competitive is a general surgery residency?
It depends where you would like to do your residency and also the most important question why general surgery. If you know why you would like to pursue this career, competitiveness is irrelevant.In general, general surgery residencies are taken as an intermediary stage for future specialization these days, in my opinion. Of course, you can be a general surgeon for life and for that experience is the key and not the residency. As various surgical specialists are emerging, it is becoming competitive over time, and that's natural.So location wise, it is less competitive where there are more hospitals and medical schools and vice versa. In my experience, I am from Nepal, did my residency in Shanghai, China. It was very competitive in Nepal, too many people, less programs unlike in Shanghai. I don't have the data but it feels like its 40-50% less competitive in China compared to Nepal and other South-Indian countries. I have no experience in US and Europe. But as a rule of thumb if the residency program is non-English medium (its good if you are multi-lingual), its usually less competitive.
How competitive is a general surgery residency?
If you're not well into med school, then you cannot possibly know what you want to do. I say that as a physician who "knew" she was going into pediatrics, but would now rather have a fork in her eye then spend 5 minutes as a pediatrician. (No offense, I applaud those who can do that work, it's just not for me). General surgery isn't terribly competitive, but there are good programs and not-so-good programs. Better programs are harder to get into. You might be surprised at what trauma surgeons do when you actually get in there. There is a LOT of care after the initial trauma, and that stuff isn't the most fun (vac sponge changes, skin grafts, etc) AND the patient population is notoriously uninsured. Yes, the drug dealer who got shot may drive a Mercedes, but your bill will NOT be paid. The roll of hundred dollar bills that were taken out of his socks goes home with him, and you won't see a dime of it. I loved trauma when I was young, but now that I'm an old fart, I'd rather sleep at night. The lifestyle of ALL surgeons is tough. The job comes first. Count on 80 hour work weeks for the duration of your career.
How long is the residency for General Surgery?
General surgery is 5 years, and most surgeons follow up with a fellowship which is another 2 years. All surgery residencies are a minimum of 5 years.
General Surgery Residency?
OMG, a surgical resident with only one year of experience is about the scariest thing I can imagine. They know very little at that point, are just developing surgical skills and have almost no experience. With the new US work rules, I don't even think 5 years is enough. They just don't get the number of cases required to be competent. A 1 yr surgical internship, or a 2 year general surgery residency is just a precursor to another training program, like neurosurgery or urology. It gives residents the most basic skills, like knot tying and closing wounds and that sort of thing. They are in NO way ready for unsupervised practice.
What is a general surgery residency like?
I can't speak to now or general surgery. 30 years ago both were grueling. 100 hour weeks and where I was we were paid so little we worked in local ER's some nights for $40 an hour. Laws have limited hours but now residencies are getting longer. There was a reason it was called residency....you physically lived at the hospital.We worked 60 hours on weekend shifts though sometimes we got some sleep. Now if on call you go home at 1 PM the next day. Studies showed that medical care didn't get worse with the long shifts, but our attitudes became really bad.
How competitive is orthopedic surgery residency?
Q. How competitive is orthopedic surgery residency?A. It is among the most competitive specialties and one with a highest income.Data from the 2016 Match for Orthopedic Surgery.ORS filled 100%. 622 applicants matched. 188 did not (23.2% failed to match)Average USMLE Step 1: 247, Step 2: 253 (Unmatched 238/245)55% have 5 or more abstracts, presentations and/or publications.AOA membership 34.4% . Incredibly 12.2% AOA candidates failed to match.US Allopathic Statistics
What are the most competitive residencies to get into presently...?
I'll give you some probable ones: Internal medicine residencies at UCSF, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, Columbia, ........
As an IMG what do I need to get a General Surgery residency at MGH?
I think your hopes are very high. It is difficult to get a residency in the US if you graduate from a non-US or accredited Canadian medical school.According to the New York Times here is the process: The process usually starts with an application to a private nonprofit organization that verifies medical school transcripts and diplomas. Among other requirements, foreign doctors must prove they speak English; pass three separate steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination; get American recommendation letters, usually obtained after volunteering or working in a hospital, clinic or research organization; and be permanent residents or receive a work visa (which often requires them to return to their home country after their training).The biggest challenge is that an immigrant physician must win one of the coveted slots in America’s medical residency system, the step that seems to be the tightest bottleneck.That residency, which typically involves grueling 80-hour workweeks, is required even if a doctor previously did a residency in a country with an advanced medical system, like Britain or Japan. The only exception is for doctors who did their residencies in Canada.