How competitive has critical care fellowships become? I used to read that they were not as hard but then recently there has been an uptick. Furthermore I'm finding conflicting information including that NRMP data showed a drop in applicants year over year recently though I'm not sure how true this is.
What do you guys think? What can someone who really wants it but is not very competitive do? I am currently about to start third year IM residency. I had my difficulties including some health diagnosis that were only now discovered which would explain my academic/board struggles.
What can someone like myself do to become more competitive or get in?
Should I consider applying at all? Or should I apply and also attempt to work as a hospitalist near or where I want to get a fellowship and then reapply (assuming that the staff get a chance to see me working as a physician there)
Critical care medicine is an amazing field and is really my passion so I'm really hoping to fight for this job
What do you guys think? What can someone who really wants it but is not very competitive do? I am currently about to start third year IM residency. I had my difficulties including some health diagnosis that were only now discovered which would explain my academic/board struggles.
What can someone like myself do to become more competitive or get in?
Should I consider applying at all? Or should I apply and also attempt to work as a hospitalist near or where I want to get a fellowship and then reapply (assuming that the staff get a chance to see me working as a physician there)
Critical care medicine is an amazing field and is really my passion so I'm really hoping to fight for this job