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Hi y'all,
MS3 here trying to figure out what to do with my life. I've bounced between a few different ideas since coming into med school, and currently the prospect of going the IM -> Cardiology route has me in a stranglehold. I really enjoy cardiac phys and I am set to rotate with a cardiologist in a month for my elective.
However, one thing I've heard is that you shouldn't pick IM solely for the prospect of one of the fellowship pathways, and to only pick it if you are fine with being an internist. I understand that there is never a guarantee of matching into a given fellowship (and that cardiology is particularly competitive), but how much truth is there to that advice? I get the sense that each of those careers can vary drastically from what it looks like as an internist.
Is the advice really just from a risk stratification standpoint, or is there deeper truth to saying that to enjoy those fields one should enjoy IM?
TIA
MS3 here trying to figure out what to do with my life. I've bounced between a few different ideas since coming into med school, and currently the prospect of going the IM -> Cardiology route has me in a stranglehold. I really enjoy cardiac phys and I am set to rotate with a cardiologist in a month for my elective.
However, one thing I've heard is that you shouldn't pick IM solely for the prospect of one of the fellowship pathways, and to only pick it if you are fine with being an internist. I understand that there is never a guarantee of matching into a given fellowship (and that cardiology is particularly competitive), but how much truth is there to that advice? I get the sense that each of those careers can vary drastically from what it looks like as an internist.
Is the advice really just from a risk stratification standpoint, or is there deeper truth to saying that to enjoy those fields one should enjoy IM?
TIA