Hi folks,
I am currently an MS3 trying to determine whether to go into gen surg and seek a vascular surgery fellowship afterwards or apply directly into vascular surgery. I have been getting mixed advising from my institution, which I have been able to balance by reading up on some details and commonly asked questions on the forum. One question that has come up when speaking to my advisor is the possibility that by the time I would finish a gen surg program (gonna take a research year + 4th year + 7 years gen surg = 9 years from now) would desirable 5+2 vascular surgery fellowships still be around? My advisor had mentioned that in both CT and vascular surgery a lot of the better academic programs in the country are moving away from the 5+2 fellowship and focusing on integrated training pathways.
Anyone have any thoughts or info on what the likely status of 5+2 vascular surgery fellowships could be like in ~10 years? Will there still be many programs around? Will the better academic vascular training programs no longer be taking fellows? Are the best academic programs currently aggressively shutting down their fellowships to focus on integrated residencies?
Thanks ahead of time!
I am currently an MS3 trying to determine whether to go into gen surg and seek a vascular surgery fellowship afterwards or apply directly into vascular surgery. I have been getting mixed advising from my institution, which I have been able to balance by reading up on some details and commonly asked questions on the forum. One question that has come up when speaking to my advisor is the possibility that by the time I would finish a gen surg program (gonna take a research year + 4th year + 7 years gen surg = 9 years from now) would desirable 5+2 vascular surgery fellowships still be around? My advisor had mentioned that in both CT and vascular surgery a lot of the better academic programs in the country are moving away from the 5+2 fellowship and focusing on integrated training pathways.
Anyone have any thoughts or info on what the likely status of 5+2 vascular surgery fellowships could be like in ~10 years? Will there still be many programs around? Will the better academic vascular training programs no longer be taking fellows? Are the best academic programs currently aggressively shutting down their fellowships to focus on integrated residencies?
Thanks ahead of time!
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