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Hello there, I joined studentdoctor to ask this question. I assumed this was the best specialty forum. If its not, feel free to move it somewhere else.
I am currently a PGY-1 in Pediatrics. At some point, I plan on applying to preventive medicine residency programs. My preference is to apply this year and enter a program starting in July 2015. My issue is that I still want to be able to practice clinically, albeit in a limited manner (travel clinics, HIV, TB clinics, global health/refugee clinics, etc). Can I do those things with just an internship + prev med residency? Overall, am I better off completing my entire pediatric residency and then entering a prev med residency? Do programs seek residency grads versus just an internship?
I was also considering taking a year off in between end of internship and the eventual start of prev med residency. Working part time and maybe doing volunteer public health/clinical research at my local universities/med school to bolster my application. I'm unsure how competitive prev med is. There are not many programs so I assume it is semi-competitive. my career interests include outbreak evaluations and special populations (people living near hazardous material, local pathogens-example would be histoplasmosis outbreaks, etc.) In terms of epi/outbreak, it does not have to be global in nature-which I'm sure if crazy competitive. I'd be very content being a public health physician for local or state government as well. Thanks for any help!
I am currently a PGY-1 in Pediatrics. At some point, I plan on applying to preventive medicine residency programs. My preference is to apply this year and enter a program starting in July 2015. My issue is that I still want to be able to practice clinically, albeit in a limited manner (travel clinics, HIV, TB clinics, global health/refugee clinics, etc). Can I do those things with just an internship + prev med residency? Overall, am I better off completing my entire pediatric residency and then entering a prev med residency? Do programs seek residency grads versus just an internship?
I was also considering taking a year off in between end of internship and the eventual start of prev med residency. Working part time and maybe doing volunteer public health/clinical research at my local universities/med school to bolster my application. I'm unsure how competitive prev med is. There are not many programs so I assume it is semi-competitive. my career interests include outbreak evaluations and special populations (people living near hazardous material, local pathogens-example would be histoplasmosis outbreaks, etc.) In terms of epi/outbreak, it does not have to be global in nature-which I'm sure if crazy competitive. I'd be very content being a public health physician for local or state government as well. Thanks for any help!