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It's and open secret at this point that neph programs are indiscriminate on who they take. But the type of people who are choosing this option, are mostly people in desperation, living on false hope and promises that will never materialize. The same program who can't fill spots and have to "sale nephrology", cannot be counted on to give an honest account of market realities. I categorize neph applicants into these groups:
1) Burnt out hospitalists looking for an easy escape, only to find out that they jumped from fire into a volcano
2) People who didn't match their first choice specialty, who took a neph spot based on a cold call from PD
3) residents who didn't want to do hospitalist medicine, who went into nephrology because it's easy to get
4) People who couldn't get into critical care, hoping that doing neph will increase their chances
5) IMGs who couldn't land a residency in the US, hoping to get into the US medical system by doing nephrology
Do you see the pattern? Bunch of desperate people living on hopium that will all come crashing down once reality hits them.
Of course programs are more than willing to encourage this kind of thinking in order to fill their unwanted fellowship spots. Why
do people fall for the same traps year after year!!! Why is it that Nobody learns !!! Let me tell you why. Because of "hope" ; Once you destroy hope, everything comes crashing down.
1) Burnt out hospitalists looking for an easy escape, only to find out that they jumped from fire into a volcano
2) People who didn't match their first choice specialty, who took a neph spot based on a cold call from PD
3) residents who didn't want to do hospitalist medicine, who went into nephrology because it's easy to get
4) People who couldn't get into critical care, hoping that doing neph will increase their chances
5) IMGs who couldn't land a residency in the US, hoping to get into the US medical system by doing nephrology
Do you see the pattern? Bunch of desperate people living on hopium that will all come crashing down once reality hits them.
Of course programs are more than willing to encourage this kind of thinking in order to fill their unwanted fellowship spots. Why
do people fall for the same traps year after year!!! Why is it that Nobody learns !!! Let me tell you why. Because of "hope" ; Once you destroy hope, everything comes crashing down.