Residency comes next

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D2 is an Ob/GYN who’s just finished fellowship. She said that her residency program recruited male candidates and gave them special consideration because there are so few male applicants.

I do imagine being a generalist in private practice may be more difficult as a male, but maybe not so much in the subspecialties.

I know at her program 2/3rds of the gyn onc attendings are male, 1/3 of the REI attendings, 1/2 the MFM attendings, 1/3 of the family planning attendings, and 1/3 of the MFM fellows and REI fellows are male.

D now works for a large, Rocky Mountain region, multi-state, multi specialty medical provider. The number of male ob/gyns are only slightly lower than the number of female ob/gyns (40 males vs. 48 females)–although if you count mid-levels like CNMs, PAs and NPs then there are a lot more women.

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Is there a URO GYN fellowship? Someone said they want to apply for it.

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Know a local retired OBGYN male doctor who gets told by people at parties that their kid who was delivered by him is now 30+ and a practicing doctor, lawyer, business person etc. Half the time he does not remember people since it was so long ago but most people remember who delivered their kids. I do!

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There is a uro-gyn fellowship program.

Its formal name is Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). It’s a 3 year program for OB/GYN or a 2 year program for urologists.

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DS got Honors in OBGYN rotation :smiling_face:

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How much money do doctors really make and why is it such a lot?
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Similar to docs, teachers are remembered by students even after a long time.

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There are studies claiming that children have the best ability to master languages and from ages 3-7 or so nothing other than languages should be taught. The cultural heritage goes on for several years but catching them young and putting as much as you can into them seems to be key.

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Yes, I taught my native language (reading and writing) every Sunday for 45 mins to DS in elementary school and encouraged him to speak in the language. I used to make him read one story from story books (Chandamama magazine). He used to pick 1 page stories and hide the book when 1 page stories are over so that I will give another book. He also had Spanish from kindergarten (thru 11th).

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Interesting but long article. Came here to post it :smiling_face:

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Please move on from discussing teaching foreign language and back to the original topic. Thank you!

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Does everyone taking boards have similar dates or different specialties hold them on different dates?

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My daughter (4th year in DO program, NYS) took her boards last week.

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Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think you can take your national board exams until after residency is over. Perhaps you mean Step 3?

@WayOutWestMom ?

EM written boards are November 1. If you pass you can take oral boards in April.

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yes step exam. Sorry that I don’t know the proper terminology.

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year 4
COMLEX 2
Continue studying for COMLEX Level 2-CE and Level 2-PE, if you haven’t taken them already. You’ll need to pass both, plus COMLEX Level 1, to graduate from osteopathic medical school.

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@oldmom4896

I meant Step 2. Step 3 is taken during residency.

Comlex is the exam DO students take instead of the Step exams.

Many DO students take Step exams as well, as some residency programs want these scores.

National board exams are taken once residency is completed.

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Specialty dependent. These are done by Pearson. There are not enough testing centers to accommodate every doctor in every specialty on one day.

The only date I know for sure is November 1…emergency medicine.

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Adding…for licensing purposes, DO students are required to pass the Comlex tests.

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My daughter is reasonably confident of residency placement (Family Medicine)where she’s done her rotations :hand_with_index_finger_and_thumb_crossed: There’s a consortium of hospitals in the area that place DO grads from her school which will finish her list.

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