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Several posts describe George Washington/Georgetown-Medstar as highly competitive, citing large applicant pools relative to few spots and frequent rejection reports. Multiple commenters expressed confusion over whether Georgetown and Medstar are the same program, and some noted frustration or anxiety over delayed or trickling interview invites. A few posts mention that away rotations have limited slots and do not necessarily favor home students or rotators.
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Sadly did not match derm, but matched into my backup specialty of Pathology at a T5 program on the East Coast. Feelings are all over the place. If I decided later to reapply to derm... is that even an option? Please send encouragement lol < in the same boat, we can do it!!
Isn't there a faculty at GW that did this?
anyone know why a resident trasnferred from medstar/georgetown to another program?
For Georgetown Med star derm program, do we have to rank internal medicine prelims to match the program? The website is a little confusing and on the applicant page it says you need to do an internal medicine preliminary but it wasn't mentioned on interviews and on the main page of the residency program they said any post graduate 1 year education is fine. I might just be over thinking this whole thing < current georgetown student, you can do a TY or prelim but like most derm programs they prefer a prelim year :)
@ GW rankers, re: the email we got about the tied prelim program. Is this spot guaranteed if we match at GW or do we still need to rank all the other prelims? Adding all these programs again is such a pain. ALSO does anyone know if their 3rd resident was approved or not?
Does anyone know the call schedule for GW? Can't seem to find it on the video or website
Seeing the hotlist is locked...Georgetown M&G...gray henley *drool*
Does anyone have interview impressions for georgetown/medstar interview?
What makes GW strong in cosmetics?
Does Maryland or Georgetown have academic time?
hopkins gave me $10 gc and GW gave me $40 swag. Who would have thunk it
anyone know why Medstar/Georgetown is under ACGME warning for probation? // The official term is "Continued Accreditation with Warning": Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester), MedStar Health/Washington Hospital Center, Tufts Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Wayne State University School of Medicine. The only program that is on "Probationary Accreditation" is Rush University Medical Center.
two kinds of applicants on this sheet: the kind that filled out the IV impressions for Howard and GW and the kind that filled out for Alabama and Arkansas. i know the kind i hope i am coresidents with lol
anyone here apply to GW prelim and have not heard back?
so does medstar/georgetown have 3 advanced spots and 1 spot for med-derm?
How many people get interviewed at Georgetown Medstar?
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< Yes. I've seen people do Path then Dermpath and then apply and match into Derm residency. There's one faculty member at Northwestern (very wonderful guy) who had quite a roundabout way in terms of journey of getting there thru Path. Pathology really is a wonderful & gem of a specialty, and since you're at a top 5 Path program, I would connect with Dermpath and the Derm department there early on to stay connected, present things at conferences, and network (do not let Path know they were your backup). Stick with it. < OP, would I have to do a prelim year also?? Or just the three years of derm? < I'm actually not sure. I would think that because you would have completed a board certified residency (AP/CP), you may not have to, but I'm definitely not sure on this. I would ask a faculty member that you're networking with once you get to Path residency. < you would need to do a prelim! < or a transitional year < you would need to do an intern year before derm < why does path need to do an intern year but IM/peds, etc don't? < because pathology does not meet one year intern requirement for Dermatology residency program https://www.acgme.org/globalassets/pfassets/programresources/pgy1requirements.pdf . Prior to appointment, residents must have successfully completed a broad-based clinical year (PGY-1) in an emergency medicine, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, or a transitional year program accredited by the ACGME, AOA, RCPSC, CFPC, or ACGME-I (Advanced Specialty Accreditation). < path needs an intern year cause you don't see any patients first year of path residency... so it makes sense that it would whereas IM/peds doesn't need to redo their intern year