How important are lors for residency?

Are letters of recommendation important? Absolutely. Most admissions officers won’t even review an ERAS® application until they have two letters of recommendation uploaded, no matter how outstanding all of the other elements may be.

Can you have multiple medical specialties?

There are dozens of different medical specialty boards that certify doctors in different specialties and sub-specialties, ranging from internal medicine and psychiatry to urology, plastic surgery and ophthalmology. Many doctors have earned board certification in more than one specialty.

What is the hardest medical specialty to get into?

Competitive programs that are the most difficult to match into include:

• General Surgery.
• Neurosurgery.
• Orthopedic Surgery.
• Ophthalmology.
• Otolaryngology.
• Plastic Surgery.
• Urology.
• Radiation Oncology.

How do you get LoRs?

In such a case, you can ask any Professor with whom you share a good rapport with, HoD or your Project Guide for a LOR. You will not need much coaxing to get a genuine LOR from them. In the professional front, you can ask your Reporting Manager, Team Lead or Project Lead for a LOR as they already know you closely.

What is Lor Author Title Department?

In the LoR Author Title/Department: we will describe the position of the Author. We should ask the writer to specify what to do here. Examples here can be Program Director, Assistant Director, Assistant Professor, and others. In the Specialty to which this letter will be assigned, we may select the pertinent one.

Can you get double board certified?

As the name suggests, double board certified means that a doctor completed not only one, but two extensive and all-encompassing tests. This second certification usually comes after completing a fellowship in the area of focus.

Can doctors switch specialties?

It is still possible to switch specialties if you are already in practice. It’s been done, but it requires a degree of sacrifice. It will require that you repeat residency, you may have to move and you will have to take a pay cut for several years.

Can you apply to two specialties at the same hospital?

Residency programs that share a hospital with other medical specialties are called Opposed Programs, while residency programs that are the only medical specialty in the hospital are Unopposed Programs. No matter how much you love both programs, applying to more than one specialty within a single hospital is a gamble.

Can you switch specialties in residency?

A resident might be dissatisfied with a program—or vice versa—a specialty choice may change or family matters can force the doctor to relocate. Both transferring from one residency program to another—and the attrition that makes them possible—are facts of life in graduate medical education.