Which residency/specialties are considered "competitive

[Bedazzled]

Just curious which fields are considered competitive?

[Darlyn3]

Aerospace Medicine
Allergy and Immuno
Cardiology
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Derm - VERY HIGH
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology - Just listed as SUPER COMPETITIVE
Genetics - Since not a lot of programs, it's rather high
Internal Medicine - Believe it or not, it's become super competitive since everyone wants to do Gastro.

Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
ENT
Plastic Surgery!!!! Always has & will continue to be HIGHLY COMP.
Pulmonology
Radiology - Interventional, & Diagnostics are HIGHLY COMP. now
Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Urology

[Miklos]

Internal Medicine - Believe it or not, it's become super competitive since everyone wants to do Gastro.

I don't.

In this year's match, out of a total of 4,627 IM PGY1 positions, 2,602 were filled by US Seniors; a rate of 56.24%. IMHO, that means that straight IM as a residency goal is not competitive. Procedure based subspecialities/fellowships (so one can bill for them) on the other hand within IM like Gastro or Cardio are always competitive.

Miklos

See http://www.nrmp.org/2004advdata.pdf for more data on individual specialties.

[stephew]

Aerospace Medicine
Allergy and Immuno
Cardiology
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Derm - VERY HIGH
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology - Just listed as SUPER COMPETITIVE
Genetics - Since not a lot of programs, it's rather high
Internal Medicine - Believe it or not, it's become super competitive since everyone wants to do Gastro.

Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
ENT
Plastic Surgery!!!! Always has & will continue to be HIGHLY COMP.
Pulmonology
Radiology - Interventional, & Diagnostics are HIGHLY COMP. now
Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Urology

I think there are a lot of big inaccuracies on this list.
first of all:
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology -
cardio
all & immuno
pulmonary
plastics
colon and rectal surgery
interventional
Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Genetics -
these aren't residencies, they are fellowships, typically after IM; some (obviously excepting the surgical ones) after surgical residency. im not sure about aerospace medicine but i believe so after IM. not sure..

And for fellowship, endo and A&I are hardly that competitive.

second:
IM most certainly is not very competitive. major programs of course are but for US IMGs, its not a hard field to get.

Hardest residencies?
Derm - among the most
Radonc-Among the most
Emergency Medicine-competitive still but not so bad from some IMG schools but still need to be a strong student
Neurosurgery-extremely compeitive; they are trying to woo women in the field.
Ophthalmology-very competitive
Orthopedic Surgery-very to extremely competitive
ENT-extremely competitive
Radiology (diagnostic) very competitive
Urology-very to extremely competitive.

[wolfvgang22]

So which ones are the residencies nobody wants to do?