Dual specialty residency?

[billydoc]

Hi guys!
Q: For those of you in the know:Is there such a thing as dual specialty residency attainable within let's say 4 years. I'm specifically interested in
IM/PMR or IM/PSYCH.

Thanks in advance for your responces

[pitstar]

Yes, one can do 3 years of IM and another 2 years of Cardio/Pulm/Nephrology/Heme etc.

If you like do 3 yrs of IM and 2 years of Pulm/CC, you will be triple boarded in IM, Pulm and CCM in 3 yrs. Cheers from the UK and Varna.

[studentMD]

i think OP is talking about combined programs like Med/Psych Med/Peds..
not IM and then a fellowship afterwards...

check freida for info..

[pitstar]

i think OP is talking about combined programs like Med/Psych Med/Peds..
not IM and then a fellowship afterwards...

check freida for info..

got it, but what is this Med-Peds..rest of world considers this "ugly"

[billydoc]

Thank You guys!
What I ment is combined program in Internal Medicine and Physical medicine and Rehab, and/or IM and Psychiatry also as a combined program.

Anybodyelse cares to venture on it?
Thanks again

[studentMD]

Thank You guys!
What I ment is combined program in Internal Medicine and Physical medicine and Rehab, and/or IM and Psychiatry also as a combined program.

Anybodyelse cares to venture on it?
Thanks again

well what exactly is/are your questions, what do u want to know about the combined programs?

do the exist? yes
theres 2 IM/PMR programs in the country NY and Wisconsin

and theres 17 med/psych programs in the country

see freida http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/srch/ and choose specialty ur interested in (check the combined programs) and then click continue and search.. dont have to specify location because tehres only a handful of programs so all will be listed.,..

not sure what ur original question is so cant give u much more info

[Kirst]

Thank You guys!
What I ment is combined program in Internal Medicine and Physical medicine and Rehab, and/or IM and Psychiatry also as a combined program.

Anybodyelse cares to venture on it?
Thanks again

Internal Medicine/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Number of accredited programs: 2
Length of accredited training: 5
Minimum number of prior years required: 0

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Number of accredited programs: 19
Length of accredited training: 5
Minimum number of prior years required: 0

so no there's no way you can complete the residencies in 4 years. they both require 5 years each. you're eligible for double board certification upon completion of the im&psyc program. i'm not sure if there even is board certification for pm&r though.

so basically you'll be saving a year. im alone is 3 years and psyc alone is 3 years. if you were to do them separately it'd have been 6 years. doing them together in the double program will cut the length by one year.

on the other hand, double im-fm or im-ped programs cut the length by two years, as those programs are four years long.

[Picard]

Yes, there is a board for PM&R. It's called American board of physiatry or something like that.

Med-Ped's is 4 years long and you will be able to sit for internal med and pediatric boards and be "double boarded." With the advent of hospitalist movement, there is a growing demend for med-peds trained hospitalists.

P

[Kirst]

Yes, there is a board for PM&R. It's called American board of physiatry or something like that.

Med-Ped's is 4 years long and you will be able to sit for internal med and pediatric boards and be "double boarded." With the advent of hospitalist movement, there is a growing demend for med-peds trained hospitalists.

P

speaking of im-peds and hospitalist... why can't fam meds go into hospitalist role? after all, from what i know they cover im, peds, ob/gyn, minor surgery, etcetc. isn't im-peds almost the same thing as fam med?

i guess what i'm trying to ultimately ask is what can im-peds do that fam meds can't? or visa versa, what can fam meds do that im-peds can't?

[tRmedic21]

A fam med residency will probably not focus on in-house management of acute conditions as much as IM, I wouldn't think. I am just guessing though, so I will leave it to more educated minds like our own boarded IM docs here.... George?

I know one guy in Med/PM&R in NY and one guy starting Med/Peds in July in Dayton, Ohio. Both are AUC grads.