The Gateway to Your Orthopaedic Career.
  Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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I have a general question.
I know people trade sites of residency within the specialty quite often.
But how common/possible is it to trade spots between the specialties?
Let's keep it within the surgical field.
Say, a resident in ENT would like to switch into Ortho after the intern year and vise versa. Or a general surgeon would like to trade with an Orthopod, or Neurosurgery resident decides it is not for him and goes into gen surgery, assuming he will find someonen who dreams of neurosurgery and scrambled into gen surg.
Is it even possible?
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I did it between OB/GYN and ortho. Very challenging but very much worth it (no regrets and I am very happy with the program that I landed in). I would not recommend matching into a categorical spot in another specialty as a 'back up' with plans on re applying to ortho (you end up putting your program in an unfair position and taking a spot away from someone who is interested). That being said if you do not see yourself continuing a career in a particular field I would recommend following your interests.
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Hey brooklynortho, Sent you a PM!
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