Important UW Medicine Websites:
- Advising and Career Counseling
This page has important information for you to consider as you begin to figure out what type of residency you want to explore. Optimally, this should start in your first year, but don’t worry if you just found the information!
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/MDProgram/StudentAffairsAndServices/advising.htm
- Applying for residencies
Has overview of timeline, interviewing tips and the basic “nuts and bolts” of what to do when. This is helpful to access during the summer before you apply to residency programs.
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/MDProgram/StudentAffairsAndServices/
Residency+Selection+and+Application+Process.htm
Applying To Pediatric or Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residencies
General information:
Pediatrics:
Most programs for pediatric residencies are “categorical” or three years of pediatric training.
For some people who wish to make research an integral part of their career in a pediatric subspecialty, there are combined/shortened training options. Pediatric subspecialty training is 3 years after you finish your residency training.
Medicine/Pediatrics:
Combined Medicine and Pediatric residency programs are 4 years long. Residents complete two years in each specialty and are eligible to take board certification in either field.
For more information about this type of training program:
http://www.aap.org/sections/med-peds/101.htm
Resources:
There are many, many resources available on the residency application process. Listed below are a few of the resources that students have found to be helpful:
