Gi Fellowship Spreadsheet (2024)

FAQs

How hard is it to get GI fellowship? ›

Competitiveness. You must complete a two to three-year-long gastroenterology fellowship. It's widely regarded as one of the most competitive internal medicine fellowships, so you'll need to display excellence at every turn to boost your chances of attaining one.

Research participation is a requirement of the GI fellowship program, and approximately 18 months is devoted to learning research and academic skills. To facilitate this requirement, each fellow is paired with a GI or liver faculty advisor, who meets regularly with the fellow.

As aforementioned, candidates should request 3 (or more) letters of recommendation, including 1 by the program director or medicine chair and usually 1 by a gastroenterologist (see Table 1). Identify references during the first postgraduate year and cultivate these relationships by ongoing interactions.

There is no universal answer to how many interviews will guarantee a match, but NRMP data can guide you. Your match depends on how you rank your programs and how the programs rank you. A match can only occur if both parties are ranked by one another, and programs will only rank you if they've interviewed you.

GI has gained increased attention and popularity among applicants in recent years compared to other IM subspecialties. This could be due to multiple reasons, including work-life balance, access to a procedural field, multidisciplinary and longitudinal care, and high compensation.

US allopathic graduates accounted for a majority of incoming gastroenterology fellows, although this decreased during the study period (73% to 60%, P <. 001). The annual match rates increased for US allopathic (72% to 83%, P <. 001) and non-US allopathic (27% to 46%, P <.

The average scores for Step 3 are around 230 for the past few years. Scores above 240 are considered solid since you'll be above the 70th percentile, and scores above 250 are excellent. Fellowships don't solely focus on Step 3 scores and won't accept you just because you got a 250.

Importance for Fellowship Applications

However, it is an objective piece of data and program directors will look at the trend of your board scores. Doing average or slightly above average on Step or Level 3 is unlikely to help your application, but failing or doing poorly can hurt you.

The fully accredited three-year program prepares fellows for careers in clinical and academic gastroenterology.

Is 3 letters of recommendation enough? ›

Most selective colleges and universities require one to three recommendation letters with your application, usually from your guidance counselor and at least one teacher. Recommendation letters are typically submitted electronically through the school-specific supplements on The Common Application.

Many gastroenterologists also pursue an additional 1 or 2 year fellowship to further subspecialize. Gastroenterology is one of the most competitive internal medicine fellowships, duking it out with cardiology. They do consider all three USMLE scores, including Step 1, Step 2CK, and Step 3 in assessing your application.

The applicant should be an MD, DO, or MBBS with three or more years of Internal Medicine residency training in an ACGME-accredited training program. A pass on USMLE Step 3 is a mandatory prerequisite for acceptance as a fellow.

If you have 5 interviews – 7 is better. Once you're past 8, you should feel pretty good about matching but there is still a 10% chance you don't match as a U.S. IMG and a 20% chance you don't match as a Non-U.S. IMG. At RIQ, our candidates match at an 80% rate – which is equivalent to getting 8 interviews.

Fellowship programs can be challenging to get into, so be sure to have lots of references on hand.

A gastroenterology fellowship is generally more competitive than a cardiology fellowship. Your USMLE scores, med school, and research are the main things for residency applications. Research is also a big thing for fellowship applications, and your residency program counts more, but your USMLE scores matter much less.

ASGE has provided a fellowship match for advanced endoscopy since 2012. The program remains competitive, with approximately 1.5 applicants for every available position. There were 104 applicants for 63 available positions in 2020, according to the report.