UW MSTP Student Residency Information
MSTP students, especially those who are not yet at the clerkship stage of their studies, frequently have questions about residency possibilities. The UW Medical School will address the subject of residencies more fully once you are in clerkships, but this information is posted here to provide everyone with some essential information. In particular, this information addresses the two main questions: What do UW MSTP students do for residencies? Are there residencies specifically aimed at MSTP graduates?
Residencies
UW MSTP students graduate and go on to do residencies in a large variety of disciplines. Currently, the number one choice is Internal Medicine. Internal Medicine is one specialty that has specific "fast track" residency programs that provide a combined residency-fellowship training experience, leading to board certification in internal medicine and fellowship certification in a subspecialty following three-four years of clinical training (two years of internal medicine and one-two years of fellowship) and three years of research. Certain specialties, like cardiology or multi-disciplinary subspecialties like hematology and oncology require an additional six months to one year. Programs at every institution function differently, and require careful evaluation. For general guidance, please consult the ABIM Research Pathway Policies and Requirements information at http://www.abim.org/certification/policies/research/requirements.aspx. Other specialties that offer "fast track" programs include Pediatrics, Pathology, and others. General information about the American Board of Pediatrics Accelerated Research Pathway is available here and the information about the ABP Integrated Research Pathway is available here. Some UW MSTP graduates choose fast track programs, while many other UW MSTP graduates choose other types of residencies. For residency selection generally, it is important to ask about research opportunities and research time allowed.
Identifying fast track programs is difficult because they do not have standardized names. Some fast track programs in internal medicine and other firelds are identified below. Another source for internal medicine and other fast track residencies is http://www.physicianscientists.org/Training_Programs/Residency.html. We receive information every year about new programs, so fast track programs are clearly an area that is growing. We will add to this list and to the specialties covered as we uncover new information.
Internal Medicine Residency Fast Track Programs
West
UCLA: STAR Program (Subspecialty Training and Advanced Research Program)
UC Irvine: Residency Research Pathway Program
University of California, San Diego: Physician Scientist Training Pathway
University of California, San Francisco: Molecular Medicine Training Program
Stanford University: Stanford Clinical Investigator Pathway
Oregon Health and Science University: ABIM Research Pathway
Midwest
Washington University in St. Louis: Physician Scientist Training Pathway
University of Wisconsin: Research Pathway
University of Michgan: Physician Scientist Track
University of Chicago: Physician Scientist Development Program/Research Pathway Program
Northwestern University: Physician Scientist Training Program
University of Illinois-Chicago: Physician Scientist/Clinical Investigator Pathway
University of Minnesota: Physician Scientist Pathway
Mayo-Rochester, MN: Clinical Investigator Pathway
University of Cincinnati: Clinical Scientist Training Program
The Ohio State University: ABIM Research Pathway
University of Iowa: Physician Scientist Training Pathway
Indiana University School of Medicine: Research Track
Northeast
Yale University: ABIM Research Pathway
Tufts: Clinical Investigator Pathway
Columbia: Research Track
New York University: ABIM Research Pathway
Cornell: Medical Research Track
University of Pennsylvania: Physician Scientist Pathway
University of Pittsburgh: ABIM Research Program
University of Massachusetts: Research Pathway
Dartmouth: Research Track
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson: ABIM Research Pathway
Albert Einstein: Medical Scientist Pathway
Mount Sinai: Research Residency
Thomas Jefferson: Research Pathway
South
Duke University: Research Pathway
Vanderbilt University: ABIM Research Pathway
University of Virginia: Clinical Investigator Pathway
Virginia Commonwealth University: Physician Scientist Research Training Program
University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston: Clinical Investigator Pathway
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Physician Scientist Training Program
Baylor College of Medicine: MeRIT Program (Medical Residents Investigator Track)
Neurology Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Neurological Surgery Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Obsterics and Gynecology Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Pathology and Lab Medicine Fast Track Programs
University of Virginia: Combined Research Training Program
University of Pittsburgh: Pathology Investigator Residency Training Program
University of Minnesota: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Research Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess (Harvard): Physician-Scientist Track
University of Iowa: Physician Scientist Training Pathway
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Pediatrics Fast Track Programs
University of Iowa: Physician Scientist Training Pathway
Indiana University School of Medicine: Green Academic Scholars Program
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Yale: Pediatric Scientist Development Program
Psychiatry (Adult and/or Child) Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Yale: Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program
Radiation Oncology Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Radiology Fast Track Programs
Washington University in St. Louis: Research Residency
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Surgery Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
Urology Fast Track Programs
Northwestern University (Chicago): Physician-Scientist Training Program
The source of much of the above information is this document from VCU downloaded in May 2008, and http://www.physicianscientists.org/Training_Programs/Residency.html.