First time posting in Sdn, I'm trying to spread the net as wide as possible with this question. I'm a PGY-5 neurosurgery resident, and I'm considering completing further training in plastic surgery. After consulting the ABPS training guidelines, I've found that a neurosurgery residency does satisfy the prerequisites for an Independent Track residency, however I doubt it would all be thst simple.
After speaking to some colleagues, the prevailing opinion was that, while technically possible, a plastics residency would be unlikely to accept a neurosurgeon onto the program. This was supported by an inability to find a single plastic, or reconstructive, surgeon who had first completed a neurosurgery residency before a plastics one.
So my questions: has anyone come across someone who went from neuro residency to plastics; would a program look at my application unfavourably, and does anyone have any ideas generslly about a neuro -> plastics pathway?
After speaking to some colleagues, the prevailing opinion was that, while technically possible, a plastics residency would be unlikely to accept a neurosurgeon onto the program. This was supported by an inability to find a single plastic, or reconstructive, surgeon who had first completed a neurosurgery residency before a plastics one.
So my questions: has anyone come across someone who went from neuro residency to plastics; would a program look at my application unfavourably, and does anyone have any ideas generslly about a neuro -> plastics pathway?