> Well, to be pedantic, neurosurgery requires a post-residency fellowship.
Doubly pedantic: further specialization within neurosurgery (complex spine, vascular, tumor, peripheral ...) is done via fellowship, but plenty of practicing general neurosurgeons ended their training with residency. Source: wife is in her final year of neurosurgery residency. Of the folks in her program who have graduated while she's been around, about 1/2 did a fellowship, the other half went straight into practice.
(I hesitate to post this extremely minor correction, because everything you've said in this thread is absolutely spot-on and a very welcome dose of facts.)
Doubly pedantic: further specialization within neurosurgery (complex spine, vascular, tumor, peripheral ...) is done via fellowship, but plenty of practicing general neurosurgeons ended their training with residency. Source: wife is in her final year of neurosurgery residency. Of the folks in her program who have graduated while she's been around, about 1/2 did a fellowship, the other half went straight into practice.
(I hesitate to post this extremely minor correction, because everything you've said in this thread is absolutely spot-on and a very welcome dose of facts.)