Residency Information
Subspeciality fellowships (internal medicine)

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While selecting a residency, subspeciality opportunitues should be kept in mind. Plan your subspeciality according to your interest giving preference to those hospitals where that is available.

Specialty training is called fellowship training, and usually adds two to three years of training beyond the residency training.

Generally, applications for fellowship training are submitted during the second year of internal medicine residency training.

Subspecialties that require preliminary training in internal medicine: Allergy and Immunology
Cardiovascular Disease
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Rheumatology
Pulmonary Disease

At the completion of residency training, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) offers a special test that certifies expertise in internal medicine. Although not required, passing this test is beneficial to an internal medicine career, and most graduates take this examination to become "board certified" in medicine. A similar examination is offered by ABIM following completion of a subspecialty fellowship. Certificates of added qualifications recognize special expertise in areas of internal medicine.

An additional 2 years of training will get you specialised in the fields

Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical and Laboratory Immunology
Critical Care Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Sports Medicine
Adolescent Medicine
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Neurology is a separate residency in itself ( and not a subspeciality) , and only requires one year of Preliminary training in Internal Medicine, and the neurology match is held earlier than the main residency match. To join neurology, you will have to apply for both neurology (for the year after your prelim year) and prelim medicine year.

A full brouchre detailing the process for each subspeciality is available at

(http://www.acponline.org/srf/subspecialty_brochure.htm)