u/crazyrhombus

Full disclosure: I'm not a med student BUT I'm helping my med student fiance who doesn't have enough karma to post on here so please bear with me. How important are sub-internships in IM to get into IM programs as a D.O?

He's applying to 1-2 Sub-i where he's very interested in applying for IM residency but there's no guarantee he'll get into any of them. Moreover, if he is rejected, he can't try again since they have encouraged them to only apply one at a time to the Sub-i and take any programs that accept them.

1. Has anyone been through this before? What was your strategy for scheduling this?

2. Has any DO gotten into IM without doing SubIs?

Thank you all in advance for your answers <3