Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am looking at doing ortho. I understand that SG would be more competitive and connections would be required so I have been working on research projects diligently and have been in contact with SG consultants. I am ok with suffering the tough HO year and working a couple years as an MO to get onto training, rather than train in ortho in the UK which is also competitive and be away from my family for a long time.

However, recently I have become a bit discouraged with people telling me that majority dont get into ortho even after 2-3 years as an MO so ive been considering alternatives. In a way, the local grads being unable to get COC or pgdiploma during MOPEX/HO works in my favour because if i do aesthetics i will definitely do F1 F2 in the UK and rack up everything needed. Then ill just stick it out in PHI until ful reg.