Clinical neurophysiology fellowship worth it?
Hi, it's very early as I am only a rising PGY2 but just pondering future goals and plans. My ultimate goal is to return to the state I grew up in to practice general neurology. I don't want to post the location cause it would be very, very easy to identify me lol but I can share via DM. But for context, it would be in a suburban-ish community with rural (VERY rural) outreach clinics. There are maybe a dozen neurologists in my home state and 95% of them practice in the main city where I will return. There is no nearby or reasonably accessible academic center.
So, my question: would it be worth completing a 1 year neurophysiology fellowship (it's 1 year at my home program and I would want to stay here) in the setting of my above stated goals?
Alternatively, I could perhaps tailor my elective time over the next three years to EEG/EMG and would that be good enough? I have 6 weeks this year, 8 weeks in PGY3, and 10 weeks during PGY4. On top of that, I have 2 weeks of inpatient long term EEG monitoring, 6 weeks of NM clinic (which can include EMG), and 6 weeks of epilepsy/EEG reading clinic over the next couple years. So, a minimum total of 9 months geared towards EEG/EMG over the next 3 years.