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Im rocked. Intern year in IM has killed my spirit. Im jaded, bitter, and I hate it. This is my fourth month straight of either wards or ICU. only ten days off this entire year. Im done with it. Now to my question.
My PD keeps talking about how lucky we should feel that we got a residency at all. That med school admissions are up so much that in the next year or two there will be more MD graduates than there are spots. I really want to switch from IM to psych. Ive though long and hard about this. I went to one of the better caribbean med schools (I know not something to brag about), but I did well on my boards (99/97). I think Im going to not go on with PGY2 in IM and try and find a PGY2 psych spot. Is the market as bad as my PD sais? Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? I just literally want to cry when I think of continuing on in this specialty. I cant take it....please help....
My PD keeps talking about how lucky we should feel that we got a residency at all. That med school admissions are up so much that in the next year or two there will be more MD graduates than there are spots. I really want to switch from IM to psych. Ive though long and hard about this. I went to one of the better caribbean med schools (I know not something to brag about), but I did well on my boards (99/97). I think Im going to not go on with PGY2 in IM and try and find a PGY2 psych spot. Is the market as bad as my PD sais? Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? I just literally want to cry when I think of continuing on in this specialty. I cant take it....please help....