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Hi SDN community, I am a fourth year medical student at an osteopathic medical school in USA who is in need of some urgent help.
Yesterday, I got temporarily suspended from clinical rotations pending a psychology/psychiatric assessment. BG story: I am an average student in school (no failures, passed all my shelf exams, Step1 230, COMLEX1 560, pending Step2/Level2CE/Level2PE exam scores). However, I have had 4 preceptors in my third year of medical school indicating they were "concerned about me being a physician" in my clinical evaluations. I reflected that this may be due to me being nervous with them since they were men with a bright yet overconfident (even cocky personality). I had some minor childhood trauma with my dad who also had this personality and was verbally abused by him as a teenager, which makes me underperform in this setting. I told my school this at a "Student Progress Committee" meeting with ~12 faculty members but could not stop crying all of the sudden in the middle of talking about my dad. This may have made them afraid I was emotionally unstable/crazy and a danger to patients. I have no past psychiatric or medical history and am content in my life/not suicidal. I believe this psych assessment is so unnecessary but I can see how it is necessary from my school's perspective.
I have my most important audition rotation coming up next Monday, which I may not be able to go to anymore and am devastated.
What I need help is: What is the fastest and cheapest way I can get my psychology/psychiatric assessment done- who can I contact?
Also, what is the best way I can handle my situation so I can graduate medical school on time? I cannot afford to take another year due to financial challenges.
Thank you so much for your time. Any advice at all would be very helpful.
Yesterday, I got temporarily suspended from clinical rotations pending a psychology/psychiatric assessment. BG story: I am an average student in school (no failures, passed all my shelf exams, Step1 230, COMLEX1 560, pending Step2/Level2CE/Level2PE exam scores). However, I have had 4 preceptors in my third year of medical school indicating they were "concerned about me being a physician" in my clinical evaluations. I reflected that this may be due to me being nervous with them since they were men with a bright yet overconfident (even cocky personality). I had some minor childhood trauma with my dad who also had this personality and was verbally abused by him as a teenager, which makes me underperform in this setting. I told my school this at a "Student Progress Committee" meeting with ~12 faculty members but could not stop crying all of the sudden in the middle of talking about my dad. This may have made them afraid I was emotionally unstable/crazy and a danger to patients. I have no past psychiatric or medical history and am content in my life/not suicidal. I believe this psych assessment is so unnecessary but I can see how it is necessary from my school's perspective.
I have my most important audition rotation coming up next Monday, which I may not be able to go to anymore and am devastated.
What I need help is: What is the fastest and cheapest way I can get my psychology/psychiatric assessment done- who can I contact?
Also, what is the best way I can handle my situation so I can graduate medical school on time? I cannot afford to take another year due to financial challenges.
Thank you so much for your time. Any advice at all would be very helpful.