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MS-4 taking a research year, so I've finished my clerkships but ERAS is a year away. My dream is EM in a big city with lots of uninsured people, lots of drug ODs, and lots of gun violence.
I loved every minute of EM. I looked forward to every shift, and I felt satisfied after each one (it helped that I'm in one of the cities that I'd want to practice in). I also liked stroke consult on Neuro and the CRC on Psych, but that's because both had the ED's intensity. I also liked IP Peds, and I know that Peds-EM fellowships exist, but I've read that their match rates are low. And I liked Trauma Surg, but TBH I don't think I'm a strong enough applicant for a GenSurg residency.
I know about EM's current supply-demand mismatch. But every mentor (not just in EM) has told me to apply based on what I loved (and that people used to say that path/gas/rads were gonna get killed by AI, or CRNAs, or offshoring to India). In a way, now feels the best time to apply EM. If people are still panicking next year I'll have a great shot at matching somewhere that I'd wanna practice in. And by the time residency and fellowship are done, might the job market might self-correct?
If it matters, I'm a vet. So I'll be graduating with almost no debt (🇺🇸=❤️), and I can afford to take risks than many students can't.
I loved every minute of EM. I looked forward to every shift, and I felt satisfied after each one (it helped that I'm in one of the cities that I'd want to practice in). I also liked stroke consult on Neuro and the CRC on Psych, but that's because both had the ED's intensity. I also liked IP Peds, and I know that Peds-EM fellowships exist, but I've read that their match rates are low. And I liked Trauma Surg, but TBH I don't think I'm a strong enough applicant for a GenSurg residency.
I know about EM's current supply-demand mismatch. But every mentor (not just in EM) has told me to apply based on what I loved (and that people used to say that path/gas/rads were gonna get killed by AI, or CRNAs, or offshoring to India). In a way, now feels the best time to apply EM. If people are still panicking next year I'll have a great shot at matching somewhere that I'd wanna practice in. And by the time residency and fellowship are done, might the job market might self-correct?
If it matters, I'm a vet. So I'll be graduating with almost no debt (🇺🇸=❤️), and I can afford to take risks than many students can't.