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Hey forum,
I am in a bit of a bind, so I hope you all can provide me with some good information. A little about me:
I am beginning my intern year at an internal med shop soon. I also matched in a strong ophthalmology program. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been diagnosed with an eye condition myself that may preclude me from being able to do ophthalmology. Therefore, I am coming to you all for advice for how to handle this situation.
I considered derm before deciding on ophtho, and I have always been interested in cancer (particularly procedural work with cancer), so derm is a great field for me IMO.
I am a relatively strong applicant. Good state school, 248 Step 1, 251 Step 2, HP in all but 3 rotations which were P (we have a hard grading scale), tons of research (mostly in ophtho), quite a bit of extracurriculars.
So- assuming that I need to drop ophtho and will try to do derm- what can I do to try to get a derm spot. And how hard will this road be?
I am in a bit of a bind, so I hope you all can provide me with some good information. A little about me:
I am beginning my intern year at an internal med shop soon. I also matched in a strong ophthalmology program. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been diagnosed with an eye condition myself that may preclude me from being able to do ophthalmology. Therefore, I am coming to you all for advice for how to handle this situation.
I considered derm before deciding on ophtho, and I have always been interested in cancer (particularly procedural work with cancer), so derm is a great field for me IMO.
I am a relatively strong applicant. Good state school, 248 Step 1, 251 Step 2, HP in all but 3 rotations which were P (we have a hard grading scale), tons of research (mostly in ophtho), quite a bit of extracurriculars.
So- assuming that I need to drop ophtho and will try to do derm- what can I do to try to get a derm spot. And how hard will this road be?