residency advice

Should the US pass legislation to increase the number of available residency spots? Is the hospital workforce shortage impacting your daily life? Do you have opinions about the residency application and/or work process that you'd like to share? Then let me interview you! Hello! I'm a Master of...

EM PGY-1 here. I switched to EM late in 4th year of medical school after dual applying for a surgical subspecialty. Ever since I have missed the operating room dearly. I never gave gen surg a chance as I had minimal exposure to it until now rotating on Trauma Surgery and ACS. I had a mentor in...

Hello! First time posting so please bear with me. Applying anesthesia. Just like other fourth-years, I'm trying to finalize my rank list. I feel like it's set overall, but still having difficulty choosing between top 2, and deciding the order of 3-5. Important to me is proximity to...

I don’t like my residency program; the culture, admin staff, or the clinical experience. I have to attend our mandatory preinterview socials and interview days to show face and make it look like we have a great program to applicants. But I don’t want to do that… At the same time, I don’t want...

Hi! I feel very thankful for the awesome places I've been able to interview at and have been struggling with ranking. Obviously there's so much to think about, but if any of you have program recommendations or strong opinions about going to/avoiding a program, please please share! I'm looking...

I made a mistake today in the hospital. I was catching up a patient on their medical problems when I got a call regarding another patient needing urgent procedure. While the patient was still anxious, I had to run out and get set up. Instead of excusing myself professionally, I answered with...

I've been asked by med students to recommend podcasts related to psychiatry. I saw a thread from 2020 that mentioned Puder, Carlat, and some others: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/dr-puder-psychiatry-psychotherapy-podcast.1399410/post-21867691 I know of this podcast called On The...

Hi guys, I am not from the US and am currently in DVM2 studying in Australia. I do however have a US green card, and have always been planning to take NAVLE and work in the States as a GP. However, as we learnt more about diagnostic imaging in second year, I have started to gain more interest...

Hi Everyone! I’m foreign trained and just got accepted at a 2 year tuition based AEGD. With cost of living it’s gonna be in the 250k range for the 2 years. On graduating, I’d be able to get licensed in most of the North east, parts of the Midwest and some of the south ( West coast through...

Trying to decide on specialties to apply for and have really narrowed it down to FM and ortho largely due to the patient population (sports medicine type of practice hopefully working with an increasingly active aging population), a strong interest in musculoskeletal cases, and working with my...

You’re busy juggling med school and life, and if you don’t stay organized, one of those balls is going to come crashing down. Let’s take a look at what you need to do so you can stay focused, motivated, and completely on top of your juggling act. What are the Components of a Residency...

Hey everyone, Step 2 scores came out earlier this week. Turns out I didn't do as well as I wanted. Thought I would come on here and see if anyone had a similar experience and was successful in matching PM&R. I am a DO student. My current plan is to apply broadly to PM&R and also be dual...

Hello, I am interested in EM or Sports medicine. My only meaningful research was during my gap year as a medical scribe, where I did a poster presentation at a hospital's research day. Other than this, I have no other research aside from data collection at an academic hospital in undergrad...

Current 4th year in dedicated for level 2. Like the title says, I failed level 1 twice and passed on the third try after focusing on the OMM aspect of the exam. I have been a below the average student up until third year where I became a bit more average passing all my shelf exams and getting a...

After lurking the sdn message boards for threads from people in similar positions to myself, I thought I'd ask for some specific advice. To keep it short, I was a family medicine resident for two years (2017-2019) before leaving after my second year due to help take care of my terminally ill...

I am a Residency Program Director (PGY1 and PGY2) for 7 years and a clinical pharmacist. Recently I have received a few messages asking how I help pharmacy students get a residency interview without fear and uncertainty of the application process by utilizing my easy to follow residency...

Hey guys, new here to SDN. Im a us img and unfortunately due to some error in my OET scoring my ecfmg was delayed and I was kicked out of the NRMP. How would i go about to find off cycle Pg1 spots? Pretty upset as i had several interviews but could not rank any of them. Any advice would be...

Spouse of an MS4 here, seeking advice so that I can understand how the residency matching process works for all the aspiring family medicine physicians out there. To start things off, I am a recent bar-passer and will begin my law career this coming January as an attorney for the Army. I will...

Hello! So I'm a 2nd year D.O. student that is currently at a school that grades on a GPA scale and ranks. Here's my story -- First year: First Semester: Struggled. Passed all classes with a C. 2.0 GPA. 2nd Semester: 4.0. Got involved in research. (Potential publication coming up this year...

M2 here pretty sold so far on going for anesthesia from my interactions with the faculty and anesthesiologists outside academics. I have a buddy applying to anesthesiology this year and telling me that interviews are scarce across his class for the specialty. I'm wondering what I should be doing...

Hi, everyone, I'm currently an IMG applying for Family Medicine Residency. The issue is that I am a PGY2 in Anatomical Pathology. I made this career decision because I was interested in genetics and thought that I was interested in doing research / being an academic. However, 1 year of residency...

Hi, I was wondering if a letter from an MD you’ve worked with who received their training abroad but is currently a professor in the US “counts” toward your 3 core MD letters for residency? Like a professor who is from Europe or Latin America and completed med school there but was later...

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some advice. I went to a top 30 Med school and graduated in 2021. I was a mediocre Med student. My step1 220 and step2 230... Mediocre I know.. I got really depressed during third year and my psychiatrist refused to prescribe antidepressants, which I...

big dreamer here: if you were starting out as a first year med student, what is the path you’d take to secure a dream job specializing in lung cancer and related environmental research/advocacy at an academic medical center? what about while adding on an MBA and wanting to combine academia with...

3rd year medical student here planning on applying to psych/child psych residencies this fall! I love both child and adult psychiatry, but working with children in their families is a MUST in my future practice. I am seeking advice on some great psychiatry residencies that either… 1) Offer...

Hi all! I'm a current MS3 and looking to apply to family medicine next year. I'm from the midwest but would like to go some place new, especially interested in places with full scope practices and particularly a lot of OB experience that could ultimately allow me to be primary on c-sections...

Hi, I recently obtained an interview with the University of Connecticut for their AEGD program. Does anyone have any pointers on the interview process?

I'm looking into Med-Psych programs, but I know I need to be practical about a backup option because of my scores. I'm also not 100% sure what is "competitive" for these programs because while I know I messed up my Step 1 score, my 3rd year has been going a lot better than last year, and I've...

I was accepted into ATSU SOMA and Touro Nevada. ATSU SOMA emphasizes in family practice places mainly family practice doctors (when compared to Touro NV). Family practice is not what I want to do. In general, how much weight does a school's specialty preference matter to residency programs, not...

I'm stuck and in dire need of advice. SDN might not be the place to get it but will try anyways. I was set on OS because I enjoy surgery and I even took the CBSE. Planned on retaking but im still on the fence. The more I looked at OS the more I realized that I really didnt want to do the 4...

Hey everyone, I'm an MS1 at a very liberal school and did not want to ask any faculty this - I am interested in plastic surgery but for moral reasons would not participate in any sort of gender reassignment, top surgery changing genders, or gender reassignment. I'm wondering how integral those...

Hi, I failed my COMLEX level 1 the first time and got a 408 the second time I failed my COMLEX level 2 CS the first time and passed the second time I failed my COMLEX level 2 CE two times and got a 409 the third time My scores are super low, and im taking my Comlex level 3 soon, but am...

Hello, Advice needed please! I recently learned that I failed the COMLEX Level 2 CE with a 398. I plan to retake the exam early October. My question is, do I apply to residency on September 29th or do I wait until I have a passing score back at the end of October? I am thinking of applying to...

Hi everyone, I am a senior medical student (MBBS-6) who is currently doing his final year. I am planning to apply to general pediatric surgery next year. I finished a 3-month rotation at my home institution and working with them currently on multiple projects including research and some...

I know this was discussed previously, but I'm curious if anything has changed. I'm wondering if anyone this year applied to and was accepted to an endodontic residency straight out of dental school? If so, which program? Also, what did you do to stand out?

DO student about 50th percentile at end of OMSII. 3 research experiences from undergrad/grad school, 1 abstract (student "peer-reviewed" journal) no publications. 2 poster presentations in college, 1 recent poster presentation, and corresponding case report currently under peer-review. 5+...

Hey everyone, I'm about to be an M2 at a very large, state DO school. I'm currently interested in general surgery and had a couple questions about research. I have no prior research experience and am very unfamiliar with the process. There are many opportunities for research within the school...

Hey guys I matched to an IM program which only has 3 residents per year in a community hospital with only 200 beds. The only perk about this program is we have the option to do most of the electives/ subspecialties at our main site that's a top 3 hospital in the nation. I'm wondering would the...

Specifically in wildlife. (I must also specify that I’m a foreigner that will take the ECFVG and NAVLE) - I know most residencies require at least a 1yr internship. Is it also difficult to get into an internship? - Do you have any knowledge about requirements? - Any advice for building a fit...

This is going to be a very interesting year for residency interviews. We would like to kick-off a thread discussing tips for virtual interviews. Here are a few: Consider your background - ideally, it will be neutral and not distracting If your bed is visible, that's cool, but make your bed...