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Winter
in b4 "it doesn't matter"
FM includes peds, but it's usually only out-patient. IM includes painstakingly boring kill me now in-patient rounding. So if you did peds 3rd you would be good (ready for both peds in-patient and out-patient)
But idk if your school is one of those that weighs your shelf percentile in such a way that it doesn't matter what you get on evals at all. In that case "it doesn't matter"
but actually the peds match rate no matter what is like 99% so it actually doesn't matter really.
FM includes peds, but it's usually only out-patient. IM includes painstakingly boring kill me now in-patient rounding. So if you did peds 3rd you would be good (ready for both peds in-patient and out-patient)
But idk if your school is one of those that weighs your shelf percentile in such a way that it doesn't matter what you get on evals at all. In that case "it doesn't matter"
but actually the peds match rate no matter what is like 99% so it actually doesn't matter really.
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Winter so you see the absolute worst part of peds and decide if you still love it.
I did peds in winter and everyone had bronchiolitis. It was super easy, but probably less than ideal for someone interested in peds.
As an MS4 who applied pediatrics this cycle, I agree with the above post. Doing my peds rotation during peak RSV and flu season did become routine after a few days but I enjoyed it more than the "exciting" days on other rotations which solidified my specialty choice. Also, those types of cases will be the majority of your inpatient census as a resident during the winter months. I didn't get sick during my MS3 peds rotation in the winter but did get sick during my peds AI in the summer, so who knows lol. Hand hygiene is key regardless.
In terms of your other rotations, I completed IM prior to pediatrics and thought that going through the structure of rounding and presenting patients for a 10-week IM rotation prepared me well for my 5-week peds rotation but I don't think it really matters. My family medicine preceptor only saw well-child visits once in a while so I don't think that rotation prepared me too much for my peds rotation. I ended my MS3 schedule with surgery and had no issue.
