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We have a lottery system and get to rank which rotations we want to do and in which order. I was wondering what order it's better to do them in? Does it matter as far as step 2, etc? TIA!
take medicine before surgery. Your surgery shelf score will thank you.
Other than the general suggestions (Med b/f Surg and Fam not first), would you make any suggestions for people interested in particular fields/residencies? For example, I've heard cautions against starting with the one relevant to the residency your are interested in (eg. if you want EM avoid having EM as your first rotation).
Also, which one's would you consider "hard" or "easy"?
Yo what's the specific reason for taking medicine before surgery? I'm just a lowly MS1, but I'd like to know.
Thanks everyone! Does it make a difference as far as Step 2 is concerned? I've heard it's better to take medicine or family med last so the material is fresh for step 2 which has a lot of medicine on it?
This is inevitably happens for lots of people every year and they do fine. By the time you get to IM the studying may be a little easier because you learned a good bit of medicine on FM and surgery. So it works both ways. You'll be fine!Anyone have advice for MS-2s this isn't going to pan out for? I'm going to end up having surgery first, before FM, and FM before IM.
If it's relevant, I'm not interested in surgery anyway.
Anyone have advice for MS-2s this isn't going to pan out for? I'm going to end up having surgery first, before FM, and FM before IM.
If it's relevant, I'm not interested in surgery anyway.
Yo what's the specific reason for taking medicine before surgery? I'm just a lowly MS1, but I'd like to know.
This is inevitably happens for lots of people every year and they do fine. By the time you get to IM the studying may be a little easier because you learned a good bit of medicine on FM and surgery. So it works both ways. You'll be fine!
it doesn't actually make that big of a difference. do the uworld GI and endocrine + surgery and you'll be fine.
there's a lot of medicine on the surgery shelf, but it's not random medicine, it's pretty basic stuff. I guess people just find it hard if they haven't thought about it at all in the previous couple months
Thanks everyone! Does it make a difference as far as Step 2 is concerned? I've heard it's better to take medicine or family med last so the material is fresh for step 2 which has a lot of medicine on it?
peds first to transition nicely into third year
medicine before surgery
family medicine towards the end
end with psych because it's easy and you can study for step 2
Doesn't make much of a difference. You have to restudy something. Family med last is nice because you already are studying most things, but most people take some dedicated time for step 2 anyway.
School dependent. Our med students tell us that Peds is the hardest block. But we have a very strong and very busy Peds program and everyone rotates with us (in other clerkships, they get broken up into several sites).
I personally did Psych first, and ended with surgery because it was right after a break (so I could come in relatively fresh, rather than already burned out), and I knew I didn't want to do it.
I am an unlucky one who has surgery before medicine, but I want to go into surgery. I have an idea of my study plan already, but any particular sources I should use to study for my rotation? I am planning on using my winter break to get a leg up before my rotation starts in Jan.