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It's manageable. Your schedule will vary from program to program, and your daily schedule will vary from month to month. On medicine floors, I'm usually in at around 6:30-6:45AM to get sign-out from the night team (7AM is the latest you can come in) and on a non-call day will sign-out at 5PM. Call days on the floors are Q4 and last until 9PM. In the MICU, my program does the 28 hours call (also Q4). It sucks and will always suck. Then there's elective time and other stuff like ER and night float which have varying schedules.
All-in-all, expect to work harder and longer as an intern. On an average floor month, I am working maybe 60-70 hours a week and on MICU approach 70-80 hours.
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How's that stipend treating you? Do you feel like you have enough money to live a little more comfortably than in med school? If you don't mind me asking... what do you take home per month after taxes and everything? It would be nice to know what sort of budget I'm looking at going into residency. I'm living off 1400/month now and its a bit rough (in a city where the median cost of a 1 bedroom apartment goes for 1400/month).
Also, do you and your partner file taxes jointly or separately?
Also, do you and your partner file taxes jointly or separately?
How are you dealing with marriage life as a resident / in medicine etc? Is your partner in medicine too?
Stipend is okay. We live fairly comfortably with our two cats. My take-home is approximately $2600 a month. It helps that my husband makes about the same that I make, so overall it's not a bad situation at all. We're living in a two bedroom apartment in a fairly nice part of the city and paying $1800 a month. We're filing separately this year since I'm doing PAYE.
It wasn't that bad. I lived in Center City and trash day was never terrible.
My husband is not in medicine, which is nice. Married life during residency is certainly something I have to work hard at. It's very easy to fall into a routine of coming home, cooking dinner, and then doing my own thing or just sitting on the couch, and then going to sleep. I find that we both have to put in an effort to keep things like romance alive. We do movie nights, date nights, etc to keep things fresh.
No problem, friend. 🙂
I prefer them not being in medicine. That last thing I want to do when I get home from work is spend hours and hours talking about the hospital (which is what ends up happening when I hang out with my friends who are in medicine). That being said, my husband knew coming into this relationship the time and effort that goes into being a resident, so he was fully prepared for everything.
Just have a pretty general question as an incoming MS1, anybody can feel free to answer. Ive been reading/hearing a lot about doing away rotations when you become an MS4 and was wondering how that works. Say you wanted to do an away rotation at University X, half way across the country, how do you live in this city for 2-4 weeks (whatever length the roation is)? Do they provide housing or do you have to get an apartment for that short of a time frame?
What are the hours like on ambulatory months?
I have a similar question about away rotations.
I have a profound interest in pediatrics. I also live in Philly (go to school here, one came before the other), so, naturally, I wanna see how to get my foot in the door at CHOP. Are you at all familiar with this?
I have a profound interest in pediatrics. I also live in Philly (go to school here, one came before the other), so, naturally, I wanna see how to get my foot in the door at CHOP. Are you at all familiar with this?
Go to Upenn's dept of pediatrics and see if they offer away rotations for visiting students. I did an away at HUP during my 4th year of med school
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Most information about away rotations can be found on their website. There is a centralized away rotation service called VSAS. Housing is almost always something you have to find for yourself. Stay with a friend or sublet, basically.
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One week off before PGY-2. Ask me anything, bros.
Those are people dammit! They have feelings! They have a family! Oh wait...what were we talking about?
On a more serious note, why did you give the time stone to Thanos? When you went through all of the various scenarios, was giving him the stone the only one that lead to a path of victory? I'm glad you still have internet wherever you disappeared to. Big fan. Cheers.
Tony Stark must survive for us to win. I have faith that he will release us from the confines of the Soul Gem.
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Starting M3 year in a week. What was your experience with your 3rd year rotations? Did you feel burned out at all during the year and/or feel as if you had very little free time? How did you manage your schedule 3rd year with rotations, studying for shelf exams, free time, etc? Thanks for the help
My husband is an M4 currently studying for CK and trying to get his ERAS ready. I'm helping him out with his personal statement and he's having a really difficult time writing it because he wants to write his real feelings about how he was diagnosed with an illness during M2 and that's the bulk of the reason why he's choosing to do what he's applying for, butttt he also doesn't want to say he has an illness in the chances that it'll hinder him as an applicant. I want him to be fully honest and I've firsthand seen him work his a$$ off in school and finding time to be an amazing med student while also going through personal struggles, but would you advise against talking about it?
I don't think burnout was a big issue for me or my classmates during third year, to be honest. Sure, it sucks being the bottom of the totem pole and not knowing anything, but the patient interactions were, for the most part, very rewarding. It's nice to break out of your pre-clinical studies and actually be doing something that you want to be doing. I had a lot more free time during third and fourth year than I did previously. You're not necessarily tied down to a strict study schedule due to a fear of falling behind on lectures. Your time is more freely budgeted. Shelf exams for us were P/F and really didn't calculate that much into our grades, so it wasn't a huge priority to be studying for those.
If it's a mental illness, then I would avoid this altogether. No matter what anyone says, mental illness is still stigmatized among the medical community. Otherwise, I think it's okay to mention it, albeit mention it briefly. His personal experience should only be a component of why he wants to go into the field and not the whole reason.
Honestly, it's too late in the cycle for any realistic advice for getting off of the wait list.
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Thanks for the reply! No, it’s Crohn’s disease and it’s a large reason why he wants to do GI. But I agree, I think it should be okay to mention it briefly. He still thinks it’ll turn people off who think he won’t be fit to do the job.
How about for future hopefuls?
Why did you give Thanos the time stone??!! What did you see in that one future where Thanos is defeated?
Patience.... It's all part of the plan.
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How long did you fight Dormamu? How many times did you die?
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About 5000 years. I've died more times than I can count.
