Ask Me Anything...

[wcmalum]

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Hey everyone,

Getting burnt out with the system and looking to meet and chat with other people looking to pursue medicine or already in the training pathway. Went to a decent undergraduate school and graduated from a T10 medical school with my MD before ultimately matching into one of the more competitive specialities (however you define that) where I am now doing my training.

Ask me anything about my journey, how I got to med school, advice, what's been weighing on my mind and all the things that need to change. Would love to have a safe space to have the difficult conversations we often can't have in medicine.

 

[Strattera]

Do you think your specialty choice has anything to do with your burnout? Do you wish you picked a different residency?

 

[Starr_key]

Have you considered switching to Psych?

 

[Taddy Mason]

Have you considered switching to Psych?

Why switch to psych??

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Have you thought about playing the lottery and/or buying a lot of Raytheon stocks?

 

[wcmalum]

Do you think your specialty choice has anything to do with your burnout? Do you wish you picked a different residency?

I honestly don't think so ... I picked a specialty I really enjoyed and found rewarding (and still very much do) and I truly can't imagine myself doing anything else within medicine. I think the burnout is more inherent to the field of medicine at large and the rigors of the training pathway

 

[wcmalum]

Have you considered switching to Psych?

I really enjoyed my psych rotation during med school ... I've certainly had my fair share of help from psych providers. I think what made psychiatry difficult for me to pursue was how emotionally draining it was.

 

[wcmalum]

Have you thought about playing the lottery and/or buying a lot of Raytheon stocks?

Ha. I'm always open to financial advice from experts that come before me

 

[olofmeister]

What are some things you enjoy about medicine?

 

[wcmalum]

What are some things you enjoy about medicine?

send me a DM and i'll tell ya! Lots of things are specific to specialty so I'm happy to discuss that offline 🙂