Does everyone want to do Ortho?

[Atom612]

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I think you're confusing gunning with knowing it's something you may want to do. For certain hyper competitive specialties, significant research and letters of rec from people in the field are very important. Starting research early and finding a "mentor" is a good way to accomplish these things.

Also you get in there and get involved with a mentor/project and that'll help you figure out if it's a field you actually like.

I suppose that's true, I haven't started medical school yet so I just assumed "gunning" for a specialty meant telling everyone you're interested in a specialty before MS3/4.

 

[bommer1389]

What if you do research in a competitive field, but don't get the board scores (or change your mind but have good scores). Does your research no longer matter to other residencies?

Or vice versa. Research in a less competitive field, and do great on boards. Are you shutout due to "lack" of research in the competitive field?

I know research and boards are just 2 components of the application, but this research "pigeonhole?" has me worried.

 

[dafuturesurgeon]

ortho is very much like working with a machine or something.. If you like tools then you'll like ortho

 

[The Buff OP]

Nah. 😱

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

On another note 95% of the people who want to do ortho as a pre-med have absolutely no idea what the lifestyle is like, or how brutal the training is. They all think that ortho pods only operate a few days a week, see athletes in the clinic for a few hours and work about 40 hours a week. I have no idea where this misconception comes from.

 

[ATPsynthase123]

I find it hilarious when a naive premed is gunning for a specific speciality.

My first semester as pre-med I met a kid in general biology 1 that "was premed to be an Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon". He dropped out of college a year later


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[doczebra]

You're at touro harlem.

And my usmle is considered 99th percentile in the pool of anesthesiologists. Your field is my back up so...

 

[ATPsynthase123]

And my usmle is considered 99th percentile in the pool of anesthesiologists. Your field is my back up so...

Nice dick measuring contest. How is this relevant to the discussion?


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[MoDiddy]

This is incredible. Do you know how shoulder stability is achieved? Perhaps I missed that part of the video, but is it stabilized with sutures to limit the range of motion, or is it done completely with soft tissue?

For labrum tears, stabilized with anchor sutures most of the time.

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

I suppose that's true, I haven't started medical school yet so I just assumed "gunning" for a specialty meant telling everyone you're interested in a specialty before MS3/4.

So just my opinion, but I'd say gunning would be someone who says "I'm going to be an orthopedic/Neuro/Optho surgeon etc"

Vs someone who says "I'm not totally sure, but Am definitely interested in ____" when asked (they don't just volunteer the information up in the first 5 minutes of conversation).

I'm an M1, and interested in Ortho, but never tell anyone unless they ask. I just show up to the interest group talks, make friends with the older guys, and try to keep an open mind about other career paths if my interests shift.

 

[Psai]

What if you do research in a competitive field, but don't get the board scores (or change your mind but have good scores). Does your research no longer matter to other residencies?

Or vice versa. Research in a less competitive field, and do great on boards. Are you shutout due to "lack" of research in the competitive field?

I know research and boards are just 2 components of the application, but this research "pigeonhole?" has me worried.

People know that students will change their minds and decide on something else by exposure. If you do good work and publish, it's always valued. You can always get into research during the clinical years or even take a year off to do some real work. It's never too late.

 

[Dr. Death]

On another note 95% of the people who want to do ortho as a pre-med/pre-clinical med students have absolutely no idea what the lifestyle is like, or how brutal the training is. They all think that ortho pods only operate a few days a week, see athletes in the clinic for a few hours and work about 40 hours a week. I have no idea where this misconception comes from.

FTFY

Dr. James Andrews is the answer to where this misconception comes from.

 

[Redpancreas]

EM is what everyone wants to do now. Step scores are going up.

Nope.



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[Goro]

If he only had the nerve!

ironically, probably the freshman doesnt have any backbone

 

[Goro]

Hey, show some spine and avoid the puns!

Dont be a pain in the neck on this