It’s been a tough gen surg intern year. I was told three weeks into intern year that I was behind my class and could be held back if I don’t improve. I thought I was doing better but last January I was put on remediation. I improved on all deficiencies except clinical judgement last time I spoke with PD last month and that was why they were holding me back. I just met with her and now new deficiencies are brought up and I will be out on 3 month probation with possibility of dismissal now. I struggled with clinical skills from the beginning. My 3rd and 4th yrs in Med school were not clinically challenging bc of the type of rotations I chose . I stayed in regional campus instead of moving down to academic center. I got great surgery skills bc there were no residents, but the problem was there were no residents, no rounding, no note to be written. In hindsight it was just a lot of shadowing. It caught up with me intern year. Being behind and an introvert I also was not very liked by residents. I worked my tail off trying to improve but my clinical judgement was not there from feedback. I also did not take responsibility for my deficiencies initially and blamed it on the residents not liking me. That only made things worse. Needless to say, the program director said I was definitely going to be held back one year which I accepted and came to terms with. But I met with her today and my situation is way worse. I’m on 3 month probation and if I don’t improve they will dismiss me. Considering that I worked my tail off trying to improve up to now, I do not think I have much hope things will work out. I can make an appeal to extend my probation 6 months or 1 year but not guaranteed. I do not know how I got to this point but it really looks like they don’t want me here. If and when it comes to dismissal She will give me chance to resign so that I can apply elsewhere. I don’t know how it got so bad. A part of me still wants to believe I have a chance here, as some residents try to tell me, but reality tends to point to worse case scenario. I accepted responsibility and apologized to PD and others for not taking ownership of my deficiencies which I could not accept initially. They say that it the first step to improvement. But I have no guarantee there will be happy ending. Any advice?
What chance do I have to transfer to another residency like ER or anesthesia with these “clinical deficiency” and probation in my record. Who would accept me. Psych? Thanks for your input. At rock bottom right now
What chance do I have to transfer to another residency like ER or anesthesia with these “clinical deficiency” and probation in my record. Who would accept me. Psych? Thanks for your input. At rock bottom right now