Help... what should I do with my life?

[cptnplanetdc]

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I am in awe (and quite jealous) of how all you people seem able to choose a path for residency and be so confident that you made the right decision. I just don't know what to do and it is driving me crazy. I'm supposed to be working on making my 4th year schedule but how am I supposed to do that if I don't know what I want to try and match in. I always figured I'd do surgery and I loved my surgery rotation and I definitely have that stereotypical surgery personality but now I'm faced with lifestyle decisions and the reality of maybe not being able to start a family for the next 6 years if I choose that path. I'm not excited about anesthesia though I wish I were. I hated having outpatient clinic and long rounds on medicine and though I don't really have a specific reason, I'm not thrilled about obgyn. I don't like how you don't follow patients with ER. I like how I felt like we were fixing things with surgery and I wonder if I can find that feeling with another specialty which would have a more supportive view to having kids etc. What do I do? There has to be some quiz I can take that will tell me exactly what to do? I don't know how I'm supposed to be able to just decide. Any advice?

 

[physicsnerd42]

If you like surgery but don't want quite as bad of a lifestyle, you may want to think about urology. I would go over to the urology forum and check it out.

 

[geekgirl]

If you like surgery but don't want quite as bad of a lifestyle, you may want to think about urology. I would go over to the urology forum and check it out.

i second this. and they're a fun group of people.

 

[Pir8DeacDoc]

I don't know if we can reference other sites here or not so if this isn't kosher please feel free to edit..


urologymatch.com is a very good site.