I like it but it is boring!! Help plz!

[stronghold]

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I am doing away rotations in internal medicine right now...even before I finish the rotation, I am feeling bored! I like Internal Medicine the way they think, the way they analyze...but after few weeks, the same feelings that I had during core clerkships come again...boring! I like Interventional Cardiology...but the way of how internal medicine run of writing & typing patient notes...make me bored.
I like Interventional Cardiology because I like to use my hands...but writing, follow up...etc, kill me! I can not!

I don't know what specialty is more suitable for me now!
Your comments

 

[Law2Doc]

I am doing away rotations in internal medicine right now...even before I finish the rotation, I am feeling bored! I like Internal Medicine the way they think, the way they analyze...but after few weeks, the same feelings that I had during core clerkships come again...boring! I like Interventional Cardiology...but the way of how internal medicine run of writing & typing patient notes...make me bored.
I like Interventional Cardiology because I like to use my hands...but writing, follow up...etc, kill me! I can not!

I don't know what specialty is more suitable for me now!
Your comments

You have to take the bad with the good. All procedural fields are going to have some component of documentation and follow up.

 

[Arcan57]

Most careers in medicine have a large element of routine inherent in the job. If you become skilled at something, it becomes routine which some people will equate with boring. The only way to be excited all the time is to constantly be doing things that you are not good at, which has problems of its own.

Keep in mind that what you do as a medical student and what the attending does are very different. Listening to other people present patients you haven't seen for hours at a time without an opportunity to effect patient care is not what being an IM attending is about. Just like being a floor scut monkey (or an ineffective retractor) is not what being an attending surgeon is about. Try and parse out is it the role you can't stand or is it the branch of medicine. This holds true for every rotation you do. It will help keep you from being falsely lured by "cool" teams or increased autonomy (trauma being a big one of med students) or being falsely put off by a malignant team or limited responsibility.

 

[smq123]

Moving to allopathic.

 

[officedepot]

I am doing away rotations in internal medicine right now...even before I finish the rotation, I am feeling bored! I like Internal Medicine the way they think, the way they analyze...but after few weeks, the same feelings that I had during core clerkships come again...boring! I like Interventional Cardiology...but the way of how internal medicine run of writing & typing patient notes...make me bored.
I like Interventional Cardiology because I like to use my hands...but writing, follow up...etc, kill me! I can not!

I don't know what specialty is more suitable for me now!
Your comments

wow... I can see why you don't like writing notes just from your post here...

 

[MrBurns10]

The biggest advice I give to medical students that I work with is to choose the field whose BS you can best deal with. There are always going to be the incredibly interesting surgical/internal medicine/psych/derm/radiology/etc case that makes you say "this is so f-ing cool!" But given that the majority of the cases you'll see and handle are run of the mill ones, I recommend choosing the specialty where you can stay the most interested performing even the most mundane of tasks. For me, reading chest x-rays for line placement, while terribly boring, didn't sound nearly as bad as the dispo issues/paperwork in internal medicine (for example). For others, it's the complete opposite.

Figuring that out will go a long way to figuring out what field is right for you.

 

[monkeybutt]

I am doing away rotations in internal medicine right now...even before I finish the rotation, I am feeling bored! I like Internal Medicine the way they think, the way they analyze...but after few weeks, the same feelings that I had during core clerkships come again...boring! I like Interventional Cardiology...but the way of how internal medicine run of writing & typing patient notes...make me bored.
I like Interventional Cardiology because I like to use my hands...but writing, follow up...etc, kill me! I can not!

I don't know what specialty is more suitable for me now!
Your comments

Try Emergency Medicine. Less boring. Work with your hands. Always learning new ****.

 

[RySerr21]

Maybe think about Ob/Gyn? Theres a lot of medicine involved with OB but theres also a lot of procedures, always on your feet doing something. A fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine sounds perfect. As of now im most interested in internal meidcine and i had a 2wks on MFM and i had a blast. It was basically just Medicine with a twist - we dealt with all of the typical Medicine problems but you deal with it in the context of the complications of pregnancy and the baby.

 

[stronghold]

You have to take the bad with the good. All procedural fields are going to have some component of documentation and follow up.

Thank you for advice Sir. But do you mean that every medical field has this much time in writing notes & following up?!!😱😱

Most careers in medicine have a large element of routine inherent in the job. If you become skilled at something, it becomes routine which some people will equate with boring. The only way to be excited all the time is to constantly be doing things that you are not good at, which has problems of its own.

Keep in mind that what you do as a medical student and what the attending does are very different. Listening to other people present patients you haven't seen for hours at a time without an opportunity to effect patient care is not what being an IM attending is about. Just like being a floor scut monkey (or an ineffective retractor) is not what being an attending surgeon is about. Try and parse out is it the role you can't stand or is it the branch of medicine. This holds true for every rotation you do. It will help keep you from being falsely lured by "cool" teams or increased autonomy (trauma being a big one of med students) or being falsely put off by a malignant team or limited responsibility.

So from your comment Sir...Surgical specialties fit my personality ? since you said skills & something like that ? My team is so cool in internal medicine rotation..may be the best funny team!! But even with that I feel internal medicine stuff of writing patient notes...etc is boring...I like to use my hands but not writing & receiving messages to my pager!!

wow... I can see why you don't like writing notes just from your post here...

Yes, You are right

The biggest advice I give to medical students that I work with is to choose the field whose BS you can best deal with. There are always going to be the incredibly interesting surgical/internal medicine/psych/derm/radiology/etc case that makes you say "this is so f-ing cool!" But given that the majority of the cases you'll see and handle are run of the mill ones, I recommend choosing the specialty where you can stay the most interested performing even the most mundane of tasks. For me, reading chest x-rays for line placement, while terribly boring, didn't sound nearly as bad as the dispo issues/paperwork in internal medicine (for example). For others, it's the complete opposite.

Figuring that out will go a long way to figuring out what field is right for you.

Thank you Sir for your advice. The problem that I went to combined 6 year program...so I don't have BS degree. I can describe my personality that I like using my hands very much But I don't like to observe, watching or writing paperwork. But I also like to have a life for my wife & kids in future!! So I don't want to spend my whole life in hospital!

Try Emergency Medicine. Less boring. Work with your hands. Always learning new ****.

Thank you for your advice...Nice option...what about lifestyle in EM ? I like to have a life for my wife & kids in future!! So not spending my whole life in hospital!

Maybe think about Ob/Gyn? Theres a lot of medicine involved with OB but theres also a lot of procedures, always on your feet doing something. A fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine sounds perfect. As of now im most interested in internal meidcine and i had a 2wks on MFM and i had a blast. It was basically just Medicine with a twist - we dealt with all of the typical Medicine problems but you deal with it in the context of the complications of pregnancy and the baby.

Thank you for advice...mmm..Sorry, but I don't find OBGYN fits me at all!!




My personality:

I can describe my personality that I like using my hands very much But I don't like to observe, watching or writing paperwork. But I also like to have a life for my wife & kids in future!! So I don't want to spend my whole life in hospital!

 

[officedepot]

I can describe my personality that I like using my hands very much But I don't like to observe, watching or writing paperwork. But I also like to have a life for my wife & kids in future!! So I don't want to spend my whole life in hospital!

I highly suggest thinking about EM. Lifestyle isn't so bad once you complete the short residency. It's shift work and you probably only have to go in 4x a week to make decent money (with some overnight shifts I would assume). You get to use your hands and do lots of procedures. Also most of the notes are pretty much done by filling out a chart in the computer. Seems to fit you perfectly.

 

[Evergrey]

Thank you Sir for your advice. The problem that I went to combined 6 year program...so I don't have BS degree.

When s/he said BS, they meant bullsh**, not Bachelor of Science 🙂

 

[JC Denton]

When s/he said BS, they meant bullsh**, not Bachelor of Science 🙂

I don't know about that.
The terms seem quite interchangeable these days.

 

[thepoopologist]

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make million dollar

-stronghold

 

[Evergrey]

I don't know about that.
The terms seem quite interchangeable these days.

In that case I'm glad I have a BA, because we all know what that stands for 😎

 

[PistolPete]

You want something with procedures, you want a life outside the hospital, and you don't like paperwork. Sounds like EM or anesthesia to me. You could also consider family medicine and do a lot of excisions/biopsies in the office (pseudo-dermatology).

 

[ArcGurren]

When s/he said BS, they meant bullsh**, not Bachelor of Science 🙂

His post doesn't even make sense. I was in a combined program as well and we still got our B.S. after 1 year of medical school. I seriously doubt they wouldn't have given them a degree for attending...

 

[OveractiveBrain]

His post doesn't even make sense. I was in a combined program as well and we still got our B.S. after 1 year of medical school. I seriously doubt they wouldn't have given them a degree for attending...

Pretty sure he's foreign.. pretty sure. Cant be 100%. But im pretty sure. Foreigntopia, where "medical school" starts with "going to university" i.e. no undergrad.

Strongholdz?

 

[stronghold]

His post doesn't even make sense. I was in a combined program as well and we still got our B.S. after 1 year of medical school. I seriously doubt they wouldn't have given them a degree for attending...

I went to international medical school. I think this answered your query.

Pretty sure he's foreign.. pretty sure. Cant be 100%. But im pretty sure. Foreigntopia, where "medical school" starts with "going to university" i.e. no undergrad.

Strongholdz?

I am not a foreign...I just went to international medical school since my family moved to another country.

I highly suggest thinking about EM. Lifestyle isn't so bad once you complete the short residency. It's shift work and you probably only have to go in 4x a week to make decent money (with some overnight shifts I would assume). You get to use your hands and do lots of procedures. Also most of the notes are pretty much done by filling out a chart in the computer. Seems to fit you perfectly.

Thank you very much...I noticed many suggestions of EM. I will think about it seriously. But what about Interventional Cardiology lifestyle, paperwork & follow up? what about surgery since I like to use my hands ?

 

[officedepot]

Thank you very much...I noticed many suggestions of EM. I will think about it seriously. But what about Interventional Cardiology lifestyle, paperwork & follow up? what about surgery since I like to use my hands ?

Those two fields you mentioned have terrible lifestyles. Surgery maybe not so bad once you finish your 5 year residency (if general) and then a 1 or 2 year fellowship where you could op to do elective procedures most of the time. Anyway if you like the OR then maybe surg but don't expect a good lifestyle for your training. Interv. Cards is similar and is difficult to match because you have to match a cardiology fellowship which is one of the hardest ones there is. But if you really love it go for it. Lifestyle isn't great though.

EM lifestyle even during residency isn't bad from what I know. Mostly shift work. You will have overnight shifts though maybe even for a month or more straight I would think. Little paper work. No clinic I believe. Learn lots of stuff. Yeah you'll get hated on from the IM and surg people you admit to but everyone gets hated on in medicine by another field so we will all just learn to deal with it I guess.

But ultimately you will have to decide. It's a tough choice that we all will have to make at some point. I think about it all the time too so you aren't alone.