So I know this topic has been posted multiple times but I am genuinely unsure about what I should do. I am currently taking the rest of the year off after my son was born 11 weeks early and had a lengthy NICU stay. I have taken about half of my rotations for third year but will be graduating a year later than originally planned. I have below average COMLEX score (480-500) and did not take USMLE. I am really set on rural family medicine but would ultimately like to go to a residency that has the option for an OB fellowship or built in equivalent. So far I have gotten HP in FM and Ped and Honors in OB. I am not sure if I need to go on auditions next spring/summer or not. If it is going to help me tremendously, how have people done this with a baby and husband at home? I know I signed up for this having a kid during 3rd year but it was something I would never take back or change.
Importance of Audition Rotations/ Auditions with a family at home
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First of all congratulations!
It ultimately comes down to your choice.
It's staying with your family and spend the precious times with your newborn that you'll never get back vs. spending a month or more away doing rotation away for a rural family medicine program that doesn't really need audition rotation to get into. We aren't talking about ortho or neurosurgery here.
I'm not married and don't have kids but I think the answer it pretty clear.
It ultimately comes down to your choice.
It's staying with your family and spend the precious times with your newborn that you'll never get back vs. spending a month or more away doing rotation away for a rural family medicine program that doesn't really need audition rotation to get into. We aren't talking about ortho or neurosurgery here.
I'm not married and don't have kids but I think the answer it pretty clear.
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I had a 2yo kid and a mortgage while on auditions and it was hard...it would have been harder if it was me staying at home and my wife out. I would have picked a different specialty that didn't need auditions instead of the one I picked. If you're doing FM you don't need an audition unless you absolutely HAVE to be at a particular program. Sad reality is that the medical training system punishes people with families, and essentially assumes everyone work as if they're single; people are going to look at you oddly for taking a gap year. I recommend sailing through 4th year and finding a way to be with your family while you still can.
