Late Interest in EM - Advice Please

[sloh]

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Hey guys, I'd really appreciate it if you guys could give me some advice. I'm a DO student, Step 1 244, Step 2 CK 266, mostly HP's throughout 3rd year.....about to start my 4th year tomorrow. I was gung ho about PM&R since before medical school and throughout medical school until the past couple weeks. As you can probably surmise, my electives 3rd year were in PM&R and not EM. However, at this juncture, I think there is a very high likelihood that I may pursue EM over PM&R. I actually have my first EM rotation at a community hospital starting tomorrow (no residency program). I can probably obtain a LOR from this rotation but I know how important it is for applicants to have 2 SLOR's. At this point, I also understand it is very difficult to obtain aways.

Do you guys have any advice/suggestions on how I can go about this?

Would it be sufficient with my stats to have 1 regular EM LOR, and 1 SLOR?

Any advice regarding anything other than the two questions I posted above is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Beth_W737]

PM me, yes SLORs are very important. Look for EM programs

 

[MSmentor018]

as many slor's as possible is always helpful, esp from directors that work in the region you want to match. it's a huge chess game. esp if you cross over to the MD residency. your scores are awesome so no problems there. just play the game right. I know I've written on this before, look at my old posts.

 

[gman33]

SLORs are important. If you are targeting a specific geographic area, try to do an away in that area.
The PDs all know each other (especially locally). A SLOR from a know person will be most helpful.
Get an away anywhere you can that has a residency program. Even if it is in September or October.
The rotation and SLOR will be helpful. It may be hard to get a rotation in July or August at this point.

Also, make sure you really want to do ER.
It can be a lot of fun as a student.
As a resident/attending, it can be not so much fun dealing with the stress of running a dept.

I'm glad I'm in EM, but it is not for everyone.