Need a transitional year more like Med school!

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Any advice on which transitional year programs treat you more like a med student than a resident? Honestly, I LOVE rads but have no interest in this required cliinical year and would prefer the least amount of responsibility possible.

 

[bosky]

I might sound like a tighta$$, but sometimes a real year may be worth it to force you to get used to making decisions and taking responsibility for them. I found medical school boring because you were just a tourist, it is much more motivating to learn when you know someone could be harmed by your decision (or later, that you could get sued and lose your livelihood). Of course 85% of internship is BS paperwork, drug addicts, hookers! and soft admits for CYA medicine, etc...but that too is indirectly relevant to a future career in radiology.

This is the decision-making environment you are likely to spend the rest of your life in.

Anyway, getting off my soapbox - I suspect Roanoke and Riverside would suit you well.

 

[ktat72]

As a current transitional year at John Peter Smith hospital in Fort Worth, I feel my year so far has been so much nicer than medical school. And Fort Worth is a nicer city than Kansas City.