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Hello, my friend who rarely uses social media is asking me to post a question on Reddit for advice. She does not know how to use SDN or Reddit... Haha, neither do I. Anyways, I am a new medical student starting July 27th 2020, and she is a medical student graduate with an MD degree who has yet to apply to residency and stuff like that. Yes, I suck, and probably suck at explaining this stuff, but I hope you all understand or ask me to elaborate.
My friend graduated from AUA, Antigua, the Caribbean medical school. She hasn’t told me her step 1/step 2 CK+CS scores, but she states that they are bad and therefore, it will be hard for her to get residency.
She is trying to find ways to improve her CV to enhance her application and at least get interviews when she applies for residency. She does not think her scores alone will get her anywhere.
I told her that maybe doing research will help her, but I’m literally just starting medical school, so who knows how much my advice is worth.
She has two friends who also graduated from AUA, who were working jobs instead of researching and ended up matching into family medicine. One of her friends was a CCA, clinical care associate. My friend says that’s basically a medically scribe, and this job helped her friend get into a family medicine residency spot...
But here’s the thing, I told her that sounds silly. I am a medical scribe and I haven’t started medical school. How is that impressive when applying for residency when I used it to apply for medical school? I don’t do anything but listen to the doctor and copy what he says into a word document and that fancy it up onto a health care record system. I personally don’t think a CCA is the same thing, but I have no idea what that is either.
Anyways, she wants me to ask what’s the BEST thing for her to do to get a family residency spot. Should she be doing research or getting a job to improve her chances? If she should be doing a job, then what’s the best job for her to do?
Thanks.
My friend graduated from AUA, Antigua, the Caribbean medical school. She hasn’t told me her step 1/step 2 CK+CS scores, but she states that they are bad and therefore, it will be hard for her to get residency.
She is trying to find ways to improve her CV to enhance her application and at least get interviews when she applies for residency. She does not think her scores alone will get her anywhere.
I told her that maybe doing research will help her, but I’m literally just starting medical school, so who knows how much my advice is worth.
She has two friends who also graduated from AUA, who were working jobs instead of researching and ended up matching into family medicine. One of her friends was a CCA, clinical care associate. My friend says that’s basically a medically scribe, and this job helped her friend get into a family medicine residency spot...
But here’s the thing, I told her that sounds silly. I am a medical scribe and I haven’t started medical school. How is that impressive when applying for residency when I used it to apply for medical school? I don’t do anything but listen to the doctor and copy what he says into a word document and that fancy it up onto a health care record system. I personally don’t think a CCA is the same thing, but I have no idea what that is either.
Anyways, she wants me to ask what’s the BEST thing for her to do to get a family residency spot. Should she be doing research or getting a job to improve her chances? If she should be doing a job, then what’s the best job for her to do?
Thanks.