OMED - yes or no?

[dr_axolotl]

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Have you attended OMED? Would you recommend it to second year DO students?

 

[SurgeDO]

I never attended.

I would not recommend anyone attend. the quackiest of the quackiest are known to attend OMED and put on their presentations. I've heard a couple years ago they were big on presenting about the healing powers of magnets and crystals.

save your time and money.

 

[dr_axolotl]

I never attended.

I would not recommend anyone attend. the quackiest of the quackiest are known to attend OMED and put on their presentations. I've heard a couple years ago they were big on presenting about the healing powers of magnets and crystals.

save your time and money.

Thanks, SurgeDO.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

I never attended.

I would not recommend anyone attend. the quackiest of the quackiest are known to attend OMED and put on their presentations. I've heard a couple years ago they were big on presenting about the healing powers of magnets and crystals.

save your time and money.

I like some magnets, and I like crystals, especially crystal lite. I hear if you dilute it 1:10000 with water it can cure cancer. It might also cause cancer at the wrong conc. It might also do nothing. Either way its pt specific and unquantifiable. Some things science can never know. We just have to accept them. If you believe, then it works, maybe, always. Just do cranial.

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

I did not attend. I'd recommend attending a specialty college/society meeting instead.

 

[hallowmann]

I did not attend. I'd recommend attending a specialty college/society meeting instead.

Strongly agree. Attend the conference that will expose you to residencies you're interested in and people to network with in your specialty.

 

[Marrowist]

Magnets are so awesome... I mean really think about it... I understand how physics describes them, and so forth... but what the hell is really going on there? I am all for magnets.

 

[Mr Roboto]

Strongly agree. Attend the conference that will expose you to residencies you're interested in and people to network with in your specialty.

Come application time, do residencies really remember med students they met 1-2 years back at a conference for 15 minutes? Serious question.

 

[ToKingdomCome]

Come application time, do residencies really remember med students they met 1-2 years back at a conference for 15 minutes? Serious question.

You try to get contact information and network that way. Keep in touch and stuff.

OMED is a waste lol. So is convocation lolllllll. Didn't go to either. Maybe I'll go during fourth year if I have time and it's covered to party

 

[Goro]

Have you attended OMED? Would you recommend it to second year DO students?

Only IF:
You're presenting a poster or giving a talk
Your school will pay for your travel
The meeting is in a nice city, like San Diego last year.

 

[Mr Roboto]

You try to get contact information and network that way. Keep in touch and stuff.

OMED is a waste lol. So is convocation lolllllll. Didn't go to either. Maybe I'll go during fourth year if I have time and it's covered to party

People from my school went this year and said they loved it, but mostly because it was in Colorado. A lot of them just skipped the sessions and treated it like vacation.

 

[hallowmann]

Come application time, do residencies really remember med students they met 1-2 years back at a conference for 15 minutes? Serious question.

If you keep in touch with them, they will. It obviously varies, but I made a number of contacts that way, and it actually did help when the time to apply came. It also helps to get info about the programs and to get an idea of the types of people there. I went into it expecting it to be more for me than to get interviews, but it feels like it helped in both.

 

[Mr Roboto]

If you keep in touch with them, they will. It obviously varies, but I made a number of contacts that way, and it actually did help when the time to apply came. It also helps to get info about the programs and to get an idea of the types of people there. I went into it expecting it to be more for me than to get interviews, but it feels like it helped in both.

What kind of thing do you keep in touch with them about? Sorry for the n00b questions, I haven't learned how to network yet.

 

[hallowmann]

What kind of thing do you keep in touch with them about? Sorry for the n00b questions, I haven't learned how to network yet.

Usually its just asking them questions about the programs, applying in general, the field, etc. Along the way, you'll learn a lot of different things about what you're looking for in a program, and it helps to have someone there that you can ask. When I say keep in touch, I mean contact them 2 or so times in a year, not every month or something. Continue to show interest, but in a reasonable way.

Keep in mind though, that the most useful time to go to those conferences is in 3rd and early 4th year when you know what you want to do and you know your board scores. I didn't go to any in 1st or 2nd year. Maybe if I was interested in some national position, that would have been useful, but I just didn't see a point.

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

Usually its just asking them questions about the programs, applying in general, the field, etc. Along the way, you'll learn a lot of different things about what you're looking for in a program, and it helps to have someone there that you can ask. When I say keep in touch, I mean contact them 2 or so times in a year, not every month or something. Continue to show interest, but in a reasonable way.

Keep in mind though, that the most useful time to go to those conferences is in 3rd and early 4th year when you know what you want to do and you know your board scores. I didn't go to any in 1st or 2nd year. Maybe if I was interested in some national position, that would have been useful, but I just didn't see a point.

Agreed. Solid advice.

My own personal experience: I went to a specialty conference during the second half of third year and was fortunate to have networked with a couple clerkship coordinators at hospitals with residency programs in that specialty. Those contacts would have been extremely useful because I had the opportunity to chat/network with clinician researchers from those hospitals following their research presentations. Had I ended up pursuing that specialty I would have kept in touch to set up rotations and keep them as primary contacts to broaden that network connection within the residency programs when it came time to apply. I ended up choosing to pursue a different specialty shortly thereafter, but nevertheless that conference was an excellent opportunity to network and I'm glad I gained that experience. Prior to that I did not have any experience with networking within the medical profession at conferences.

 

[dr_axolotl]

Thanks, Mr. Mojo Risin.

I went to a specialty conference during the second half of third year

How did you find time to do this during third year?

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

Thanks, Mr. Mojo Risin.


How did you find time to do this during third year?

I couldn't go for the whole conference, so I used up all my days off on the days I knew I wanted to attend.


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