Anyone have any info on the Joplin program? Didn't read through everything but skimmed.
Also, I am not sure this is the place to ask, but I will anyway. I am a 3rd year DO student interested in EM. I have a 217 USMLE and a 558 COMLEX. At first I was thinking about working to rock step 2 but now I am thinking of saving the effort, work on doing well enough on level 2 and applying to a few ACGME programs (I am from Iowa so mainly the midwest programs) and focusing more of my efforts on DO EM programs. I have a few decent ECs, but being a father and working the first two years of school on the weekend, my class rank is bottom half and i have zero research. My school has high standards for honoring, so i haven't honored any rotations but my comments are all "great work ethic, eager to learn, above average knowledge, motivated, etc." My big question is, does this sound like a good plan or should I really go out of my way to take step 2 and focus more on allo programs? Like I said, I am from Iowa and want to stay in this region at the end of all of this. I just want to be a decent doc, but I am older and my "save the world" phase is behind me. I want to be done before my 3 kids are in college. thanks!