Hey all. I'm a US-FMG who came back home to do a primary care rotation. My FP supervisor liked me, gave me a good eval; my IM supervisor (mostly outpatient based) was not impressed w/my knowledge base. He compares me (rigtfully so) to US 4th years, and I don't match up in his eyes. My program obviously does not transfer well into a rotation here b/c we do most of our core rotations during 4th year (and I'm just starting mine), and also graduates of my program have a mandatory intern year (non-specialty tracked) during which they rotate thru EM, Med, Surg as interns. I am exempt from this intern year since I've chosen to match back here.
Here is the query. I'm going to match into surgery or procedure heavy medicine. That is what interests me and what I would be happy doing. If not gen sx then ob/gyn or EM. I know I don't like IM. However, I want to be a good doctor, obviously, and so I am thinking about a prelim med year just to refresh/to up my med knowledge. My dilemma is, that as an FMG, there is a decent chance I will have to match into prelim surgery after that. Can you even do that? It's an extra year and if I got into surgery and everyone else had forgotten their IM minutia, well then it's cool that i have extra knowledge but it wouln't help me for surg and I just spent an extra year of my life as an intern.
Thanks for your thoughts/experiences. I know I should'nt freak out over one bad eval, but I'm a good student at my program, and people from my program match here every year, so it's a bit troubling.
Cheers.
Here is the query. I'm going to match into surgery or procedure heavy medicine. That is what interests me and what I would be happy doing. If not gen sx then ob/gyn or EM. I know I don't like IM. However, I want to be a good doctor, obviously, and so I am thinking about a prelim med year just to refresh/to up my med knowledge. My dilemma is, that as an FMG, there is a decent chance I will have to match into prelim surgery after that. Can you even do that? It's an extra year and if I got into surgery and everyone else had forgotten their IM minutia, well then it's cool that i have extra knowledge but it wouln't help me for surg and I just spent an extra year of my life as an intern.
Thanks for your thoughts/experiences. I know I should'nt freak out over one bad eval, but I'm a good student at my program, and people from my program match here every year, so it's a bit troubling.
Cheers.