Residency of choice?

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What would be your residency of choice?

  • Radiology

  • Neurology

  • Family/Internal Medicine

  • Emergency Medicine

  • Neurosurgery

  • General Surgery

  • Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Dermatology

  • Ophthalmology

  • Other

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md-2020 said:
Yeah, because pre-meds have a real good shot of even getting into medical school, much less a "residency of choice"....
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No need to be like that - I'm sure every applicant has some idea of what they want to do (they better for interviews!) even if most of them change plans at some point.

Personally, I am interested in medical oncology, so if I was working on ERAS instead of AMCAS it would be internal med.
 
ChrisMack390 said:
No need to be like that - I'm sure every applicant has some idea of what they want to do (they better for interviews!) even if most of them change plans at some point.
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I didn't (well, I told my interviewers I didn't) and they loved it.

Asking pre meds what specialty they want to enter is like asking middle schoolers what they want to major in in college. Pointless, and completely unsubstantiated in fact.
 
IM since I'm planning on being an oncologist.
 
I may not even be in med school yet, but i know what I'm interested in. So yeah, maybe I don't know yet but I do know what I'd pick if I had to today.

Had to vote other on this one 😛
 
ChrisMack390 said:
No need to be like that - I'm sure every applicant has some idea of what they want to do (they better for interviews!) even if most of them change plans at some point.

Personally, I am interested in medical oncology, so if I was working on ERAS instead of AMCAS it would be internal med.
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why should i have any idea of what exact specialty i wanted to do even before rotations where i actually see whats out there?? i know what aspects of a career i value and dont value (long term pt care vs short term, procedural or not etc.). even those factors are bound to change.

yeah put skittles, hersheys and kit kats in front of me and ill make a decision...but what about the 20 other snacks in the cabinet?
 
"Some idea" is the portion of my post that you are ignoring.

Or is this how the interview will go in your head:

"What are you planning on doing with your medical degree?"
"I don't know, I haven't done my rotations yet."


There is actually a reason for shadowing and volunteering ya know...
 
ChrisMack390 said:
"Some idea" is the portion of my post that you are ignoring.

Or is this how the interview will go in your head:

"What are you planning on doing with your medical degree?"
"I don't know, I haven't done my rotations yet."


There is actually a reason for shadowing and volunteering ya know...
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Loll you're just changing the question from what specialty (residency) you're interested in to what do you want to do with a medical degree.

I'll be perfectly happy telling interviewers what factors I value in a career and what fields may emphasize these values based on shadowing/knowledge. But I'm also going to be extremely frank that, in the end, the only thing I'm confident in is that I don't have a clue what specialty I'll end up in.
 
I put other. I have many interest at the moment, but mainly they are surgical specialties (neuro, CT, transplant, oncology).
 
7331poas said:
How do you know surgery interests you?? You haven't done rotations.
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Gen surg + fellowship in trauma or plastics + fellowship in microsurg
 
Wow, SDN is amiable tonight 😕


I'm going in thinking I'll want to stay away from surgery and I'd like to perhaps work with kids/adolescents. Peds->fellowship, or maybe psych or PM&R.
 
Does "other" include CEO of MGH?

Mad Jack said:
Residency in self-loathing with a fellowship in destruction of your social life or residency in monies with a fellowship in piles of extra monies?
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Or @lostintranslation could invent a new specialty and make even more piles of money with less of a life. I'm thinking something along the lines of Spinal Plastic Surgeon?

J Senpai said:
Wow, SDN is amiable tonight 😕
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You think it's just bad tonight? Have you forgotten what Allo has been like recently? It's like someone has been pissing in everyone's cereal for the past couple months...
 
Stagg737 said:
Does "other" include CEO of MGH?



Or @lostintranslation could invent a new specialty and make even more piles of money with less of a life. I'm thinking something along the lines of Spinal Plastic Surgeon?



You think it's just bad tonight? Have you forgotten what Allo has been like recently? It's like someone has been pissing in everyone's cereal for the past couple months...
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Spinal dermatologist.
 
Mad Jack said:
Residency in self-loathing with a fellowship in destruction of your social life or residency in monies with a fellowship in piles of extra monies?
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Self-loathing already present and social life doesn't exist. I guess I know what I'm going for now! Thanks Mad Jakku!

But seriously, do replantation surgeons make that much money?
 
EM, then a pain fellowship when I finally get sick of most of my patients being noncompliant, lowlife, drug seeking, litigious, disability check cashing, welfare parasites. Sorry, but these people are the main reason we spend so much on healthcare. Instead of getting something taken care of at their PCP’s office for $30, they come to the ED at 2 AM and get it done there for $1000, then dump the bill on the taxpayers. Bleh, rant over. Sorry to derail.

You know what? Never mind. Dermatology.
 
EM. I would have to see some amazing **** elsewhere to be deterred. I don't care to truly specialize. I'm too lazy for surg. I love the get-up&go of EM.



CC/pulm - offers the dichotomy to EM; more of a cerebral specialty but still dealing with critical pts
cards? - the heart is cool, right?
 
zero0 said:
EM, then a pain fellowship when I finally get sick of most of my patients being noncompliant, lowlife, drug seeking, litigious, disability check cashing, welfare parasites. Sorry, but these people are the main reason we spend so much on healthcare. Instead of getting something taken care of at their PCP’s office for $30, they come to the ED at 2 AM and get it done there for $1000, then dump the bill on the taxpayers. Bleh, rant over. Sorry to derail.

You know what? Never mind. Dermatology.
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lol yeah, if this is your disposition before even starting medschool, please go derm haha
 
Whatever will allow me to open a Botox shop 😛
 
OB/GYN is my top choice so far but let's be honest, who the **** knows at this point. A lot will happen in the next 3+ years


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Ismet said:
Why are there 3 surgical specialties in this poll and no mention of bebes :pacifier::pacifier1::spitoutpacifier:
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Also, why is IM and FM lumped together when CV Surgery is separate from Gen Surg?

Not to mention that Psych and OBGYN are also relegated to the nebulous "Other" category along with Peds 😵
 
Ismet said:
Why are there 3 surgical specialties in this poll and no mention of bebes :pacifier::pacifier1::spitoutpacifier:
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Moko said:
Also, why is IM and FM lumped together when CV Surgery is separate from Gen Surg?

Not to mention that Psych and OBGYN are also relegated to the nebulous "Other" category along with Peds 😵
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OP knows that SDN as a whole wants to subspecialize in these ultra-elite surgical specialties, so he posted the poll accordingly :happy::happy:
 
Lost in Translation said:
But seriously, do replantation surgeons make that much money?
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A lot of replantation docs are ortho hand specialists, which is an incredibly specialized sub-field with few doctors in it. So basically a field with high demand which performs extremely billable and delicate procedures.

I've only met one hand-specialist in person, but the guy was one of the coolest people I've met. He was one of the most respected docs at a conference of about 400 EM and ortho physicians. It's the only time I've ever seen spinal surgeons clamoring over each other just to talk to another physician. The kicker was he wasn't even 40 when he spoke at the conference and he'd bring his lunch to work in a Superman lunch box every day. Bad. Ass.
 
Lawper said:
OP knows that SDN as a whole wants to subspecialize in these ultra-elite surgical specialties, so he posted the poll accordingly :happy::happy:
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Leaving out those of us interested in primary care!!
 
Stagg737 said:
A lot of replantation docs are ortho hand specialists, which is an incredibly specialized sub-field with few doctors in it. So basically a field with high demand which performs extremely billable and delicate procedures.

I've only met one hand-specialist in person, but the guy was one of the coolest people I've met. He was one of the most respected docs at a conference of about 400 EM and ortho physicians. It's the only time I've ever seen spinal surgeons clamoring over each other just to talk to another physician. The kicker was he wasn't even 40 when he spoke at the conference and he'd bring his lunch to work in a Superman lunch box every day. Bad. Ass.
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I got to scrub in a few times with a hand specialist (via plastics). He is adored by everyone, most especially patients. Super personable, made the patient and family feel comfortable, made sure I had the best viewing spot at the table (after him of course), taught a ton and tested my knowledge without making me feel like an idiot...I didn't enjoy most days of my surgery rotation, but these cases were great.
 
Stagg737 said:
Does "other" include CEO of MGH?



Or @lostintranslation could invent a new specialty and make even more piles of money with less of a life. I'm thinking something along the lines of Spinal Plastic Surgeon?



You think it's just bad tonight? Have you forgotten what Allo has been like recently? It's like someone has been pissing in everyone's cereal for the past couple months...
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I saw that the anesthesiology board is creating some combined EM-Anesthesiology. Trying to innovate the field and also give EMs a way to separate themselves since their job market may be getting crowded soon
 
gonnif said:
Thats what I like about you @Mad Jack your supportive and encouraging nature of these young SDNers

PS: Actually I have met many 30 year olds who have finished residency and yet to practice an independent day in their lives already bitter and cynical at the profession they are now in, driving the same beat up car they did as junior in college while seeing undergrad classmates who majored in business in BMW, owning a house, settled with a spouse and 2 kids.
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I won't finish residency until 33. When my mom was that age, I was already in middle school, had greater than 2 siblings, and lived in a decent house (and was 3 years from upgrading to a nicer house). And my parents are only high school grads.

I'll be at -$500K and alone. It's gonna be fun.

(I was also one of the people who checked gen surg @Mad Jack Getting geared up for that self-loathing)
 
Ismet said:
I got to scrub in a few times with a hand specialist (via plastics). He is adored by everyone, most especially patients. Super personable, made the patient and family feel comfortable, made sure I had the best viewing spot at the table (after him of course), taught a ton and tested my knowledge without making me feel like an idiot...I didn't enjoy most days of my surgery rotation, but these cases were great.
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Seems like it's a trend in the field. The thing that impressed me the most about the guy I was talking about wasn't even his skills or the respect he got. It was how down to earth, humble, and personable he was in spite of his pretty ridiculous achievements. Gave me a whole new set of goals for my career.
 
ENT, but I'm not an academic superstar or anything so I'm guessing I probably won't be competitive enough for that.
Lately I've been thinking a lot about pediatrics actually. I like kids, but I don't love them so much that I would have a hard time being around sick kids all the time, so maybe I should explore peds a little more.
 
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