While I respect you, I have said absolutely nothing wrong, and the person you are quoting is absolutely deranged, so I would stay clear from that. I am more of a people person than most people out there, and have more personal experience dealing with disease than most residents ever personally have to do with. Switching fields is very common, and going on the band wagon of someone deranged like the person you just quoted is not a good thing. If you look at this thread, you will see most people side with me. I'm simply stating facts. I don't go overboard on things, I state facts. Telling people that PMR is as competitive as rads, gas, derm, rad onc, etc is just plain silly. You will see most people on here disagree with that. And if you like nice, smart people you certainly shouldn't side with people who seem absolutely deranged and who attacks others (the person who's post you quoted). Trying to make your field look like something is not is a disservice to everyone.
And given the various people I know who have switched into decent PMR programs, without having to go through the match I think is a testament to the fact that it can be done. Just because I don't agree with you does not make me a bad person. The reality is that you need to learn to be an advocate for your field while at the same time being realistic. You do yourself and others interested in the field a disservice otherwise.
You insulting me is out of line. The rotten apples that you speak of are the 2 insanely rude and unprofessional, attacking IMGs who have been reported due to unprofessional conduct. And bashing a specialty like you are doing rads is also unprofessional dude. I didn't make a "bad choice," and there is nothing to be upset about. That's just plain ridiculous and it does not put you in a good light. I'm not going to go into the rads vs. PMR comparison but I dare say that most people who I've told, including PDs, have told them that I should stick with rads. So you stating that it's a bad choice is absolutely ridiculous. People have different experiences, and sometimes feel like they want to make changes. If anything you should applaud me. PMR is not a very desired specialty in general and few top students go into it, so comparing to rads which is a very competitive specialty is just plain ridiculous. I want to switch into the specialty not because it's somehow prestigious or competitive but because of life changing events that have happened in my life.
And why would you even bring up pathology? It's insulting to me, to pathologists, to my peers, etc. Did I ever say I wanted to be a pathologist? It's absolutely ridiculous.
YOU are upset because me and others are suggesting that you are making ridiculous statements about the competitiveness of a field, and instead of providing helpful suggestions, you continue to make absurd statements like the norm for PMR is 250 with research and multiple rotations. Seriously? Be an advocate for the field, but don't make up stuff, it doesn't help anyone. How do you think it would help anyone if I told people that you derm and rad onc or ortho is not competitive and you just need to pass? I would be misleading people.
As I said above, I do think you are probably a great candidate and I'm sure you are a good person, but it's honestly not just rude but very hurtful that you would speak about someone that you don't know like this. Do you even have any understanding of why I would even consider leaving one of the most high paying, competitive specialties out there for PMR? Clearly I have some serious reasons for this dont you think?
