Anyone have insight as to which mode made be more suitable either (esp if one is interested in doing procedures as a PMR doc.
1. general surg prelim year
2. rotating intern
It seems that overall there are fewer rotating positions, and competetion is with derm, rads, anesthesiology etc... Any opinions or those doing this route would be greatly appreciated.
thanks...
Don't do a prelim surgery if you don't absolutely, positively HAVE to. I'm not sure how it would really prepare you for your PM&R residency excluding your ortho and/or neurosurg. months.
At my alma mater, the prelim surgery interns were **** upon. You'll get an extra helping when the seniors/attending find out you're going into PM&R.
Most Surgery prelims - especially at academic centers - end up doing a lot of floor call and preop stuff rather than being able to do "procedures". Frankly, no fellowship director is going to care about the amound of "procedure" exposure you had during your intern year. I think your time is better spent learning some basic medicine you'll need for your PM&R time - if you find a prelim medicine or transitional year with some elective months - you can get your procedures doing an anesthesia/ED/pain management/sports medicine rotation if that's your biggest goal out of intern year.
Even if you're interested in ultimately doing a lot of procedures as a pmr doc, you still ahve to get through your 12months of inpatient rehab...
