If you have any advice/words of wisdom/thoughts about this situation, I'd love to hear anything from anyone!!!
I am all finished interviewing and ready to submit my rank list for med-peds... I just took an elective in emergency medicine and found that I love it and am over 90% sure it's what I want to do, after some serious "soul-searching".
My question is, now what!!! I wish I could turn back time, research EM programs, interview and match in EM... that's obviously not happening (too many deadlines have passed for this year). I definitely would much rather NOT withdraw from the match and re-enter next year for EM...
So assuming I'll be matched as a PGY-1 in med-peds, what are my options from there-- any recs/suggestions on how to go about switching to EM? I know there are 1-4, 2-4, and 1-3 programs... so after my intern year in med-peds, what will my best options be? Some Med/Peds programs are designed so that u r an intern for 16 months-- will that throw things off if I match at one of those programs? As I consider my Med/Peds rank list, should I also be looking at what that institution's EM program is like, or would I more likely be re-locating anyway??? Please let me know what you think, whatever your perspective... Thanks!!!!!!!!
I am all finished interviewing and ready to submit my rank list for med-peds... I just took an elective in emergency medicine and found that I love it and am over 90% sure it's what I want to do, after some serious "soul-searching".
My question is, now what!!! I wish I could turn back time, research EM programs, interview and match in EM... that's obviously not happening (too many deadlines have passed for this year). I definitely would much rather NOT withdraw from the match and re-enter next year for EM...
So assuming I'll be matched as a PGY-1 in med-peds, what are my options from there-- any recs/suggestions on how to go about switching to EM? I know there are 1-4, 2-4, and 1-3 programs... so after my intern year in med-peds, what will my best options be? Some Med/Peds programs are designed so that u r an intern for 16 months-- will that throw things off if I match at one of those programs? As I consider my Med/Peds rank list, should I also be looking at what that institution's EM program is like, or would I more likely be re-locating anyway??? Please let me know what you think, whatever your perspective... Thanks!!!!!!!!