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I would mention that, as of now, you are interested in pursuing some sort of primary care specialty. I wouldn't say you are going to pursue it with absolute certainty though, they might think you are just giving them lip service even if you are genuinely serious.
Unless it's a research heavy school, you should always emphasize primary care even if you'd rather be dead than do primary care.
This is interesting advice. My girlfriend's dad tells me the same thing every time I see him.
This is interesting advice. My girlfriend's dad tells me the same thing every time I see him.
Unless it's a research heavy school, you should always emphasize primary care even if you'd rather be dead than do primary care.
Yes, primary care is one of the things that schools like to hear. As is, serve the underserved.
But, you should definitely tread carefully. I remember when I was preparing for medical school interviews, I watched a generic interview video on YouTube. In the video, the girl mentioned the reasons she wanted to be a doctor, and one of them was to help the underserved. This definitely stuck out at me.
Sure, you might think that telling schools directly what they want to hear is a good thing, but if you don't have the ECs to back it up, they'll know you're full of it. I think this can definitely backfire if you're not helpful. If you ended up shadowing a surgeon, anesthesiologist, dermatologist, and suddenly say you are dying to do primary care, then I think the ADCOMs will know you are feeding them complete lies. Same thing with the underserved, if all you did was volunteer in a hospital once a week.
It's a game of course, but being too forward with these things can backfire too. Only use them when you can back them up and sound genuine. Otherwise, I think it will not end up well.
Good luck!
I grew up in a rural, borderline underserved area and I shadowed FM physicians and volunteered at a hospital in a rural, borderline underserved area. I'm on a whole other level of bs skills.
I grew up in a rural, borderline underserved area and I shadowed FM physicians and volunteered at a hospital in a rural, borderline underserved area. I'm on a whole other level of bs skills.
I grew up in a rural, borderline underserved area and I shadowed FM physicians and volunteered at a hospital in a rural, borderline underserved area. I'm on a whole other level of bs skills.