Surgery ?

[bkpa2med]

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How many of you are considering a residency in General Surgery?

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

I am. Provided my OMM grades don't continue to bring me down.

 

[OSUdoc08]

I am. Provided my OMM grades don't continue to bring me down.

😕

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

Yes, my lowest grade last quarter was OMM at 87. Its looking like that will likely happen again.


And its not for lack of studying. I just suck at the quizzes and writtens.

 

[MoxieDO]

I have been thinking about it lately, but since I only have a little bit of experience with surgery, I have not really decided yet. I have found some DO surgeons in my hometown and was thinking of calling them and asking to shadow them while I am home in June. I think it would be fun. Plans to go to Europe or Mexico dont seem to be materializing anyways 😡

 

[Taus]

Yes, my lowest grade last quarter was OMM at 87. Its looking like that will likely happen again.


And its not for lack of studying. I just suck at the quizzes and writtens.

sorry about briefly hijacking the thread.....give the Savarese OMT review book a try for your written exams...it has been very helpful for me and many others in my class

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

sorry about briefly hijacking the thread.....give the Savarese OMT review book a try for your written exams...it has been very helpful for me and many others in my class

Thanks for the heads up. Ill give it a try for the final.

I also need to concentrate on these dumb weekly quizzes.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Yes, my lowest grade last quarter was OMM at 87. Its looking like that will likely happen again.


And its not for lack of studying. I just suck at the quizzes and writtens.

What does this have to do with surgery?

Your preclinical grades are on the bottom of the list--especially a low credit hour class that is not even required for an ACGME residency.

 

[dr.z]

Yes, my lowest grade last quarter was OMM at 87. Its looking like that will likely happen again.


And its not for lack of studying. I just suck at the quizzes and writtens.

You're gunner!

 

[luckystar]

I thought about surgical specialties in my preclinical years, but now that I'm in my third week of gen surg, I've come to really love it. Plastics is also pretty cool. Gen surg has been getting quite competitive, as demonstrated by this past match, and programs have been forced to choose between highly qualified applicants. Pieces of advice I've gotten along the way have been to get good board scores (duh), definitely take the USMLE if considering allo programs, and doing a sub-I early in 4th year to get a LOR in time for interview season. And they like most, if not all, of your LORs to come from surgeons. Writing a case report or making any other effort to get published will also distinguish yourself. My attending (MD) tells me he doesn't believe that being a D.O. has inherent disadvantages, especially if you take the initiative to be comparable to MD students (i.e. take their exams). But, that's just his opinion.

Why I'm still not convinced this is the specialty for me revolves around the nebulous perception of "lifestyle". My fiance is a MS3 too, so I have a whole other list of priorities to consider. If I were single, who knows, I'd probably go for it.

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

What does this have to do with surgery?

Your preclinical grades are on the bottom of the list--especially a low credit hour class that is not even required for an ACGME residency.

Yeah, but how do AOA surgical residencies feel about OMM? Im sure they don't disregard it as much as ACGME residencies would.