Switching Into Family Medicine

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Hi Guys,

So I'm considering switching into the Fam Med program at my hospital due to the lack of enjoyment and stress of my current residency. I have also been very interested in Psychiatry in the past. The reason I'm considering Family is because I did enjoy outpt family as a student. However I am geographically limited due to my wife's job, and we own a house where we are right now. So the transition into the Family Program at my own institution is much much easier than getting up and moving to a psych program elsewhere.

Not sure if I should move to a psych program which would mean that my wife would need to find a new job (we are dependent on her income) which may be pretty hard, we would need to sell or rent our house, along with the fact that I might match into a psychiatry program that I don't enjoy. I know that the Family program at my hospital has super happy residents with a very reasonable schedule. Long term I may not even practice medicine altogether and work for big pharma or something of that nature.

let me know what you guys think. thanks

 

[DIce3]

If you are unhappy as an internal medicine resident, you will likely also be rather unhappy as a family medicine resident as the two specialties are similar. I think you need to analyze the reasons as why you are unhappy. Starting interns as a general rule are stressed and uncomfortable.