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[Marigold]

Just wanted to introduce myself, and say thanks for the info I've gotten from this forum...

I'm currently an MS3 at Baylor, and I have recently decided (with ~95% certainty at this point) that I want to pursue Family Medicine. I've really enjoyed learning about FM here in this forum, and I appreciate everything that all the previous posters have left to read!

Looking forward to getting to know fellow FM folks better!

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[Jack Daniel]

Just wanted to introduce myself, and say thanks for the info I've gotten from this forum...

I'm currently an MS3 at Baylor, and I have recently decided (with ~95% certainty at this point) that I want to pursue Family Medicine. I've really enjoyed learning about FM here in this forum, and I appreciate everything that all the previous posters have left to read!

Looking forward to getting to know fellow FM folks better!

Just curious.... toward what is the other ~5% of you leaning?

 

[Marigold]

Just curious.... toward what is the other ~5% of you leaning?

I believe I would have to say OB/GYN...but I can do that in Family, along with all of the other things I have liked so far! (I've been on rotations since January, have done OB/GYN, Peds, Neuro, and am almost done with Surgery. IM is next).

 

[sophiejane]

I believe I would have to say OB/GYN...but I can do that in Family, along with all of the other things I have liked so far! (I've been on rotations since January, have done OB/GYN, Peds, Neuro, and am almost done with Surgery. IM is next).

Same here. Loved OB...but not enough to make it my life. Love medicine, but I missed the babies. Loved surgery, but I want a life.

Every so often I will gravitate toward something else, but right now the only other residency in the running for me besides family would be Meds/Peds.

 

[Marigold]

Same here. Loved OB...but not enough to make it my life. Love medicine, but I missed the babies. Loved surgery, but I want a life.

Every so often I will gravitate toward something else, but right now the only other residency in the running for me besides family would be Meds/Peds.

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I have loved lots of stuff, but I want to have a life. Sophie, I think we're kindred spirits! hehe. Except I don't think I wanna do Med/Peds. I know that I don't want to be in the hospital, or specialize, so I think Family makes more sense for me.

 

[tridoc13]

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I have loved lots of stuff, but I want to have a life. Sophie, I think we're kindred spirits! hehe. Except I don't think I wanna do Med/Peds. I know that I don't want to be in the hospital, or specialize, so I think Family makes more sense for me.

Sounds very, very familiar. I went through the same process and finally realized that Family Medicine would allow me to do a little of all of the things that I loved in med school. Combine that with the need to have a lot of variety in my day and have a life outside of medicine, and Family was really the only decision I could have made. I think a lot of us followed the same winding path only to end up in the same place. I'm partway through my intern year now and I know I made the right decision. Good luck, and definitely ask any and all questions you might have prior to making your decision. We'll be happy to help out.

 

[Marigold]

Sounds very, very familiar. I went through the same process and finally realized that Family Medicine would allow me to do a little of all of the things that I loved in med school. Combine that with the need to have a lot of variety in my day and have a life outside of medicine, and Family was really the only decision I could have made. I think a lot of us followed the same winding path only to end up in the same place. I'm partway through my intern year now and I know I made the right decision. Good luck, and definitely ask any and all questions you might have prior to making your decision. We'll be happy to help out.

Oh, good! That's exactly what's happening to me. I thought I wanted to do Emergency Medicine, then I thought I wanted to Ob/Gyn, then I entertained the thought of doing Peds, then Ob/Gyn again, and then I just got discouraged for awhile because nothing felt 100% right....and then a FM doc alerted me to what a "best kept secret" family is, and when I started reading more, I just got more and more excited because I felt a peace about it that I had never felt about anything before. It combines all the things I've loved doing so far, along with a great place to practice my personal philosophies, along with the great life outside medicine that is a must-have for me....

Tridoc, I'm glad that you have found that you made the right decision!! That's one thing I was so afraid of, waking up one day and realizing that I don't like my job. Thanks for the encouragement!