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Does anybody else have no idea what they want to specialize in? I have days where I think I know and other days where I question it. Any thoughts?
I know exactly what I'm suited for and what's in store for me, given my bevy of C's.
Heh... I'm in the same boat... although if I can get the USMLE score up I'm good
What are you going to go into?
I know if I had a steady gf I would be purely into EM because of the lifestyle, ability to take long vacations and of course I have some level of interest in most diseases, whether it's pH or ekg or ingrown toenail. But if I do not have a steady gf then I might feel insecure. I know that when hot women come to a specialist like an ortho with some ankle pain they are ready to flirt with him. In ER some ugly psychotic woman might claim that you harassed her. I could brush that off I had a hot woman at home, but if not, I might not enjoy my work...
I'm just a first year, but I'm constantly surrounded by people asking me what I want to specialize in.
Wait till you start clerkships... literally every single resident and attending asks what you want to do in the first 10 seconds of meeting you, and their treatment of you totally depends on the answer you give, even when they insist it doesn't matter to them. saying "i'm not sure yet" doesn't help because then they think you're lying to them. once i told a pediatric endocrinologist i wanted to be a pediatric endocrinologist just to see what would happen, even though i would never want to do either pediatrics or endocrinology in a million years. she gave me an A, which i found quite troubling.
Wait till you start clerkships... literally every single resident and attending asks what you want to do in the first 10 seconds of meeting you, and their treatment of you totally depends on the answer you give, even when they insist it doesn't matter to them. saying "i'm not sure yet" doesn't help because then they think you're lying to them. once i told a pediatric endocrinologist i wanted to be a pediatric endocrinologist just to see what would happen, even though i would never want to do either pediatrics or endocrinology in a million years. she gave me an A, which i found quite troubling.
Our first year, a faculty member polled my class, asking how many of us wanted to go into surgery; a good 1/3 of the class (171 people), including me, raised their hands. When it came time to choose, only 4 people chose general surgery.
I know if I had a steady gf I would be purely into EM because of the lifestyle, ability to take long vacations and of course I have some level of interest in most diseases, whether it's pH or ekg or ingrown toenail. But if I do not have a steady gf then I might feel insecure. I know that when hot women come to a specialist like an ortho with some ankle pain they are ready to flirt with him. In ER some ugly psychotic woman might claim that you harassed her. I could brush that off I had a hot woman at home, but if not, I might not enjoy my work...
What, you don't have any hot women at home?! Just find one, grab her, and say "give me some sugar, baby"
Edit: There's also always the Goo Tolerance Index
I guess they learned what the hrs are like...![]()