What's the Difference?

[vandetehlk]

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How different would your lifeife style, your study habits and your stress and pressure levels be if you're not heading for a competitive specialty and don't mind not specializing in the end?

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

How different would your lifeife style, your study habits and your stress and pressure levels be if you're not heading for a competitive specialty and don't mind not specializing in the end?

I'm probably being a little bit idealistic, but I'd say I'd still be working my ass off.

Here's the thing, maybe I don't want to do something competitive, like Family Medicine. So I could say "Self, I don't want to study all these weird disease and minute details. I don't need to get that high of grades or Step scores"

But the thing is, people WITH Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura and Noonan syndrome DO present to FP docs and you DO need to know this stuff.

And on another pragmatic level, sure I don't need a 240 Step and AOA to get into a FP residency, but everything is tiered. It'd prefer to go to the residency I want in the place I want and numbers do help.

 

[TexasPhysician]

I think you should save time for some fun no matter what your plans are!