Need help :/
Hey everyone, I need help and am willing to take any advice you have to offer. I saw someone else failed out of their smp program so I figured I’d ask. I was pretty burnt out during it and was asked to leave after my first semester. This was about a year ago. 1. 3.0 cgpa 2.9 sgpa (calculated By AMCAS) 2. After failing out I knew to even have someone feel I was worth looking at I had to kill the mcat so I got a 523. (130 Chem/Phys, 130 CARS, 132 Bio/Biochem, 131 Psych/Soc) 3. Indiana 4... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mr.Terrific Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums

Rad Onc? Burnt Out?
Here’s some advice from a senior medical director from a leading prior auth company. You know, those guys who make you wait one week to do a P2P because you wanted to do SRS on a solitary brain met and the nurse reviewer said she can authorize it right away if you do it “by 3D.” Then the P2P guy says, sorry prostate cancer brain mets are excluded from our SRS policy. You can appeal if you’d like. Those guys have nothing to do with your burn out I’m sure. Not to be... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 7, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Gfunk6 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums

Will I get into Medicine?
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Source: The Student Room - February 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Studentanomaly Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums

RFA needle sizing for local anesthesia (without sedation)?
At my current setup, we only offer local anesthesia (no sedation) for procedures. RFA cannula sizing is 20g (lumbar) and 22g (cervical), MDT Accurian (no cooled RF setup). Needles are placed parallel to medial branch nerve with 90 seconds initial burn followed by a 180 degrees rotation for a 2nd burn. Patients do well with local and don't need sedation. Results are pretty good but I'm always wondering if I could optimize the outcome more by upsizing the needle gauge. For those... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CarabinerSD Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums

If I choose no fellowship?
Greetings colleagues, I am attempting to compose my personal statement in preparation for fellowship training. I was advised to include how much I enjoyed residency and why I want to do that specific fellowship. Looking back on my training so far... My experience in residency has been overwhelmingly negative. I don't think I can complete another year of training after being treated the way I have been at my program. I'm simply exhausted and burnt out. If I choose not to, are there... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: A Mysterious Stranger Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums

1 month from Match and regretting my specialty. What do I do...?
M4 here, applied Ortho and did 4 away rotations and probably will match if I rank. However I got burnt out after 1-2 aways and hated pretty much everything after that. I regret applying Ortho. What do I do? If I start Ortho residency and 2 months in already want to switch, will my PD even support this switch so early? I applied and interviewed at 5 TYs, do I rank them higher? I know I'd be so much happier in ophthalmology or DR, I should have applied to one of those. I would just do a TY... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 1, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ChooChooTrain51 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums

Very small private practice vs locums to maintain clinical experience?
I’m >5 years out of psych residency and extremely burned out, made a job change last year in hopes of improvement though have ended up even more crispy. I’m planning to discuss going part time with my current supervisor but I anticipate the answer will be no so I am working on my contingency plan. I’d like to take a significant break before jumping back in, and want to maintain some clinical experience while I’m sorting things out. I think it’s feasible to start a private practice, with goal... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 31, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: wish i was at the lake Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums

WAMC: Help creating school list; 3.97 522
1. cGPA and sGPA: 3.97 cGPA 3.94 sGPA 2. MCAT and breakdown: 522 (130 / 130 / 131 / 131) 3. State of residence: NC 4. Ethnicity: Asian 5. Undergraduate: T25 public school, public health major 6. Clinical experience: 800 hours CNA in hospital 7. Clinical volunteering: 50 hospital volunteering (I quit because I got burned out with CNA on top of everything else) 8. Research experience: 1800 hours, one first author and one co-author basic science publications in relatively impactful journals... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 10, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: B Z Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums

How to not burn out
New attending, PP productivity gig Two owners are great but one is old school and “limits” OME in the clinic to 90, one is younger and I think just happy to live life and go with the flow. I’m fed patients from them and most end up wanting to stay with me because I touch and examine them rather than just a 2 minute refill visit. I set a monthly goal for myself to wean patients as possible to try and get my panel under 60 OME but I’ve been asking myself where the endpoint is and honestly I... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 24, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PMROralBoards Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums

Considering getting out of EM
Wanted to pick some brains. I'm a PGY-11 and am burnt to a crisp by EM for all the reasons. I'm a DO and while I learned OMM in school, I've never practiced it in residency or in my attendinghood. How does one go about practicing OMM and working in private practice? Anyone with any experience doing this? And what kind of income would be reasonable working 4 days a week? I've paid all my student loans off so can afford to take a pay cut but still want to be able to max out on contributions... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrSkippityPaps Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums

M4 - Am I crazy if I drop ortho after interviews?
US MD M4 here, applied ortho and did 5 ortho sub-is and then another rough 2 week ortho rotation. It was grueling, I only really enjoyed 1 or 2 of the 5 sub-is. I hated the hours and got completely burnt out by the end of the 3rd one. I've contemplated switching specialties for over a year but the inertia of ortho has kept me in it. I dreaded most cases in the OR, didn't feel excitement at all about reductions in the ED, and feel like I don't belong even though I got awesome feedback... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ChooChooTrain51 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums

Morale at an all-time low (no IIs)
Reapplicant, 3.69 GPA, 519 MCAT, T5 undergrad. Applied to 21 schools and haven't heard back for IIs, except I submitted late in Sept-Oct. (I will probably get flamed for applying so late - was unsure and burnt out from my last app). Last cycle I applied to 10 schools, 2 II from T20 schools -> 2 WLs. Was thinking of reapplying if I didn't get in the first time, and here I am. Maybe my app this time just focused too much on community health and not enough research even though I've had pubs... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 2, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kikikat Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums

Career Change
I graduated from college about 18 years ago. Back then, I took all the pre-dental classes except the second half of O-Chem and the year of physics. I was so burnt out that I ended up just graduating and starting a career, with the thought of applying the next year (I went two years straight with no breaks and 17-18 credit semesters of almost all science courses, along with a full load during summer). I had a 3.2 overall GPA and a 2.9 science GPA. My GPA had a negative trend due to the amount... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ElViejo Tags: Pre-Dental Source Type: forums

Objects in Background of Interview
I have some things in the background of my room (sewing stuff, a jazz poster, some Mayan art) that have been visible in Zoom interviews. It’s resulted in a couple fun conversations and brought a little levity to the interviews (and frankly, it burns a little bit of time which I can’t complain about) and I haven’t gotten the sense that they’re excessive. However, I’ve noticed that most of the interviewees I’m with have pretty nondescript backgrounds and I understand that it could be seen as a... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Holland Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums

What non-anesthesia conferences do you go to?
Hi all - I'm getting a bit burnt out from the usual anesthesia conferences and looking for something different and interesting to go to next year. Are there any non-anesthesia conferences that you've been to and recommend? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kidthor Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums