Psychiatry is easy! That ’s what all the medical students tell me.
I’m feeling really disheartened. I have always wanted to do psychiatry, but classmates keep saying it’s “easy”, and one of the easiest fields in which to match, which is true. I know you shouldn’t listen to what others say all the time, but so many medical students have this mentality and most of these people are top students matching into Anesthesiology and Plastics. One smart student told me “face it, psychiatry is easy. It’s all talk. They use the same four medications. It’s medicine for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ratan1982 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
PSLF or private job?
Hi everyone! Was hoping someone could please help me and offer some sound advice. I have around ~500k in student loan debt (all direct federal loans eligible for PSLF forgiveness). I’m in my last year of fellowship (six total years of residency and fellowship), plus one year where I worked at an eligible employer. So that will be about 7 years total come next July. I was on REPAYE which just got switched to SAVE.
As I look for general and/or child psychiatry jobs, I’m not sure what my best...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 9, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: psychdoc00 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Some days
I think of myself as pretty well-jaded at this point but some days the sheer volume of horrific things that have happened to my patients still overwhelms for a bit. On the inpatient consult side there isn't usually an indication to go deep into trauma histories, but in my outpatient gig a fuller understanding of the history is often required. Yesterday was one of those days where every patient had been through things that no human being should be subjected to.
I love my work. I say a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 9, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Celexa Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Resident moonlighting- is this reasonable?
Numerous attendings/mentors have encouraged me to moonlight for the experience. The money would also be nice. I think it’s a win-win.
I am setting up a new moonlighting opportunity (hopefully multiple) because the internal moonlighting that people tend to do is competitive. Pay for that is around 120/hr, inpatient. Not sure of the hours but there’s still oversight. I know setting up new opportunities is sometimes a ton of work- I don’t mind.
This opportunity covers weekend inpatient...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Cath Up Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Preparation
Does anyone have any suggestion on resources that would be helpful for a geriatric fellowship? Texts, CMEs, articles, review books, etc. Going back to fellowship after being an attending and just looking for any recommendations. Thanks. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SuperSoccer19 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
