Is rural clinical psych in demand the way psychiatry is?
I'm a college student, currently premed psychiatry hopeful, thinking about switching over my goals to Clinical Psych Ph.D. but still mulling it over.
One big selling point for me about going into Psychiatry is my desire to live somewhere rural when it's all said and done-- set up a PP, do a little therapy too, etc. I've heard that rural areas are hurting for psychiatrists and so you can find more favorable employment arrangements, no shortage of patients, leading to bigger and easier money...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 31, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: goatcrossing Tags: Psychology [Psy.D. / Ph.D.] Source Type: forums
Rush vs. Wake Forest vs. University of Vermont
Hi all,
I am really struggling with making a decision for where to attend medical school. I am fortunate to have acceptances at Rush in Chicago, Wake Forest in Winston-Salem North Carolina, and The University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. As of late, I find myself thinking between Wake and Rush mainly since UVM is much more expensive as an OOS student and is quite rural, but I am still considering it and open to hearing thoughts on pros/cons for that school.
Pros of...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: empatheticmed Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
Pain Medicine Fellowship from Family Medicine?
Hello fellow medical students and soon to be physicians!
Match week is done and I accepted a position at a family medicine residency. I will be a DO. It is a new residency (i am the third incoming class) that serves rural areas. I have always been interested in anesthesia and pain management in general. So my questions are:
1. How difficult is it to obtain a pain medicine fellowship coming from a family medicine residency? Is it possible?
2. Does it matter that i am coming from a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 21, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: patelfmpain Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Pain Medicine Fellowship from Family Medicine
Hello fellow medical students and soon to be physicians!
Match week is done and I accepted a position at a family medicine residency. I will be a DO. It is a new residency (i am the third incoming class) that serves rural areas. I have always been interested in anesthesia and pain management in general. So my questions are:
1. How difficult is it to obtain a pain medicine fellowship coming from a family medicine residency?
2. Does it matter that i am coming from a relatively new residency...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 20, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: patelfmpain Tags: Medical Students - DO Source Type: forums
Reapplicant, 523, 3.96, ORM- > Need help with School list
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this. I would prefer it if I was not quoted. Really need help deciding on a school list or determining if my gap year activities will make a significant impact
State/Country of Residence: OH
Ties to other States/Regions: Lived in rural IL for the first 17 years of my life, went to school in FL and had my residency there for three years.
URM: ORM-> White male
Age: 21
Year in School: 1st gap year (graduated...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 18, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: HissHissSnake Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
ARCOM vs ACOM vs Western Pomona
I have been fortunate enough to receive a few acceptances thus far and need to make a deposit decision soon. Hoping you guys can help me decide.
ARCOM
Pros
Cheapest school (46k tuition and fees)
Rural location
About 2 months of dedicated board prep time
Cons
Newest school, first class will be graduating...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 10, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: popoon Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
thoughts on job offer
Hello
Received following job offer;
Inpatient job with case load of 18 (can be lower as this may vary), rural town (not an issue for me), no calls after 5pm, one weekend mandatory a month mainly to do new patient evals where as the follows up are done by midlevels, base salary 300k, 15k sign on bonus a year for first two years, 3k a month for quality assurance if meeting the criteria (this includes stuff like signing of labs, doing notes hpi and d/c on time etc..), total days off 27 this...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 8, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jdeep Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
The rural job myth
Noticing a lot of people saying “rural jobs will always be available and have a shortage!” But im not really seeing this play out on the job boards. Yes, the only available jobs right now are rural, but shortage? Every day on practicelink the number of jobs continues to go down. How can we say with a straight face there will always be a shortage in these areas when fresh residents literally have no where else to go? There’s already way less than any other specialty on a job:resident ratio...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: skougess Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Any potential in this idea?
No idea if this is the appropriate place for this but....
What about the idea of using a node-to-node correlation between PET/CT and pretreatment planning CT to optimize CT criteria for detecting nodal metastasis for sites (middle-cinome/lower income countries/rural areas/etc) without access to PET. The CT scans are based on pretreatment planning CT. Basically, using the observation that the standard 10 mm short-axis cutoff has a horrible sensitivity for the nodal stations (with regards to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: shepardcommander1 Tags: Radiology Source Type: forums
VCU vs UND (WL) vs Minnesota Duluth (WL) vs Tufts - Maine Track (deferred/WL/R?)
Might be a little too early to do this but just curious on people’s thoughts anyways. Interested in full scope/rural family medicine, sports medicine, PM&R, occupational medicine, or ortho if I really want to try for something competitive... SO will be moving with me and she is a nurse so not concerned about finding job for her.
VCU
Pros
only acceptance so far
like the location, lots to do outdoors
family friends in the area
lots of residency programs based at the school...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 3, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: healthskier300 Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
What are my chances? Any application recommendations from insightful peers? Thanks
22-year-old Latino male applicant from rural CA who attends, California State University Chico
AcademicsMajor: (1) Microbiology (2) Cellular and Molecular Biology
Minors: (1) Ethics, Justin and Policy (2) Chemistry
Grades: cGPA: 3.87 sGPA: 3.91
MCAT (1/21/21): 513 130/125/129/129
Medical Stuff (Total: ~3 years) Certified EMT - Ambulance Experience: 60 hours
ER Shadowing (various MDs) - Colusa Medical...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 22, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: JDG3140 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Why are combined FM/EM residencies not more common?
Currently, there are only 3 FM/EM programs (5 years) in the country. Why are these programs not more common?
To a naive med student, dual board certification in FM and EM seems to create the ultimate rural doctor, and something like this pathway is what other large countries with remote areas do, see Australia and Canada. With FM/EM, you can legally and practically find work as a hospitalist with an open ICU, in any ED, and start your own outpatient clinic (not just urgent care). The main...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 19, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Vivid_Quail Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Rural FM Residency Program
Hello everyone,
I am an OMS1 who has recently taken an interest in FM for various reasons; flexibility, variety, significant demand for the immediate future etc. Currently I am thinking about rural medicine and while I think I can make a some educated assumptions, I don't think I have figured out all the differences between urban and rural residency tracks. Ideally I would attend a program in a more rural area. Somewhere like Alaska, Montana, Wyoming. Does anyone on here have any experience...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 16, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PA-DO Tags: Family Medicine Source Type: forums
LECOM (Elmira) vs WVSOM
Hi Everyone!
Browing this forum has helped me immensely and I want to thank everyone for that. I now need your wisdom once more as I will soon be making a big decision in my life. I can see myself in Rads> Anesthesia> IM> Psych, but not surgery. Which school would you attend?
LECOM (Elmira, NY)
PROS:
cheaper tuition around 38K
higher board pass rate in other LECOM locations
great match list
better location compare to WVSOM (less rural and closer to home)
Newer...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 13, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rainingonsunday95 Tags: Pre-Medical - DO Source Type: forums
LECOM (Elmira) vs WVSOM
Hi Everyone!
Browing this forum has helped me immensely and I want to thank everyone for that. I now need your wisdom once more as I will soon be making a big decision in my life. I can see myself in Rads> Anesthesia> IM> Psych, but not surgery. Which school would you attend?
LECOM (Elmira, NY)
PROS:
cheaper tuition around 38K
higher board pass rate in other LECOM locations
great match list
better location compare to WVSOM (less rural and closer to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 13, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rainingonsunday95 Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
