Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Life in a box...

Well, radiology is not as awful as I had thought. I am with a very nice doc that while he doesn't teach a whole lot, is not making these two weeks difficult either. Don't get me wrong, I love a challenge, but these two weeks were supposed to be vacation anyway ;). I cannot tell you how many films we have reviewed in only 3 days but I am enjoying it. I am not sure if it is going back to my anatomy roots, sitting in a dark room and getting all cozy or taking a break from endless H&Ps but it is a more relaxing way of spending these two weeks. I can see the appeal of this specialty though. It has to rank high on the lifestyle list with the hours they work, 8-4:30pm. Again too, I can see the appeal of being in a room alone just to get your work done and go home, but it totally is the opposite of what I saw my career to be like. I always wanted that patient contact. Although these past couple days, I don't have much sense of dread going to the hospital. Maybe because I know I just have to look at a screen and not worry about my interview or exam skills... Like I said though, for these two weeks it works just fine with me, a much needed relaxing rotation and hey - this is 2 weeks more of fourth year (now being a month total) that I have completed and will have that much extra time off early next year! Breaking it down, if I took no breaks for the Step and interviews, my medical school rotations end in the middle of February! How awesome would that be? Heck, graduation isn't until May and internship isn't until July!

I am not anticipating alot of time to study for the Step (planning on taking during my outpatient month of IM) and interviews - well, a topic for another post but I have I think about 12-15 programs I am looking to apply. After speaking with my medical education coordinator here in Saginaw, I supposedly should be applying to 60-150 programs... I can tell you now that will not happen. There are ~15 programs in Michigan and 2 in Ohio that I am looking to apply as I am not interested in doing a residency away from home. Yes, I know what that means. What if I don't match? What if I only get one interview? Well, I may be crapping my pants until the match - but if I don't match, then I don't. I had heard that people apply for 150 programs and only interview at a grand total of 7! I don't know if that was for a surgical residency or what but it really didn't push me anymore to go looking into out-of-state programs. I think that I will have a good shot especially if I can prove myself in my core this summer in Detroit. More of this to come in later posts but I just know how I feel about this situation and feel that I do understand the risks of such a choice.

Anyway, I better get going... I have more sitting around to do tonight (ok maybe some reading too). I just can't wait until the weekend arrives - home!

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