So after accepting an offer for residency in the US (Family Medicine, starting June 2011), the trip I had planned to NYC to interview was a moot point. But since I had my plane tickets already, and they were non-refundable, I went anyway. I had a wonderful week wandering around NYC, seeing shows and eating in great restaurants!
Now, I'm back in Southwestern Ontario, and started work today in my uncle's office (I was supposed to start on Monday, but was snowed in for two days). I am involved in a project to help update his EMR and transfer data from his paper charts. And seeing as he has somewhere between 2000 and 3000 patients, it's a big job. But it's a job I am qualified to do, and by pouring over several thousand charts in the course of the next few months, I expect to learn a lot. And because I expect a LOT of snow this winter, I have purchased snow tires for my little car. It's not that much of a waste, because where I'm moving for residency gets a LOT of snow too.
In other news, I am getting serious about getting back into shape. I have an incentive; I would like to wear my kilt at the New Years dinner/dance, and need to lose a few inches in order to do so. So I have three weeks to lose a couple of inches off my waist. Which will be doable, but just. So I will be sore and tired (and downing protein shakes and eating poached chicken and broccoli) for the next few weeks. Those of you on FB can expect daily whinging.
I am still somewhat surprised whenever I see correspondence labeled Dr. BB. I wonder how long it takes to get used to that.
And in other news, I passed my next Canadian licensing exam, and am in the process of applying for USMLE Step 3. I have four more exams to take before I am completely license-able in the US and Canada: USMLE 3, US FP Boards, MCCQE2, Royal College FM exams. It's kind of weird to think that, including the MCAT, I have already taken 6 big medical exams. More than halfway done!
2 comments:
Just curious... what does a 'pre-match' mean? I thought all medical students had to use ERAS/'The Match'.
Sunny,
All US medical students have to use ERAS/'The Match'. But physicians who graduated from schools outside the US can bypass the Match, if a program likes them enough to offer them a spot.
In most cases, students submit an application through ERAS, and are called to interview through that process. It's once the interviews are done that things start to get interesting.
In my case, I interviewed at the program I'm going to, and the next week they offered me the spot. I took it, because my chances of even interviewing in Canada were very slim.
I hope this answers your question.
BB
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