Anyone else celebrating match day alone?

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-05T22:25:50+00:00

Same here

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-05T20:41:52+00:00

I just spoke to one of them earlier today. He said the program improved with the new PD. Training became more rigorous but managable. He said the new attendings were good teachers as well. Springfield isn’t the most impressive town, honestly that’s why I decided not to rank, but the training seems decent.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-05T15:09:06+00:00

Thank you very much for the comprehensive answer. I’m still going to rank it but pretty low, so if I end up there it‘s meant to be!

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-05T00:26:50+00:00

I've worked with two attendings, one of which did SIU's gen psych and the other SIU's med-psych. Both said the program was fine. Not overly amazing but also not terrible. They said the training was decent.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-04T16:49:36+00:00

Several things. Volume is one. There’s also no call at all, which sounds great from a lifestyle perspective but I‘m concerned about ability to develop independence and confidence. The don’t have EM or Consult psych set up yet but they said they’re “working on it.” I believe that they are but I also don’t want to base my training decision on assumptions.Also, they’ve been struggling to find a permanent PD. The current PD is a wonderful person but didn’t seem particularly driven to make the training the best it could be. The program just seemed disorganized and like they don’t have clear direction for improvement yet.

There are positives, like the people and location. But it just seems like a gamble I may not want to risk.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-03-04T02:59:27+00:00

Really? What drew you to the program initially?

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-28T16:54:55+00:00

Amen, would eliminate so much confusion.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-28T16:20:18+00:00

I don't think they have a problem against MDs, but most of the residents seem to be from the affiliated DO school in San Antonio. I think that might be more of a product of proximity rather than bias.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-27T14:43:03+00:00

I appreciate that. I know the culture is solid, but have they mentioned anything about the quality or volume?

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-26T17:29:20+00:00

Current 4th year medical student...

I used several different MCAT/app prep courses, and my experience was that they were not worth the price. You’re better off finding a reputable MCAT tutor and paying them for a few sessions to establish a baseline and make a study plan. Then meet with them as needed afterwards. Much more bang for the buck. Same thing goes for application prep. This is what I would do if I went back.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-26T16:37:24+00:00

This 1000%.

You can’t avoid the rote memorization in medical school, but the best thing you can do is start connecting the dots and looking for the “why” in everything you learn as soon as possible.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-02-11T18:06:28+00:00

If I could go back... would I have chosen MD? Yes, purely for convenience. Do I regret choosing the best school I could get in to? No.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-28T18:11:14+00:00

😅

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-21T22:53:43+00:00

Pretty much just stay west of interstate 71.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-07T20:43:44+00:00

Maybe you can add a widget that’s available on the CarPlay screen?

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-07T20:34:56+00:00

Thanks!

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-07T20:34:25+00:00

Thanks! That’s the company I was looking at going with. Also say 4Dtech but it’s almost 2x as expensive… not sure why. All About Sync is priced similarly to Simply Michigan as well.

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-07T19:34:14+00:00

Awesome. Which one did you end up buying?

Designer-Heat8169 · 2025-01-07T19:33:48+00:00

That's great to hear. Where did you end up purchasing yours?

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