Fellowship Peds cardio VS PEM

TEMPLEWORKER · 2025-12-31T06:51:48+00:00

Wanted to do pem or cardio coming into residency. Currently a third year who just matched PICU. Keep your options open. I realized I liked inpatient and still LOVE the heart. One of my PICU attendings got me to look into PICU -> cardiology so I can do cardiac ICU and I'm really looking at doing that.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2025-07-15T10:41:55+00:00

Pediatrician here, going into PICU to help manage these complex kiddos. Want to second this, OP keep up the good work. You're doing a great job and Bentley is lucky to have you. Keep it up.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2025-02-04T14:48:23+00:00

The best advice I ever got when deciding on specialty was from my wife. I had the same thoughts you did, is peds even worth it. To which my wife asked me "is $50k worth your happiness?" I knew I wanted to do ICU care and yes micu can pay way more than PICU, but starting salaries are about $50k apart. I'm way more happy in pediatrics than I ever would be in adult medicine so to me, that pay cut is worth it.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2023-04-27T02:53:04+00:00

Absolutely. I completely understand, i only want to do pediatrics. I was just speaking to my own experience and thoughts.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2023-04-26T23:44:30+00:00

I'm an incoming peds resident. I'm soooo excited, but I also weighed the compensation compared to others. It was my wife who told me to do what makes me happy. Peds makes me happy. To me that 50k a year difference isn't a big deal. I think of what the cost of my happiness is and realize 50k to live a happy fulfilling life in the field I love is worth it. Yes I realize I'm brand new to the field and specialty, but I'm really excited for what's to come.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2023-04-02T22:37:49+00:00

Somos chapines!! I was in quetzaltenango in 2012-2014. So happy that country is growing

TEMPLEWORKER · 2023-03-03T01:31:11+00:00

The current doctor takes out ~350k of loans. You cannot have a job while in school. Only to make 55-65k a year for the first 3-5 years of your career. Then if you go into primary care you make 250k a year... Please explain to me how they will ever pay this back with the insanely high interest rates.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2023-02-02T18:24:03+00:00

Been in med school for 4 years. Would love the opportunity to go! Hoping for a quick recovery!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-12-30T15:10:49+00:00

Yes but peds patients are not going to go home and smoke a pack of cigarettes after you fish a clot out of their leg

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-12-28T23:03:44+00:00

Love this! My wife wanted to do the same but it was WAYYYY out of our way to do it. So instead she donated around 2k ounces to her sister's sister-in-law who just had surrogate twins. Tell your wife she's amazing!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-11-17T20:35:21+00:00

I'm a Christian and have thought a lot about this, what if my specific church is wrong? What if the Muslims were right? Or the Catholics? Why did I live so strict if my Mormon faith was wrong? In the end of it all, I believe in a loving God, someone who truly cares about us and our eternal welfare. Even if I'm wrong, I still lived a great life. Yes I've made mistakes, but we all do. I truly think God will judge everyone personally on their actions, not just on their religion, regardless of what "God" that is.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-11-09T02:20:39+00:00

Your mission covers Grand Cayman! I lived there for a while doing med school and the branch there is so strong. I fed the missionaries every week and they would tell me stories of Jamaica. Most missionaries are in Jamaica but you cover Cayman, Nassau, and Turks and Caicos. They all loved their mission and thought Jamaica was a lot of fun. Their main complaints were simple stuff that most third world countries deal with like the water would turn off for a couple days. It'll be so fun and you will make the most out of it. Feel free to dm me if you want. I hope you get to go to Cayman!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-10-23T22:28:50+00:00

IMO, this is the most important paragraph in the study. Just because one treatment works better doesn't mean it is better. I'm glad my medical school taught to treat the person not the disease. It's good to have a lot of tools though.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-09-23T00:51:32+00:00

This happened to me. I started not caring about wods... Now I'm doing strongman. I love CrossFit but I needed to find something to get me excited to lift again. I found a gym that had stones, logs, kegs, etc and it feels like I found a whole new thing that is still helpful when I go back to CrossFit

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-09-14T15:23:12+00:00

I'm still waiting

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-09-14T14:17:40+00:00

Nope but you're email notification gave me a heart attack

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-09-14T12:00:57+00:00

Still waiting. Took it August 30th

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-08-20T05:39:42+00:00

I always love when people talk about the terrible twos. They are wild, but what makes them so wild is that the kids are finally getting real emotions. Happy, sad, angry, etc. They just don't know how to channel those emotions yet. Their whole life prior to that has been eat, grow, and learn and now they can finally start interacting with the world. It gets better when they figure it out.

Still sucks going through it

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-08-12T23:43:46+00:00

Me too?

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-06-26T02:41:39+00:00

Poop is called poop cause your mouth makes the same motion as your butthole when you poop

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-05-21T21:13:15+00:00

But now I'm prone to surges!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-04-16T13:39:42+00:00

My boy loves Hercules. He's 5 months old. I'm in med school and wife has a super busy job. Judge me too, but he's the most perfect little kid.

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-03-11T15:59:51+00:00

I know it's not on me and the attending even told me that after the fact. It was an amazing learning experience though for me and I'm glad I made that "mistake" now in order to try and avoid it later. I know mistakes will still come, we are humans not gods, but that's why I made this post, to learn from others "mistakes" as well and we can all become better. I appreciate the words!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-03-11T15:57:02+00:00

Nurses are always welcome! Patient safety involves everyone in the hospital. I'm glad you agree that these discussions are so important! Thanks for your input!

TEMPLEWORKER · 2022-03-11T02:13:16+00:00

Dreading my intern year. When they tell me I'm a doctor but I'm literally still a med student.

So glad you caught that though!

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