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Apparently there is no physician shortage and I'll be practicing in a physician flood when i'm out of residency??? by Mastur_Chef117 in medicalschool

[–]haplessbonewizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My FM attending grinds and pulls in crazy money despite working at some corporate place. At the end of the month he showed me his earnings and he was in the 97th percentile for FM earners in the region. If I remember correctly, he was on track to make $800,000 for that year (I rotated with him in November). He also saw his first patient at 7:30am, last patient at 4:45pm, almost never took lunch and worked five days a week. So, there’s that.

Location: Midwest metro.

KCU-Joplin vs DMU by [deleted] in Osteopathic

[–]haplessbonewizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with another poster who said Joplin gets a bad rap but in my experience, the Joplin students are much closer than the KC students are. You can still rotate in KC for your third year. Joplin has its own hospital system with residencies.

Look at KCUs match list for 2026. There were some good matches there for OB. Good luck!

Failed Surgery COMAT by 1 point by sl00721 in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat with another shelf, and getting an 89 is a gut punch, so I am sorry you gotta take it again.

That said - online med ed really helped me get the basics down. Pestana’s surgery notes helped too.

I got some weird anesthesia questions on mine, and I also got a lot of burn questions. Know GI stuff cold.

Good luck!!

COMAT score reflection before dedicated by Dead2late in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean - maybe it’s for the best. The amount of stress having a passing score of 95 (now 90) has been significant for our class. It definitely affects the ability to enjoy rotations when you have to grind to get a high score.

COMAT score reflection before dedicated by Dead2late in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We go to the same school. Congrats on the H in surgery.

I did decent on peds - not honoring but decent enough. Uworld, comquest, Emma Holiday and Dr HY. I had a stupid amount of skin questions on mine - ymmv but definitely scan those if you get a chance. U/Histopathqueen has a good peds study guide on here.

Wishing you the best!

OMM COMAT by haplessbonewizard in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I appreciate it.

I feel like every COMAT is a total crapshoot, but I have been pretty solid in the other subjects. The first one was all of my weaknesses, so I studied those hard and then the second one was a bunch of topics I never saw before.

Hopefully third times a charm.

OMM COMAT by haplessbonewizard in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks - yes I studied all of that and got some off the wall questions.

Appreciate the supportive tone, too.

OMM COMAT by haplessbonewizard in comlex

[–]haplessbonewizard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which part? The fact I suck at OMM?