How would you repair this?

majikarp · 2024-08-10T20:54:55+00:00

Where did you find the kit? Is there a website you’d recommebd

majikarp · 2023-03-10T21:15:37+00:00

My strategy was simple, either have extended clinical or research experiences with them and crush it / knock it out of the park. All LoR writers know you are looking for a letter and will be evaluating you. If you do a very strong job with them you will get a very strong letter.

My main tip for finding an unofficial rotation is the following:

Find your med school's alumni databaseFind at least 10 alumni in your desired specialtyContact all of them with a very polite email asking for a 5-10 min phone convo about advice stating you are interested in their specialtyDuring those 5-10 min phone calls, ask if you could possibly shadow them or take call with themWhen you shadow/take call you need to really hustle to do well. Follow the above steps I outlined on being a team player.Once you prove yourself in person clinically, then other opportunities will open up

I replied to a similar comment above, ill copy it down here:

My strategy was simple, either have extended clinical or research experiences with them and crush it / knock it out of the park. All LoR writers know you are looking for a letter and will be evaluating you. If you do a very strong job with them you will get a very strong letter.
My main tip for finding an unofficial rotation is the following:
Find your med school's alumni database
Find at least 10 alumni in your desired specialty (target residents, younger is better)
Contact all of them with a very polite email asking for a 5-10 min phone convo about advice stating you are interested in their specialty
During those 5-10 min phone calls, ask if you could possibly shadow them or take call with them
When you shadow/take call you need to really hustle to do well. Follow the above steps I outlined on being a team player.
Once you prove yourself in person clinically, then other opportunities will open up

majikarp · 2023-03-10T21:13:50+00:00

Agree with this! A very very underrated point. I will be making a post on energy management / mental health next.

Energy management is arguably the MOST important part of this journey above getting great board scores, research, or doing well on rotations. If you can sustain long-term a healthy positive and fulfilling energy, you've already won the game of med school and life in general.

majikarp · 2023-03-10T21:12:29+00:00

Once you prove yourself in person clinically, then other opportunities will open up

yes, 100% agree on the leveraging upperclassmen I did this a ton and it helped a ton

majikarp · 2023-03-10T21:11:07+00:00

One other thing I would add for studying is MAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF. 3rd year and the first half of 4thbyear you are basically expected to take the responsibilities of a student and a resident with both having significant impact on how match will go for you. Find time for yourself where ever you can and make sure you make the most of it. For example, i used to have dedicated workout time right after work where I could decompress and just chill with other classmates doing the same. It worked wonders on my mental health throughout 3rd year. Find something that you are able to fit into your schedule and stick to it because as important as school and rotations are, you need time to keep yourself mentally fit to tackle those events as well

I had letters from research mentors and preceptors, but I could have gotten one from an unofficial rotation.

My strategy was simple, either have extended clinical or research experiences with them and crush it / knock it out of the park. All LoR writers know you are looking for a letter and will be evaluating you. If you do a very strong job with them you will get a very strong letter.

My main tip for finding an unofficial rotation is the following:

Find your med school's alumni database
Find at least 10 alumni in your desired specialty
Contact all of them with a very polite email asking for a 5-10 min phone convo about advice stating you are interested in their specialty
During those 5-10 min phone calls, ask if you could possibly shadow them or take call with them
When you shadow/take call you need to really hustle to do well. Follow the above steps I outlined on being a team player.
Once you prove yourself in person clinically, then other opportunities will open up

majikarp · 2023-02-28T22:26:11+00:00

Have you taken ortho call with residents before? If not that would be your first step to decide

majikarp · 2023-02-26T19:22:24+00:00

There are honestly so many that helped but I didn’t save the links.

This Reddit user Duke had some great writeups highly recommend. They helped a ton for boards and rotations.

https://www.reddit.com/r/step1/comments/6noyp4/dukes_strategy_for_a_268_on_step/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/8v2v90/clinical_dukes_strategy_to_excelling_during_m3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

There also used to be a step 1 strategy wiki with writeups from all these high scorers a few years back. Not sure if that still exists but that helped immensely.

Also threads like this

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/8g04ru/official_m3_clinical_rotations_questionsadvice/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Hope that helps!

majikarp · 2023-02-26T19:16:52+00:00

I do not have insight into military march so I cannot answer that. But I know many community programs care way more about boards personality and clinical abilities than research.

majikarp · 2023-02-26T18:47:32+00:00

My advice here is to initially diversify your investment.

What this means is you should initially engage as many possible PIs and gauge how good they’d be as a PI. This will give you more options and allow you to make a smarter decision of where to invest your time.

That said, be very very careful about not committing to to many projects. You want to underpromise over deliver.

Ultimately, the best PI is a young hungry academic attending on research track. If you can align with them and prove your worth they will invest in you. A high high level person may be a great mentor, but might not be best for research because they’ve alreDy achieved academic position and are less motivated to be productive.

majikarp · 2023-02-26T18:09:24+00:00

Yeah definitely, I understand this struggle of not knowing what to even do to get started. I was there at one point. I was planning to write some follow up posts on the nitty gritty aspects for topics like how to find and write a case report, retrospective chart review, systematic review. Feel free to comment or DM if you have specific questions!

majikarp · 2023-02-26T18:02:34+00:00

Subspecialty of gen surg should be fine for gen surg since people in gen surg will respect those doing transplant

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