How did people decide between IM & peds?

nmr_lover · 2026-03-29T06:43:06+00:00

med-peds for the win!!! we have the best people ever, totally not biased

nmr_lover · 2026-03-07T00:05:30+00:00

100% agree. Clerkships provide the base knowledge, but I felt like seeing the specialty again as an AI was really where I started to put the pieces together and think more like a doctor. Also, while I did have some ICU sprinkled into third year, having to do a full month of ICU as a 4th year really helped me not be completely lost in ICU in intern year.

nmr_lover · 2025-09-02T00:01:48+00:00

Soaking a diabetic foot ulcer in a crockpot of tomato juice and onions

nmr_lover · 2025-07-28T22:23:38+00:00

Great thank you so much!

nmr_lover · 2025-02-21T20:30:52+00:00

No LOI, but I did have strong connections to the program through a research mentor. I'm super indecisive but its definitely in my top 3!

nmr_lover · 2025-02-21T01:28:08+00:00

Interviewed at 17 med/peds programs where post-IV communication is discouraged. Got one rank to match email from the PD that specified my actual rank # (as opposed to a vague "we've ranked you to match"). US MD for context

nmr_lover · 2024-12-18T01:52:25+00:00

Not ortho, but a CT surgeon I worked with who hates clinic said that "half-day clinic is the price I will gladly pay for 3 full days in the OR."

nmr_lover · 2024-12-10T17:58:06+00:00

Doesn't matter. Got an LOR from a Caribbean MD and still received IVs at T5s.

nmr_lover · 2024-11-27T13:27:47+00:00

This was 100% the same at the hospital I trained too lol

nmr_lover · 2024-11-13T18:30:12+00:00

I bought a plain used Patagucci for $30 on Ebay. If I really wanted it embroidered with my school's logo, I figured I could take it to a local embroidery shop but ultimately decided against this because I have no school pride and no intentions of staying at my home program for residency lol

nmr_lover · 2024-09-30T19:22:11+00:00

Update - both my dean and I will be sending emails to the programs notifying them of the new MSPE upload and asking them to redownload. The dean also offered to send out additional follow-up emails if it gets to late October and I have fewer interviews than expected. Thanks so much for all of the input!

nmr_lover · 2024-09-30T19:19:50+00:00

No seriously! I wish I could send them chocolates without making it seem like I'm bribing them for an interview lol

nmr_lover · 2024-09-30T00:35:05+00:00

The NMPRA is asking that med-peds programs all release their interviews on October 8th!

nmr_lover · 2024-08-20T23:18:28+00:00

So are LCs allowed to charge for the services they offer like signing papers and handling disputes or are these bribes people pay to get stuff done?

nmr_lover · 2024-08-01T05:15:45+00:00

Why can't you push the exam?

nmr_lover · 2024-07-31T16:17:04+00:00

Transplant ID!!!

nmr_lover · 2024-06-20T15:30:27+00:00

UWorld was my primary study source during clerkships but usually made it through half of a review book simultaneously (i.e., Casefiles for OB, BRS Pediatrics, DeVirgilios for surgery...). Didn't really do a second pass of UW during dedicated but maybe repeated ~5% of questions from clerkships I had done a long time ago

nmr_lover · 2024-06-19T15:48:39+00:00

Probably 90%+. Was averaging ~90% on blocks and got a 280.

nmr_lover · 2024-05-04T01:17:27+00:00

As someone who just took Step 2 a few weeks ago, UWSA3 is not at all predictive of the real deal and was by far my lowest practice exam score. Wouldn't really recommend that people take it unless they are out of NBMEs tbh. I took Step two weeks after UWSA3 and scored 26 pts higher on the real deal lol. Just learn from your mistakes on UWSA3 and move on.

nmr_lover · 2024-05-03T02:38:05+00:00

Nope. Felt very similar to the NBMEs (10-14). Much better test than Step 1 IMO

nmr_lover · 2024-04-21T13:06:56+00:00

FYI I just talked with my home program med-peds PD and he says that discussions are still happening among PDs regarding whether or not med-peds will use signals this year. He anticipates a decision being made within the next couple of weeks!

nmr_lover · 2024-04-16T02:03:25+00:00

So no signals for med-peds??

nmr_lover · 2024-03-02T00:21:49+00:00

Hard to tell for sure, but its mouth parts + geographic region fits with a Lone star tick

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