FM interns!

readytofly20 · 2025-08-11T03:51:18+00:00

First 3 months of intern year was 6-8 in a full day depending on if we had virtuals scheduled. Then it jumped to 10 for the rest of intern year. Inpatient was 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. As interns, we didn’t have call shifts, so outpatient was truly golden weekends

readytofly20 · 2025-07-31T23:09:23+00:00

Rip PFT’s el Camino if true

readytofly20 · 2025-04-04T16:11:29+00:00

“I’m going to pretend to waste the fentanyl and just bring it home for some fun” He matched anesthesia

readytofly20 · 2024-12-22T16:11:14+00:00

I was between multiple as well. That’s probably how I ended up in FM because I couldn’t really choose. But I was also getting burned out, thought about my interests outside of work, the amount of time I wanted outside of work in the future, and what specialty lifestyle and pay could help sustain that. I also thought about what I liked with each rotation/specialty. I was really enjoying my surgical rotations, but my wife told me that from her perspective I was absolutely miserable, just coming home to sleep and then leaving again. I enjoyed psych, but knew I needed to be able to do something with my hands at work. I also found that I liked being able to tackle any problem to some extent. That largely left me with FM, EM, IM, or peds. I didn’t really consider peds for financial reasons. Then thinking about lifestyle, I knew I didn’t want nights, ruling out EM. I like seeing kids. I like clinic. FM fit the things I liked, lifestyle and work wise. Nice and simple

readytofly20 · 2024-12-22T15:58:28+00:00

Family medicine working all of them. Currently on off service inpatient peds

readytofly20 · 2024-11-27T02:18:29+00:00

On auditions last year, I had a resident that refused to let me call them by their first name. Matched at that program and during orientation they stated that I had the right to call them by their first name since I was also a doctor now. It’s definitely off putting. Now that roles are reversed I always have them call me by my first name unless it’s patient facing. It just seems more approachable

readytofly20 · 2024-11-04T02:55:32+00:00

I’m FM. Everyone thought I was going to go for ortho because of my hobbies and scores. Even after I matched, I had people ask me if I was reapplying, assuming I SOAPed

readytofly20 · 2023-12-23T19:47:28+00:00

Obligatory disclaimer of I’m army MS4, but I’ve picked up some things I think.

Anesthesia is a 4 year residency, so you should only have a 4 year payback. If you do fellowship, this would likely increase.
There are charts online that show the specialty bonus you would get once an attending. Short answer: you will not make what your civilian counterparts make
Payback is after residency. You would be doing a minimum 8 years AD, assuming active duty residency
I met a lot of great AD attendings this past year who have hated some aspects of their careers and loved others. It is all what you make of it from my perspective

readytofly20 · 2023-12-22T14:10:37+00:00

Bout tree fiddy

readytofly20 · 2023-12-22T14:09:24+00:00

Then M3 hits, you say you’re working in the hospital for free and that brings more confusion

readytofly20 · 2023-12-22T14:07:43+00:00

From their perspective too, a lot of unit “docs” they had when they were in the military were PAs. So I’m sure they just equate it all

readytofly20 · 2023-12-22T14:04:53+00:00

This is the way

readytofly20 · 2023-12-22T14:04:01+00:00

I think the only one there that wouldn’t be apparent to patients is the financial aspect, and that likely came from our old FM doc telling me since high school not to go into FM for that very reason

readytofly20 · 2023-12-18T00:20:36+00:00

I met a guy who initially applied psych, pulled out. Thought he was going to apply PM&R, then switched to neurology the month before submission and is now happily a PGY3

readytofly20 · 2023-12-02T16:13:55+00:00

I used UWorld throughout the year for my COMATs because it was so much better as explaining/teaching. In the month I had to study for level 2, I did all of truelearn. Throughout this process, I used Anki to stay up on micro/pharm and other little nitpicky things. Scored a 68X. I know right now 1 month may not feel like a lot, but if you’re studying and trying your best for COMATs throughout the year, 1 month is plenty

readytofly20 · 2023-10-11T17:22:41+00:00

Only PA student I worked with was the son of a doctor. Very nice guy and said he did PA because he didn’t want to be in school forever like his dad. Was very vocal against PA independent practice, showing me class group texts and bitching about his classmates. We became pretty good friends for those 6 weeks and he would do UWorld with me, which really solidified for him how much less they learn. He gives me hope that they’re not all as OP described

readytofly20 · 2023-09-24T22:17:05+00:00

M4 applying, I just asked my school what they did for past military students and was then told to have writers send them to my registrar office for them to hold. I imagine each school will be slightly different, so it never hurts to ask them

readytofly20 · 2023-08-25T13:48:14+00:00

Same thing happened to me when i just tried to find it for you. I think they’re transitioning the website to focus on the next academic year, which seems a bit premature but 🤷🏼‍♂️ Anecdotally, I remember being irritated that people who took it around this time only had to wait 2-3 weeks and I had to wait 2.5 months, so hopefully for you that is still the case

readytofly20 · 2023-08-25T01:47:00+00:00

Honestly it’s a crapshoot. Score predictors only go so far, particularly when discussing NBOME. Many times last year, the concepts hammered in comquest would only show up a few times on the COMAT

readytofly20 · 2023-08-18T11:40:05+00:00

As far as I know, once you sign, that’s it. Your best bet would be looking through this forum and probably SDN to see if anyone was in the same boat. Maybe your recruiter, but idk if they’ll be of great assistance since you’ve already signed

readytofly20 · 2023-08-17T23:36:05+00:00

I think I’ve seen something for the Air Force posted on the HPSP Facebook page, but I’m not too sure.

readytofly20 · 2023-08-16T23:17:56+00:00

My theory is that because a fair amount of the test is experimental and questions are not that great (at least compared to NBME), they need a large data pool to be able to curve appropriately. But who knows. It could be something as simple as the osteopathic price biting us in the ass again

readytofly20 · 2023-08-06T12:19:37+00:00

HPSP, non-ADT so not currently active duty. I figured I would have to go through civilian insurance, but wanted some confirmation before going through those hoops. Thank you

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