Now that I am getting ready to start my fourth year, I am thinking about what specialty I have been interested in so that I can apply for residency positions once the application cycle starts. Fortunately, I have always known what specialty I am interested in even before applying to medical school. Given my interest […]
Radiology: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Our school requires us to take 4 months of electives, 1 month of which cannot be in our residency field. One of the clinical electives that I thought would be helpful would be Radiology. During my surgery sub-Is, we would spend time reading our patients’ scans and imaging. From CTs to ultrasounds and MRIs, the […]
Considering Lifestyle
One thing that you really need to ask yourself when choosing a specialty is what kind of lifestyle do you want. Do you want your life to revolve around your work? Or do you want your work to be a piece of your life? How many hours during the week do you want to spend […]
