Recent content by mstald1

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I guess it's been awhile since I applied to residency and I've forgotten exactly what you get with the ERAS application. As the result of a number of inquiries it has come to my attention that neither USMLE scores nor letters of recommendation are included in the ERAS file that can be...

I am currently a resident in the LSU-New Orleans Plastic Surgery program. At the request of my program director, Dr. Dupin, I am posting this here to inform all of you that we just recieved approval for a new 6 year integrated program, with 2 resident positions each year. This program will...

"...Nearly three-quarters of surgeons-in-training already are opting for lucrative subspecialties with more predictable hours, such as cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery, the American College of Surgeons says..." Seriously?

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

I will likely be doing a 4th year PRS away at UTSW, and I was just curious if anyone had previous experiences or thoughts about the program that they could share that might be informative...

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99 Never would have guessed I got this score...I was always told that everybody feels like they bomb this thing coming out of the test, I guess it really doesn't matter what you feel like as long as your prep was adequate...this validates my efforts for the first 2 years of school, I couldn't...

Took the test yesterday...did not come away with a fantastic feeling. Definitely not an easy test. I've done relatively well in the first 2 years, so I feel like I brought a pretty strong base of knowledge to this thing... Studied for about 5.5 weeks: Kaplan 4 book Home Study Series - Good...

Ditto to all of the above. Biochem + USMLEWorld = oh s**t!

Thanks Top Gun, good stuff.

buckley: thanks for your reply orientedtoself: keep your BS to yourself I'm in no rush. I don't even know what I want to do yet. Just curious about sources of info for my due diligence into my future career.

I'm getting ready to start clinical rotations, and it's got me thinking about residency. Assuming one has decided what specialty they want to pursue, how do you go about picking a program from the many that are available? I'm on here all the time, and I still can't seem to figure out how...