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I also had an app on my phone during my application cycle: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-match-prism/id687444845 While programs are not looking at apps right now, I'd start working on it NOW if you can. People need ample time to prepare a letter of recommendation; some people want your...

Yep. There were MD preceptors during our school's cranial week who do 100% OMT in practice.

Mostly residents at all levels asking me questions that can easily be answered with a two second search on uptodate and answering "no" when I ask if they tried to look it up.

Looking back on my fellowship year, which included precepting FM residents, I definitely wanted to re-highlight the following above. I thought developing such habits would've been straightforward in FM residency in this day and age, but I was wrong. So very wrong.

I found most, if not all, of the former athlete stories pretty unremarkable. So you're not at a disadvantage for matching. That said, competing in powerlifting comes in handy at times. An athlete complained of knee pain while squatting so I made him squat for me and after widening his stance...

I reviewed my old ITE exams, as well as the older ITE exams on the ABFM website.

Now that we are dealing with an ongoing power outage at one of our offices, the medical director has finally allowed us to do televisits from home.

I know of at least one program that recommended deferring for 1 year.

Same thing. I had a chiro to DO student in my teaching section. The annoying part was having him/her relearn the technique a different way in order to maximize points on the practical.

ED, desire for liposuction surgery...

This is a great place to make connections with various family medicine programs. Our program definitely took note at those who came up to our booth and showed an interest. And agree with keeping the clinical skills fresh instead of research. The rest of your board scores look great, btw. Best...

https://www.theabfm.org

I did end up going the DO route. :)

Ranked all 6, got my #1

I entered med school at 30 after spending my 20s doing the organic chemistry things (research, teaching). I also spent 5 years in DO school due to the OMM teaching fellowship. Being older did make me think about life priorities a bit more, but it really played a small role when it came to...