Recent content by wook

How smart is your cat? Asking for a friend....

Third career for me. I share many of my colleagues frustrations, but still enjoy what I do. While having a prior career provides a different perspective, the frustrations and lack of support for patient oriented care as well as limited understand of operation and clinical care that often occurs...

Happy to communicate. Feel free to PM me. Wook

Switch roles here. If you were the interviewer ranking candidates, and you had someone who did not follow instructions and showed up late, would you have a concern that the candidate would have difficulty with these same traits in residency? I would tend to interpret similarly to Eigen. I would...

Agree with esteemed colleagues. Cheaper is better.

Ha!!!

THIS!!

Thanks for your inquiry! While the decision is yours to determine, I would suggest doing what you enjoy but including your significant other in the decision making process. I would suggest shadowing a physician in the ED to determine if it really is what you enjoy. Similarly consider...

Thank you for the update! We often don't hear how people are doing, and it's great to hear that you chose wisely!!

This!!

While I understand your frustration, your experience is not uncommon. Physicians are being stretched more and more and have very limited limited bandwidth. With that being said, continue to persevere! I had limited options for shadowing but was fortunate enough to connect to a couple of...

Medicine is a team sport, so you will likely be playing with others.

Love it!!

Consider also reaching out to your local hospital and inquire about shadowing opportunities with physicians. Hospitals may welcome this type of activity.

Just so you know. A police officer in MA sees restraining orders when doing a background check. Not sure about your state. I would suggest being forthright about this. In MA even if the restraining order is vacated, it remains in background checks. Better to be able to talk to this and be ahead...