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Hi all, just looking for some opinions on going forward with a possible recent change of heart ive had in career choice.
Current MS3 at an MD school in southeast, just finished up my surgery rotation. Up to this point, been pretty committed to DR with an interest in pursuing IR via ESIR or traditional fellowship route. 239 step 1, 4 abstracts presented at national conferences, no step 2 yet, mediocre clerkship grades (honored surgery though).
Like I said, been pretty confident on the DR/IR path and enjoyed surgery during my rotation, but didn't absolutely love the overall general surgery (burns, trauma, GI, etc). However, on my last week of the rotation, I was assigned to spend the week with the Cardiothoracic team and absolutely loved it and enjoyed my time there more than anything ive experienced yet. Actually enjoyed reading the material to get ready for the next day and it was something I could see myself doing.
So my question is, my med school has a big CT department (no i6 though), so if I were able to get on a few publications and develop some good relationships (LORs) over the next 7-8 months, would there be any shot in i6 programs? My main conflict here is that I just did not really like Gen Surg that much, and idk if I would be happy during the 5 years of it in order to get the CT fellowship.
Would there be anything wrong with dual applying to i6s and DR, and if the i6 works out then great, and if not then I would still be happy in DR?
Also have read about the 4+3 CT/Gen Surg programs, if anyone can shed some more light on that.
Current MS3 at an MD school in southeast, just finished up my surgery rotation. Up to this point, been pretty committed to DR with an interest in pursuing IR via ESIR or traditional fellowship route. 239 step 1, 4 abstracts presented at national conferences, no step 2 yet, mediocre clerkship grades (honored surgery though).
Like I said, been pretty confident on the DR/IR path and enjoyed surgery during my rotation, but didn't absolutely love the overall general surgery (burns, trauma, GI, etc). However, on my last week of the rotation, I was assigned to spend the week with the Cardiothoracic team and absolutely loved it and enjoyed my time there more than anything ive experienced yet. Actually enjoyed reading the material to get ready for the next day and it was something I could see myself doing.
So my question is, my med school has a big CT department (no i6 though), so if I were able to get on a few publications and develop some good relationships (LORs) over the next 7-8 months, would there be any shot in i6 programs? My main conflict here is that I just did not really like Gen Surg that much, and idk if I would be happy during the 5 years of it in order to get the CT fellowship.
Would there be anything wrong with dual applying to i6s and DR, and if the i6 works out then great, and if not then I would still be happy in DR?
Also have read about the 4+3 CT/Gen Surg programs, if anyone can shed some more light on that.