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A little about my background...
I am currently a 2nd year MD student. I majored in Exercise Science in undergrad because of my interest in MSK, especially sports medicine. I worked as a therapy aide in an inpatient setting with PTs, OTs, and occasionally SLPs for a year prior to medical school. I really enjoyed the diversity of the staff and how happy and laid back everyone was. Prior to discovering PM&R I was interested in ortho. But I realized that I enjoy the idea of PM&R more, considering I never cared for being a surgeon (there was no other surgical speciality I even remotely considered), and my only interest in ortho was due to MSK. I quickly jumped off the ortho bandwagon once discovering this hidden gem of a field.
So my questions are...
1) Does my background and personality help my chances?
2) What should I work on now to increase the likelihood of making it in this field?
I am currently a 2nd year MD student. I majored in Exercise Science in undergrad because of my interest in MSK, especially sports medicine. I worked as a therapy aide in an inpatient setting with PTs, OTs, and occasionally SLPs for a year prior to medical school. I really enjoyed the diversity of the staff and how happy and laid back everyone was. Prior to discovering PM&R I was interested in ortho. But I realized that I enjoy the idea of PM&R more, considering I never cared for being a surgeon (there was no other surgical speciality I even remotely considered), and my only interest in ortho was due to MSK. I quickly jumped off the ortho bandwagon once discovering this hidden gem of a field.
So my questions are...
1) Does my background and personality help my chances?
2) What should I work on now to increase the likelihood of making it in this field?