Humans of CaRMS – Emergency Medicine 2

 

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Emergency Medicine – Manitoba

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[acc-trig title=”Do you feel that your choice of electives had any impact on your CaRMS match? If yes, please give a brief description?”]
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Yes – I only interviewed to programs where I had done electives

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[acc-trig title=”What did you do with your Med 1 and Med 2 summers? (i.e. exposures, research, etc…)”]
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Med 1 summer – 6 weeks of rural Family Medicine – I was interested in Family Medicine at that time, and although I had a great experience, I was less convinced that I wanted to do chronic care as is often seen in Family Medicine. Med 2 summer – 4 weeks in Switzerland in Pediatric Surgery – I was interested in Pediatrics at this point and this 4 week elective gave me a good experience both in Peds and Surgery – I decided surgery was definitely not for me, but was still very interested in pediatrics.

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[acc-trig title=”What was the best piece of advice you received while going through the match process?”]
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“It will probably all work out”

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[acc-trig title=”What was the most valuable lesson or experience you had while going through the match process? Can you describe this?”]
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Apply very broadly and take your letters seriously. Make them stand out, don’t be afraid to talk about a hardship and how you overcame it.

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[acc-trig title=”If you could go back and change anything during pre-clerkship or clerkship, what would you change?”]
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I took pre-clerkship and clerkship seriously but still managed to have fun and enjoy myself, I don’t know that I would do it differently.

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[acc-trig title=”What did you do in your four years of medical school that you found to be the most helpful during the CaRMS process?”]
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I managed to maintain my pre-medical school interests and activities – I continued to train and managed to balance this with the demands of school – I was able to speak to this during my interviews which I think showed that I could be a well rounded physician.

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[acc-trig title=”Optional: Do you have any final words of wisdom or advice? If yes, do tell.”]
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