Humans of CaRMS – Radiology

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Radiology at UBC

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[acc-trig title=”At what point in medical school did you know what specialty you wanted to match into?”]
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Started with rads, then wanted everything, then came back to rads

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[acc-trig title=”Do you feel that your choice of electives had any impact on your CaRMS match?”]
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No – I didn’t get interviews at any of the places I did electives

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[acc-trig title=”What did you do with your Med 1 and Med 2 summers?”]
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Small self-guided research project in med 2 (not BSc)

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[acc-trig title=”What was the most valuable lesson or experience you had while going through the match process?”]
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Don’t let other’s opinions make your decisions (listen and take advice, but do what you want because you’ll be the one dealing with 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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Get rid of facebook as a communication tool

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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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Write down experiences and how they made you feel < I wish I did this more

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[acc-trig title=”Do you have any final words of wisdom or advice?”]
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Don’t pull all nighters to cram. Stay in touch with your non-med friends. Check yourself and complain less – reflect on positive experiences and lessons

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Kristen Braun

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