Only 14 months left! It may seem like a long way off, but considering I've already logged 31 months of med school, it's seems really close!
Why am I thinking about graduation already? Because I've been spending the past few weeks putting together my 4th year rotations and investigating residency programs. I begin applying in June. It seems very surreal to me. This year has flown by. I've only got 3 rotations (12 weeks) left of my third year. It's crazy.
Starting in June, most of my clinical rotations will be in neurology and pediatrics. For example, Ive got rotations in pediatric emergency medicine, peds infectious disease, pediatric neurology, radiology and neurosurgery. (That's my very last rotation before I graduate -- going out in style!)
I end in mid-April and have 4 weeks off til graduation, and another 6 weeks until I begin my residency. During the off-time I will be in Tuscany, Italy and sailing in the Carribbean. After that, I wont see the light of day, or friends and family for a long time. My residency is a 5-year program. 2 peds, 3 neuro. All in all, when I finish, the process of becoming a doc will have taken me 14 years. And an ass-load of cash.
Sooooo worth it. I wouldn't give this up for the world!
Posted by LA at February 23, 2008 11:07 AMthink we should start to study soon?
Posted by: la on February 23, 2008 12:25 PM