Comments on Residency & Fellowship Interviews Tips-N-Tricks : Digitaldoc, MD: "Why Did You Choose Emergency Medicine"

this is in response to the comment made by "anonym...

2008-11-15T13:00:00.000-08:00

this is in response to the comment made by "anonymous":

I'm just in the beginning of my residency training, hence might not be the best person to tackle your comments, but honestly, I have seen a lot of doctors well past 50 not just surviving, but happily thriving in this field. All those horror stories about "burn-outs" and breakdowns are utter BS, simply because those are people who

Having been residency trained and board certified ...

2008-07-31T06:23:00.000-07:00

Having been residency trained and board certified and practised for 7 years, I advise you to be very careful before you commit to EM. There is no "exit stategy" when you are too tired of EM or burned out from constant stress. No way to reduce your practice stress level except to give it all up and work in an urgent care center somewhere. No EM doc that I am aware of has survived this specialty

hello....digitaldoc...i am an IMG from INDIA..i am...

2007-10-05T22:12:00.000-07:00

hello....digitaldoc...i am an IMG from INDIA..i am very much keen to get residency in Emergency Medicine..i am going in 2010 match..so i have time...i will give step 3...try to do some externship....is there any oppertunity to do externship in emergency medicine??? if yes then where?...last of all .. can u suggest some points which give me some extra edge to get the residency in EM..plzzz...

You are absolutely correct - coz this is a sign th...

2007-10-05T05:21:00.000-07:00

You are absolutely correct - coz this is a sign that I am trying to gain some AMG audience too ;-)

Wish you good luck superdoc :D

This is awesome stuff dude, dunno how many IMGs wi...

2007-10-05T05:13:00.000-07:00

This is awesome stuff dude, dunno how many IMGs will find it useful, coz very few, and I mean very few apply for EM, but it certainly gave me some good ideas for my PS, thanks :-)