young_doc
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Noticed there was no Emergency Medicine sub-forum.. Is anyone out there interested in EM? Experiences?
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| young_doc
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Moderator...please start a sub-forum for Emergency Medicine.
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| rockingdoctor
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great work, but can something be done to kick some life in this forum, any ideas?
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| Whale
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Hi, Rockngdoctor. I was a silent observer of this forum. I applied for 57 emergency medicine programs, october 16, no response so far except several rejections. I try not to panic. How competitive is EM? What are they looking for except being an american? I also applied for IM. But my passion is EM. I didnt have any EMLOR, but I may send one this week which is not a strong one.
My credentials are Step1: 94, Step 2: 90, cs pass, UCSE: 10 mths observership, publication is not in EM, need visa, 3 UsLOR.
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| new_n_lost
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Whale wrote:Hi, Rockngdoctor. I was a silent observer of this forum. I applied for 57 emergency medicine programs, october 16, no response so far except several rejections. I try not to panic. How competitive is EM? What are they looking for except being an american? I also applied for IM. But my passion is EM. I didnt have any EMLOR, but I may send one this week which is not a strong one. My credentials are Step1: 94, Step 2: 90, cs pass, UCSE: 10 mths observership, publication is not in EM, need visa, 3 UsLOR.
Congrats on your match to dream field man. Thats is great you give hope to a lot of people. Can you post your complete Match Experience Separately cos i m sure a lot of us will benefit from it. Highlight the points on your Observership.
Thanks mate.
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| rockingdoctor
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hey whale, did u match in Em?
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| maoudoody
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yeh he did
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| Whale
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My observership and publications ( 4 articles and one presentation) were in ENT but I suddenly decided to follow ER. I learned two lessons,
1) Get strong LORs and I think that is why AMGs have more chance. LORs should be EM and preferably a known one. I had one ER LOR which wasnt strong at all ( dont know enough about her, not sure about her clinical abilities) but it was from a well known doctor.
2) Interview skills. read Isersons guide to residency and practice a lot.
3) The key point is to be really dedicated and really love to go to ER. That shines through you in interviews. I couldnt fool any interviewer that I love IM!!
Good Luck to you all
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| rockingdoctor
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well even I matched in EM, and wanna tell everyone to get a SLOR, that helps a lot, good progs won't even look at ur application if u don't have it
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