I wish I didn’t get a residency or go into pharmacy/ I wish I did something else. Note the difference between the "I" and the "e." I know it's too late now for most of you. You didn’t like your OB, IM, or FM rotations? The shortest of my interviews were a half day, but most of them took the whole entire day (9-4pm). Well, I hate to break the news, but you will be seeing all kinds of patients in similar settings. The MICU can be one of, if not the most, daunting rotations of residency. Common to the medical education experience is the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), also known as “the match,” a computer algorithm that uses the preferences of the medical student applicants to the preferences of the residency programs to simultaneously place all graduating medical students in training programs. He also wrote recently here on tl;dr pharmacy about the merits of skipping a pharmacy residency. You didn’t like your psychiatry rotation? What I often see is pharmacists whose living expenses meet or exceed even this high salary. I dealt with bullies, monotonous work, and office politics. Feb 5, 2017 - Explore Rebekah ♡'s board "Pharmacy Memes", followed by 120 people on Pinterest. A physician needs to complete at least one year of training in a certified residency program and must pass all three parts of the USMLE to become qualified to apply for a medical license. In reality, I despised residency. I hated the long hours; I loathed clinic; I dreaded call. I am finally free from the torture that was residency. Hello everyone, I am really interested in hearing about the pros and cons of applying to a residency at a big teaching hospital or at a smaller community hospital. ... Residency is probably the best option for … I get told this week that I’m disappointing them, that every other resident can handle it, why can’t I. I don’t know what to say. Residency entails a 3-7 year minimum commitment of … The school I go to makes it seem like you need to do "XYZ" to get to a big name Duke, UVA, Mayo Clinic, etc., and don't really mention the smaller residencies. Alex was once pretty bummed with his decision to be a pharmacist. It was a means to an ends, but to what degree of dissatisfaction was I willing to go to meet that ultimate goal of becoming a board-certified physician? In residency, I was not happy. I just feel guilty. But it will "complement" it. But get your LOIs proofread by multiple people, even if you don't think you need to. Guys, a residency program won't "compliment" your pharmacy education. If you love procedures but hate long-term patient care, consider anesthesiology or emergency medicine. When I landed my first $100,000+ per year pharmacy job, I was THRILLED to finally be making money and doing what I loved after seven long years of school and residency. 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