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  1. Bowel sounds literally have zero clinical value. Their presence or absence means nothing. Just skip it.
  2. Holy crap, the amount of assumptions and ignorance in this post is astounding.
  3. That's pretty uncalled for. First of all, unless you're in a generalist residency, after a while, I'd probably trust a primary care NP over myself. Secondly, you can't order labs or prescribe for yourself so you definitely need someone to do that. Back to the main point, yeah that should not be allowed, and I'd try to get a family doctor.
  4. Even as someone who just went through CaRMS and matched to Internal Medicine (my top choice program, I am very happy!), I am not going to lie and say I've never thought about the "prestigious" specialties, and whether it would be "sexier" to tell people that I am going to be a general surgeon, or dermatologist or plastic surgeon. I've also had colleagues who went into FM and they felt similarly at some point in clerkship. But at the end of the day, and this is what I would tell all incoming med students: do what you really, really like... and if that is a competitive specialty, so be it. However, please, do not think about what your specialty sounds like to other people because you have to live through it for the rest of your life, not them. It is no surprise that barely anyone wants to do FM in pre-clerkship (okay, maybe that is an exaggeration) yet for most medical schools, about 40% of the class chooses to do FM by end of 3rd year. The appeal goes out of the window when you have to wake up at 430 am and put in so many hours, and realize half of your patient list is pressure ulcers and awful-smelling debridements.
  5. I'm sorry, but can you point out the "hate" in my post? As I already alluded to in my post, I am sympathetic to IMGs who had no chance of potentially training within our health care system.
  6. I simply do not understand the whining from CSAs. If you want to practice in Canada, then keep applying in Canada and get in on your own efforts. Do not rely on sub-standards of other countries to have a smaller chance, or skip undergrad to have a shorter route. Perhaps try a different career in health care if you can't get into Medicine. IMG spots should remain (limited, of course), but for people who are truly IMGs. A person who was born somewhere else, did their entire education there, and then immigrated to Canada should have a chance to match, if their skills and training are equivalent. In this instance, they didn't take an easier route... they did what they could, and as a result, they deserve a chance.
  7. Wait, what? Here I am trying to figure out how I can fit my groceries (and eating out) in $500/month.
  8. I agree about location. We all focus on the nitty-gritty details about each program, but at the end of the day, when it comes to ROL for most of us, it ends up being about location. There are many programs (eg. Ottawa, Queen's, Halifax) that I like a lot, but not ranking in top 3 because I don't have the desire to move out East. I feel OK/confident one hour, then next hour I worry about being unmatched haha. I doubt I will be able to sleep the night before.
  9. 2nd year med student here with clerkship looming. 1. Any schools where you get a chance to be with one preceptor for full week, or even two? 2. Any schools known for unofficially favoring those who did electives there? I'd like to stay in Vancouver, but if not, West would generally be preferred. I am thinking of doing 8-10 weeks of electives in clerkship in anesthesia, and backing up with FM with the rest. Also now that CaRMS tour is over, any positive/negative perceptions of programs across the country? Thanks.
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