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  1. I don't have much to add other than this is exactly the reason why people shouldn't be ranking things they don't actually want.
  2. McMaster Family Medicine is pretty good when it comes to resident wellbeing.
  3. I don't have a definite answer to this question and could be wrong, but you should be fine. If this is supervised, then technically you're not doing it independently. The responsible provider is still the physician.
  4. The duration of training should not be a major consideration. Those few extra years in a specialist program are a drop in the bucket of what will presumably and hopefully be a long career. Family medicine offers great flexibility. This flexibility also contributes deeply to the widespread shortage of doctors doing office family medicine. I suggest you think back to the reason why you didn't initially select FM as your first choice. Whatever path you choose though, there will always be something to like and something to dread. The grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side.
  5. You did nothing wrong. Patients will often get defensive and feel "judged" when they hear something they know is true, but are self conscious about it. This response is visceral, not rational. You are doing your job. We would actually be doing patients a disservice by telling them what they want to hear, instead of what they need to hear. At the end of the day, no one can please everyone. Move on.
  6. It's not needed. You either made a good impression in which case the email is unnecessary, or you made a bad impression in which case it won't matter because they don't like you anyways.
  7. Generally speaking for high stakes standardized tests (such as MCCQE1), failing scores that are close to the minimum passing score are given extra scrutiny to ensure accuracy before being reported. This is why few if any appeals are ever successful. Don't waste time or money contesting the result. Focus on being more prepared for the retake. Good luck.
  8. You're probably fine. Having mixed feelings is par for the course. The test isn't designed to make people feel good. I would even say someone who finds all the stations straightforward has a higher chance of having missed something important.
  9. Most candidates finishing residency programs have no difficulty with the short answer problems. More people tend to struggle on the SOOs. Candidates from practice-eligible routes tend to struggle more with SAMPs, presumably from having been out of an academic environment for many years.
  10. Mask mandates in hospitals should have ended a long time ago. Of course, anyone who stills feel compelled to wear one can still do so.
  11. This isn't new or unexpected. The difficulty with Canadian medical schools is getting into one. The difficulty with international medical schools is getting a residency. At the end of the day there are no shortcuts. Whether you pay now, or pay later, is completely at one's own discretion. Unfortunately, many who go abroad to study underestimate how difficult it is to match back to Canada. Returning is the exception not the rule. Most international grads who are successful end up in the United States.
  12. Good luck to everyone! May the Match Gods smile on you all.
  13. When it comes to possible cases of malpractice, you are compared to what most of your similarly-trained peers would have done in the same situation. It is unlikely that American guidelines deviate significantly from what would be considered reasonable by a Canadian physician. If you can show that your actions are grounded in evidence based practices (as opposed to nothing), that would also be a strong point in your favor.
  14. Family medicine is a grind. If you enter this, there is a high chance you will start missing the lifestyle of medical genetics. The grass is not necessarily greener here. Also, if you're concerned about not feeling like a doctor, then FM isn't the answer. There will be many instances where doctoring is secondary to the sensation of being a glorified social worker / paperwork robot.
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