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Career satisfaction in family medicine
Lactic Folly replied to gogogo's topic in Primary Care Residencies
Reread Wachaa's last post carefully. I don't think it's saying that disparity isn't an issue (eta: many codes do not account for case complexity, leading to significant variance between practice settings in the same field, so it's not that straightforward to define their value). But perhaps advocating for increased supports, where needed, might be more helpful to the majority of medical practices. As this thread has gone off-topic, I will circle back and say that one advantage of family medicine is the ability to conduct discussions like the thread below in a vastly different tone: -
Career satisfaction in family medicine
Lactic Folly replied to gogogo's topic in Primary Care Residencies
Since cataracts are a publicly funded medical procedure, if a claim is being made that someone is doing increased numbers of a procedure solely for profit, it would be helpful to elaborate on what other medically necessary care has been displaced as a result, or whether some patients actually do not require the procedure. Given that most surgeries occur in publicly funded institutions, most of the decisions regarding number of procedures/day will be made at the administrative level. The wait times in each region of Ontario are constantly being tracked. With over 117k cataract surgeries pe -
Career satisfaction in family medicine
Lactic Folly replied to gogogo's topic in Primary Care Residencies
Thank you for clarifying that extrinsic and intrinsic motivators can coexist. I don't disagree that pay obviously influences behaviour, but when I responded to Arztin's comment, I was thinking of my friend in ophtho who, as a student, expressed his awe about the gratitude from patients after their surgeries. Now with a young family, he continues to provide volunteer services and teach in the developing world (before this year, anyway). I'm sure he enjoys his income too, but wouldn't presume to state that pay is his only motivation. It's a bit of a harsh judgment to make about the character of -
Career satisfaction in family medicine
Lactic Folly replied to gogogo's topic in Primary Care Residencies
There is absolutely zero implication of that in my post. I am very surprised to see such a response and have no idea why you would say that. Did you see my post in the other thread here? -
Career satisfaction in family medicine
Lactic Folly replied to gogogo's topic in Primary Care Residencies
How about restoring people's sight and significantly improving their quality of life with a single procedure? Is that such a far fetched possibility? -
Taking an UG course in Med school?
Lactic Folly replied to dooogs's topic in University of Western Ontario Medical School
You mean for credit or audit? Why would tuition be included in the MD program? Why not take one of the numerous online free courses now before classes start? -
Ask questions about family medicine here
Lactic Folly replied to magneto's topic in Primary Care Residencies
I'm not sure that such a distinction can actually be made. But I do envision dedicated family physicians working to facilitate positive lifestyle changes, help their patients obtain necessary resources and supports (especially those who are underprivileged), detect early signs of disease, and coordinate multiple aspects of a patient's care, and that these are important aspects of medical care and prevention that help patients navigate the often fragmented healthcare system and reduce the burden of disease. -
Ask questions about family medicine here
Lactic Folly replied to magneto's topic in Primary Care Residencies
Traditional family medicine is more about the patient than the disease. Check out the writings of family doctors who share their patients' stories, and how they have built relationships with entire families and cared for them over a lifetime. -
insurance when switching provinces
Lactic Folly replied to eldoradi's topic in General Resident Physician Discussions
Some provincial medical associations have a limited "insurance only" membership option to allow members who reside out of province to continue their insurance policies. I'd ask about that. -
Worth it to apply with "weak" references?
Lactic Folly replied to porcupine's topic in General Ontario Discussions (OMSAS)
Not clear whether you think the references provided were themselves weak/lukewarm and this contributed to your rejection, or whether you have gotten a sign that the referees seem weary about continuing to help (for example, delayed responses to requests compared to previous). -
There is a re-entry program funded by the Ministry of Health in Ontario. Not familiar with the process in the other provinces.
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How to get exposure to medicine to know if it’s for me?
Lactic Folly replied to Happpy's topic in General Premed Discussions
This is a good suggestion. There are tons of bloggers and authors out there whose writings will provide much more insight into a medical career than your typical hospital volunteer placement. -
I think the importance of looking into specialty selection early on has been well covered here. As the medical training process tends to condition people to jump through successive hoops, I'd also give some thought to the longer term scenario - your values in work and life, and how that would translate into the type of career you would like to have and where (for example, if you have any special interests you might like to pursue, or if a particular location is important to you - so you can lay the groundwork and incorporate that into your decision making).
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How hard is residency?
Lactic Folly replied to Potentiate's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
It's important to take care of one's health as best as possible. But time and energy can be a limitation, especially for things like hobbies. I found that having high intrinsic motivation, sense of meaning in one's work, and a supportive team environment made for a positive residency experience overall. -
Fourth year med student answering questions!
Lactic Folly replied to yungdoc's topic in University of Toronto Medical School
Why do you want to do your residency in Toronto? Where do you want to end up eventually working? -
Last I heard, McMaster includes the evaluation comments for each Medical Foundation. Can't remember seeing any other Canadian school include pre-clerkship comments.
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Is family medicine really that bad?
Lactic Folly replied to confusedclerk's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
I agree that residents transferring into radiology from other programs didn't find the hours as favourable as they had hoped or expected. One may spend many hours in the hospital on a surgical rotation in PGY-1, but there just isn't the same expectation for a off-service resident to read outside those hours, therefore overall a lighter experience compared to the start of PGY-2. However, residents in other specialties might take issue with inclusion of study and research time into the weekly hours, as all residents need to spend time on those activities outside of the hospital. I will say -
Congratulations on your match. Before completing the application, I might inquire with CPSO whether your situation falls within the "standard curriculum completion time" as above. Would want to avoid any issues upon review if application isn't completed according to CPSO criteria.