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Road to Residency

Steven McGaughey, first featured here with his Gastric Subway illustration, has been hard at work on a new website for medical students. A primer to the residency journey, he and his fiancée have worked over the last few months compiling information and useful resources for the application, the interviews, and the match. Check it out.

Fourth Year Elective Selections Begin. This is a very odd time in my journey: it is the trough in a long trek; the weather is shifting; the exams are slowing down; the workload is easing. It is under these circumstances that we must begin thinking about our careers in earnest. Fourth year electives are rising to the top of our priority lists and career options must be carefully considered. With the matching process recently opened, we are all having to rule out would be career options in order to choose appropriate electives that benefit our future. Having said that, there is still a considerable weight placed on being flexible. Circumstances change, either beyond or within our control and we must take that into account. It is a fine balancing act. For the next two weeks, I will be agonizing over this problem, in order to map out the uncharted road ahead.

Fourth Year Elective Selections Begin.

This is a very odd time in my journey: it is the trough in a long trek; the weather is shifting; the exams are slowing down; the workload is easing. It is under these circumstances that we must begin thinking about our careers in earnest.

Fourth year electives are rising to the top of our priority lists and career options must be carefully considered. With the matching process recently opened, we are all having to rule out would be career options in order to choose appropriate electives that benefit our future.

Having said that, there is still a considerable weight placed on being flexible. Circumstances change, either beyond or within our control and we must take that into account. It is a fine balancing act.

For the next two weeks, I will be agonizing over this problem, in order to map out the uncharted road ahead.

Canadian Medical Residency Guide

Third year is an opportunity for us to be exposed and familiar with all of the various specialties of medicine. In the second half of the year, we must also begin choosing electives for fourth year, specialty experiences in our fields of interest. 

This guide, recommended to us by fourth year students, is a primer that goes through the programs available, where they are and what they entail. As I go through the specialties, this will be something I will need to keep in the back of my mind.