Blogging with The Doctor Job

Imagine, if you will, the thrills and joys of being a residency/fellowship program director. Your day is long, full of countless responsibilities—and during the ERAS application process this delightful list of responsibilities grows even longer. Come mid-afternoon you feel like collapsing on a couch and watching the Office episode you Tivoed from the [...]

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Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information.
“Why I want to be a doctor” by John Q. Medical Student
I love helping people…
I want to save lives…
I [...]

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Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information.
One of the biggest problems I see with personal statements is that they are rather impersonal. All too often [...]

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Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information.
There is no simple “yes” or “no” answer to this question. Whether or not to bring up your poor [...]

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There are two types of program directors.
First, the bad ones. They just don’t care anymore. They’ve lost the desire to help their residents or fellows and just see them as cheap labor to be exploited and used until they graduate and leave. They barely remember the names of their residents and fellows. [...]

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