Blogging with The Doctor Job

Remember your summer days growing up? Laying out beside the community pool, chasing the ice cream truck down the cul-de-sac, sleeping in, staying up late watching movies. That was the life—was being the operative word in that sentence.
Med students, go ahead and mourn those lazy summer days because you probably won’t see them [...]

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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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To continue where I left off, here are three more factors to consider when choosing your medical specialty:
4) Make sure to factor in lifestyle considerations. Before choosing a specialty, the potential physician should spend time evaluating his or her goals for the medical career AND personal life. If you plan on having four kids, two [...]

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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.
Once in a while when I am assisting a medical student or FMG with a personal statement for residency [...]

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Whether you’re a physician struggling to make ends meet financially, your H-1 or J-1 visa is expiring, or you simply can’t take one more second practicing at your current position, you NEED a new job and you need it now.
Many physicians have been there at one point or another in their careers, especially in those [...]

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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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