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re: OT Medical Students
Posted on 3/20/15 at 3:33 pm to DeltaDoc
Posted on 3/20/15 at 3:33 pm to DeltaDoc
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If you choose IM, you can always moonlight in ERs on the weekends for extra cash if you enjoy working the
Just for clarification: you're basically qualified to work in any non-level 1 trauma center in Louisiana with practically any medical license. The vast majority of ER doctors here aren't ER-board certified. In a lot of respects, outside of trauma situations (so for your more mundane problems), IM/FM/Peds doctors are just as/more comfortable seeing those patients than the EM guys, because a heck of a lot of what rolls through the ER doors should've gone to a walk-in clinic. This isn't to marginalize what ER docs do at all- they're great at what they do. But if in your mind it's "ER or bust," there's a lot of routes to the ER that don't include an (more and more competitive each day) ER residency. So even if you wind up slightly less competitive, don't fret it.
That said, don't let that keep you from applying to ER. Especially if you want to work in a big trauma center.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 9:21 am to Hopeful Doc
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IM/FM/Peds doctors are just as/more comfortable seeing those patients than the EM guys
Typical OT quote. Acting like an expert on something you don't know shite about.I had a train wreck thwt came in from a little ER yesterday that they almost killed the guy
ER Board Certified Doc >>>>>>>>>> any other doc in the ER
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 9:23 am
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