I’ll never have to deliver a baby in my real job.” In other words, I have never been delivering a baby on an obstetrics rotation and said, “Man, this is bogus. You may perceive this to be of little value if you are, for example, going to do dermatology but since Emergency Medicine is a generalist field, every little thing we learn is useful and can be applied somehow. No matter what specialty you pursue, you will have to do an intern year which will consist of exposure to all of the major medical specialties. (I did not get “credit” for that year in my new residency program.) Emergency Medicine training is typically three years but I did an intern year in Family Medicine after which, screaming in fright, I made the switch to Emergency Medicine. I am a little more than halfway through what will turn out to be a four-year period of post-medical school training.
I am a resident physician, meaning that I have graduated medical school and am now doing my specialty training, in my case in a specialty known as “Emergency Medicine.” Some people do not know that Emergency Medicine is a specialty but as you will see, its practice does involve some specialized training as well as an approach to medical care that is somewhat unique. Bear, I am a senior in high school and am thinking about being a doctor. (With a hat-tip to the Happy Hospitalist.Nothing new or profound here so my regular readers may, if they desire, ignores this article completely or read on and forgive the basic level of information presented.
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