An excerpt from What It’s Like to Become a Doctor: The Year-by-Year Journey From Medical Student to Practicing Physician, Greenbranch Publishing, 2016.
My third year of fellowship: June 2010 — July 2011
In July 2010, I began my third and final year of fellowship. This year was focused on honing all the skills we learned during our first two years. It was also time to start looking for my first real job. That sounded amazing. For the first time since I mowed lawns in college, I was free to look for a regular job and to use my medical schooling and training.
This process was daunting and demanded a lot of time. I used several websites and called gastroenterology groups in the area in the hopes of landing a good job. I started in July 2010 by calling several groups in Michigan and other states to get a good idea of the landscape. This was called “cold calling.” I looked up the group online, read the biographies of the partners, and made a decision about calling them. If I called, I typically talked to the gastroenterology group’s practice manager. I then emailed my CV to the group.
A few days later, one of the members of the gastroenterology practice would call me and talk about common goals, interests, talents, etc. They would gauge my personality and decide whether to offer me a formal interview with the group. This phone conversation usually lasted about an hour. If mutually agreed upon, I flew or drove to the respective group for the interview.
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