During my first year of medical school, I attended a “speed dating” event, where medical students met attendings from various specialties to get a better sense of what we could do with our lives once we graduated. Older physicians consistently remarked that they decided their future during their intern year. One even said that he waited until the end of his internship to decide on otolaryngology.
I, along with my fellow third years, no longer have this luxury of time.
Across the nation, thousands of medical students are planning out their fourth year just two and a half years into medical school, setting up auditions and electives, and hoping we can land a residency in the specialty we want. But just how many medical students have the time to explore specialties they receive no exposure to?
For instance, planning a career in ophthalmology today requires gunning and networking from day one of medical school. Yet, my school provides only a scant week’s worth of ophthalmology three semesters in. How am I supposed to know what I like or dislike if I only see a small sliver of it?
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