Unlike most people on this listserve, I only recently started seriously considering Ortho. Is it too late?
I became interested in medicine because of my own experiences with a knee reconstruction. But, you might say I was tempted bby the dark side, I always thought I would be one to go into a medical specialty or EM--I love pathophys and always just thought of orthopods as mechanics. I recently fractured my ankle s/p two pins and I guess you might say I'm asking myself "why haven't I been thinking about ortho all along." I love the OR, I love sports med, and the fact in ortho you see all ages and mostly acute disease. If not for a few bad experiences with egomaniacs on my gen surg rotation I have thought of this earlier. I am currently taking a year off to let my wife catch up to me in school, so as to couples match. In the mean time, I'm doing Gastroenterology research (and bored out of my mind)
My usmles are top notch, AOA, honors in all clinical rotations, MPH degree. But I am afraid that my research experiences in ID/Gastroenterology, the couples match, and my general lack of commitment until my fourth year will kill me. Any thoughts?
Much appreciated
