I mentioned previously that Sief and I were starting to make our rank list. As you know, I have traveled quite a bit over the past several months!
Statistics anyone?!
In the course of a little over 3 months...
- I interviewed in 21 different cities, some cities I interviewed at more than one program for a grand total of 24 interviews
- I visited 22 airports, some of them more than 5x's
Let's say I'm excited and relieved to be done with the process. It was fun meeting new people and learning about the innovative things happening with family medicine around the country, but I'm glad to be moving on to the next step.
I feel like this dude with the possibilities of where to go swirling around in a big mesh of colors and confusion. So many different things to compare. Location, the people, the program, the educational opportunities. It's so hard - every place has it's advantages and disadvantages. Then of course there is the heart factor or gut feeling. For that I imagine myself on match day opening the envelope and how I will feel if it says Program X and then I imagine if it's Program Y. Those imaginary excited feelings are the gut factor :)
Soooo....now that the interview season is over and my family medicine inpatient rotation is coming to an end what will keep me busy? I leave Saturday for....San Jose, Costa Rica! That's right - a month abroad studying medical Spanish in a foreign country living with a host family, is what I am up to!
I'll be sure to blog from there :)
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