Passed my medicine boards. Now I am a board certified Internist!!!
This journey is pretty much complete. I have 18 months left in fellowship, take the Critical Care boards and then I am done!!!
My timeline:
1997 graduate college,
2003 found OPM and decided to try for medical school, 2005 first OPM conference,
2007 Started Medical School
2011 Graduated medical school
2014 Graduated Internal Medicine Residency/Started Fellowship
2015: Board Certified Internist.
It took THAT long. My GPA when I graduate college was 2.57. As we always say, this is a Marathon and not a sprint. It will take time. Sometimes a long time. But if you want it, then go for it.
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wow that’s incredible. congratulations!
I loved reading this. Thanks for sharing. I know this was six years ago but it’s still helpful to me today.
I’m curious - you did a three year IM residency and it sounds like you completed a critical care fellowship by now. How long overall did it take you to complete the CC fellowship? Does this put you in a position to function as an intensivist for med/surg ICUs?
I did do a 3 year IM residency and because I only did critical care and not pulmonary as well, the fellowship was only 2 years. I currently work in several different ICUs and while I do handle surgical ICU patients (since the ICUs are mixed), I handle the medical aspect of it.
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