Ask again in two years. If it seems interesting, join the relevant club. When you rotate in it, consider getting in with a case report or research project, esp if in that specialty. You don't have to decide until it comes time to do ERAS. If you decide early, it can have a psychological effect on your attitude and performance on rotations irrelevant to your chosen specialty.
Just focus on grades, USMLE, and trying to build your CV with maybe a few posters or case reports. I don't think if you're published in an ortho journal that it's going to hurt you from matching into IM...
It's okay and positive to have an interest, but don't develop premature closure. I was ER all the way in med school, having worked ER in college, then rotated in it and couldn't stand it...and then was lost for personal statements and letters of recommendation. Oops.
Just focus on grades, USMLE, and trying to build your CV with maybe a few posters or case reports. I don't think if you're published in an ortho journal that it's going to hurt you from matching into IM...
It's okay and positive to have an interest, but don't develop premature closure. I was ER all the way in med school, having worked ER in college, then rotated in it and couldn't stand it...and then was lost for personal statements and letters of recommendation. Oops.
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