Closing It Down

With residency looming around the corner, it’s time to close down this blog. A lot has happened since the CaRMS match, so I want to recap the conclusion of medical school.

CaRMS: ICC Students Match Statistics

After all of the investment into medical students to be exposed to a career in Family Medicine through the ICC program, where did its students end up? I take a look at my cohort’s and the preceding group’s CaRMS matches.

CaRMS: The Match – Family Medicine, Moncton, NB, through Dalhousie University

I matched to Family Medicine in Moncton, New Brunswick, through Dalhousie University!

CaRMS: The Interview Tour – Timeline and Helpful Tips

Like I discussed in my timeline and helpful tips posts for the application and the interview preparation, it’s helpful to see how the tasks are broken down into what needs to be done and when. In this case, it’s more to show a few markers during the tour. My disclaimer remains that I haven’t matched yet and that this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive!

CaRMS: The Interview Tour

This blog post is the continuation in a series on the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), the residency matching system used by all Canadian medical schools. The next step was to fly across the country to interview for a residency program.

CaRMS: The Interview Preparation – Timeline and Health Tips

Like I discussed in my previous timeline and helpful tips post, it’s helpful to see how the tasks are broken down into what needs to be done and when. My disclaimer remains that I haven’t matched yet and that this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive!

CaRMS: The Interview Preparation

This blog post is the continuation in a series on the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), the residency matching system used by all Canadian medical schools. The next step was to prepare for the interviews.

CaRMS: The Application – Timeline and Helpful Tips

I think there’s a constant fear that we didn’t start early enough or are not doing enough for our CaRMS application, so I thought that I’d share how I approached things and how I spent my time. It’s not as burdensome as some people make it out to be, and I know that I felt a lot better once I broke down all the parts that needed to get done. I spread out the tasks generously and still felt like there was ample time to do what was required.

CaRMS: The Application

This blog post will be the start of a series on the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), the residency matching system used by all Canadian medical schools. I’ve benefited from the seasoned advice from a lot of good people, and I hope to pay it forward by having a series of reflections and tips. I’ll begin with the first step: the application.

Fourth Year is Underway

I’ve been chipping away at my CaRMS application, which made me realize that fourth year of medical school is well underway! Here are a few thoughts that stand out from the last few months plus a snapshot of how fourth year is going.