It's coming to a head!

On the eve of a significant birthday for me, I've just realized that in exactly one years time, we will be doctors. The 4th year class has written their LMCC exams (a licencing exam after med school) and have matched to their respective residency programs. They are now on holidays until they start again July 1st.

Our class is now the most senior medical students!!!!!!! Holy crap! I never thought I'd see the day!

With respect to electives for next year, a lot of my friends are having troubles. Some are still trying to figure out what they want to do and are really struggling with the decision. Some are just having trouble organizing electives for next year. Either the out-of-province schools don't get back to you or all their electives are full. Plus, we are trying to navigate our school's new elective policy (which, in my opinion is a bunch of BS and the office is making more work for themselves than necessary). In any case, my year next year is shaping up nicely. Hopefully I will get my way. So far, this is what it's looking like:

Sept- Rural Family Practice (hopefully with the same preceptor I had last year)
Oct- Internal Medicine (on a small island close to this fair city where I did some of my Obs/Gyn)
Nov- Urban Family Practice (with my mom's doc hopefully)
Dec- classroom work and Xmas holidays
Jan- Emergency Medicine (in my mom's city)
Feb- CaRMS interviews
Mar- not sure yet...I've requested 1) Pathology (in a city up north) OR 2) Dermatology (on an island nearby) OR 3) Radiology in this city
April- High Risk Obs/Gyne in this city

PS I got a full nights sleep last night. Plastics home call RULZ!!!