How many years...by Jeffrey C. Davids, DPM (no login)Ok. And how many times should one try to obtain a surgical program? When I graduated, there were only PSR programs for about 50% of the graduates. And let's not forget the 100 or so DPM's that did try to come back a second time and take programs from new graduates. I matched a PPMR and then went through CASPR again. Still, no surgical match. Since it costs me about $2k each time I tried, how many times should I have tried? I have been out for several years now. Should I try again? Should I leave my job that pays in the mid $50's so I can get a program that pays $30k or less? All so I can finish up and either get another job that pays $50k or less as a scut monkey, or borrow several more thousand dollars to buy out a practice? The fact is that several DPM's that match a PPMR do indeed try to obtain a surgical the next year. Some even come back a third time. You can only do this but so much before you lose all your self respect. The process is completely bogus and hardly worth spending the money on. Think before you write. Jeff from IP address 64.12.96.200 Goto Forum Home |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| Re: How many years... | Icculus on Sep 15, 4:36 PM |
| Re: Re: How many years... | We Lie Mucho, DPM on Sep 16, 4:00 PM |
| is a psr-12 worth anything? | dpm student on Sep 15, 8:15 PM |
| Re: is a psr-12 worth anything? | Anonymous on Sep 16, 10:19 AM |
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