Description

Episode Introduction:

March madness continues with the SOAP for fourth-year osteopathic medical students who did not match. Stress levels are sky high and emotions run the gamut. Tune in to learn how to manage the stresses of the Match and the SOAP process along the journey to becoming an attending physician.

Episode Summary:

In today's episode of POMA DOes… John Kalata, DO, a family medicine residency program director in Erie, PA, leads a discussion with Elizabeth Ramsey, DO, a practicing psychiatrist, and three osteopathic medical residents who experienced varying experiences in the Match and the SOAP process.

Key Takeaways:

• Manage your perspective and your expectations.
• Be prepared. Anything can happen and you might be in the SOAP.
• Remember, the challenges you experience now will better prepare you to be an attending caring for your own patients.
• Surround yourself with family and friends who are supportive and encouraging.

Find Us:

Online: https://www.poma.org/

Email: poma@poma.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/POMADOs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pomados/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pennsylvania-osteopathic-medical-association/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/POMA_DOs

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxG9QqV_7Hv2CEkJsE89ZA

App Store: search Pa. Osteopathic Medical Assoc.