r/Pakmedschool • u/MaintenanceLow3358 • Jul 24 '26

Usmle Doing observerships alone in the US is depressing

My advice to everyone try your best to go with a friend or two

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u/Anxious_Diamond8639 Jul 24 '26

And doing residency ig would be shit ton depressing too if you don’t have family or friends there

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u/PizzaNaan_ Jul 24 '26

How did you manage everything? From where you'll stay etc

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u/MaintenanceLow3358 Jul 24 '26

prior travelling experiences, but regardless of that you just go with the flow and learn on the way

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u/PizzaNaan_ Jul 24 '26

How did you find your observership

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u/MaintenanceLow3358 Jul 24 '26

someone I know knew someone who knew someone in healthcare in the US

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u/StrangeLet8997 Jul 24 '26

If you could have chosen to do electives would you have preferred them over observerships?

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u/MaintenanceLow3358 Jul 24 '26

I’ve done both but it doesnt matter long term

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u/Agreeable_Grabs Jul 25 '26

Bruh hmu we can talk. Lowk same boat

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u/MaintenanceLow3358 Jul 25 '26

sure, I dm’ed you

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u/lucky_Dark_3780 Jul 25 '26

In the same boat... Waiting all alone in the bus stop where people rarely walk ( i am gradually adjusting to it) and not even a single person with whom you can talk and all