Vacations in Medical school

Heiditree
Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:14:22 +0000

Just met my daughter for dinner on Saturday. She is a first year medical student. I think she gets a couple months off this coming summer BUT she is expected to do something during that time. Right now she is considering staying at the school and doing research that involves getting up in the middle of EVERY NIGHT for her summer time off and caring for research animals. I think it might involve more than 60 hours a week of work. She is considering it because she believes the research would be published and this would help her with residency.

There are other options for her that would allow her to take a vacation but it looks like vacationing is taking a back burner for the next few years in her life.

So I agree with the above don’t start planning your vacation.