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Welcome to Helix Talk episode 14. I'm your co-host Dr. Kane. I'm Dr. Patel and I'm Dr. LaVorsi.

And today we have a very special podcast where we're talking about mid-year, which as I understand is December of this year and December of every year.

That is true. And I actually want to take time and introduce Dr. LaVorsie. This is our first time joining our podcast team

and she'll be doing so at her leisure too. So welcome Dr. LaVosie. Thank you very much.

The reason that we're talking about mid-year is because residency has become a very hot topic

amongst P3 and P4 students in terms of what they want to do when they grow up, why their residency is important.

And kind of the first step in doing that is to consider going to mid-year or to not go to mid-year

and kind of weigh the risks and benefits, if you will, of making that transition.

Definitely. And we do have a lot of students who come and ask, you know, when they're in their

30 or in the fourth year, is that, consider residency his first question and that should be answered by

the students themselves nowadays we recommend because of the competitive

market out there yes they should consider one of these options but the big

question for them is should I go to the mid-year or not and there are a lot of

factors that go into it such as cost time, time, time off of the rotation,

other family obligation. As we know, mid-year traditionally always falls around the holiday.

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