Pediatric Neurosurgery

As we began assembling our list of potential contacts to interview this year, I quickly ran into an issue. I had intended on continuing with pediatric neurosurgery as my field this year and staying with my same mentor. However, if that was the case, who was I supposed to interview? The purpose of these interviews was to learn but also to serve as a screening process for potential mentors but if I already had a mentor, what was the point?
After thinking it through, I decided that I wanted to utilize my interviews as a way to get an overview of all the various sub-specialties of pediatrics. I had focused so intently on one specific niche last year, not really recognizing that there were so many other specialties within pediatrics as well. I compiled a list of various professionals from pediatric otolaryngologists to endocrine specialists. I am really looking forward to setting up and going on these interviews because I am curious as to the differences between them.
This week we are focusing on writing our research assessments and polishing up our resume.