Lately it seems like all the residents around here are scoring free trips to really cool places. My friend Lori just got back from San Diego with her Dr.H for a conference where he was a "delegate." Now they are turning around and heading to NYC on another trip courtesy of the Mayo Clinic for him to present a case report.
So far we haven't gotten to benefit from the whole conference thing, but we are planning to go to Vancouver in May for Dr.H to present a case report.
Has anyone else gotten to go to a conference in a cool place, courtesy of the residency program? Was it fun or a bore?
So my husband is still a med student...so no. But I do press coverage of medical conferences for a living and my company actually plans them. I actually enjoy them, but you have to be at least mildly interested in medicine. However- there is usually food, and watching your husband present would be pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteOh, and if you are in a cool city you can always enjoy it after the conference. Like I got to see New Orleans for the first time at a conference. But they left me at the office for last January's conference in Maui :(
my husband went to boston on a very cool trip and got to stay at the w and eat at great places... i was supposed to go {all i had to do was pay for airfare} and not only would i have the trip but i was going to have 2 sightseeing days ALONE - no kids, no husband, just me.
ReplyDeletemy MIL was supposed to watch our kids but her mom died the day we were to leave... i was beyond bummed about the trip. my husband went to boston and i stayed home... i was a pathetically sad person... it literally was one of the saddest times for me because i so very much needed to have a break {I have an infant and a toddler and we couldn't afford any activities for the summer...i was basically homebound all summer with no help. i lost my mind...}
Ah! So wonderful... I love Vancouver :) I used to live there and actually live in Northern B.C. Perhaps I will be in the area while you're there!!
ReplyDelete(S needs to get his behind to a conference and invite me along!)
Boston, San Diego, Washington, DC, Charleston, SC, and Amelia Island, FL...yep those trips are after 4 1/2 long years in the program. Think we're headed to TX this spring. I CAN NOT wait until Fellowship starts and then when get to start interviewing for REAL jobs!!
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