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Session 118 Where will you see the most variety of patients? Internal Medicine, of course! Dr. Hilary Ryder gives us a peek into subspecialties and the IM lifestyle. Hilary is the Internal Medicine program director at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She shares her internal medicine residency experience, how to pick a program, and how to stand out in your applications and rotations. If you haven’t yet, please do check out our other resources on https://medicalschoolhq.net/meded-media/ (Meded Media). Listen to this podcast episode with the player above, or keep reading for the highlights and takeaway points. [01:13] Interest in Internal Medicine Hilary was initially unable to make a decision about what specialty she wanted to go into. Into her fourth year, she thought she wanted to be a dermatologist. What drew her to it was the lifestyle having no nights and weekends. It felt like a lifestyle specialty that she could get into. During her third year clerkship in medicine, she really loved what she was