Dating long distance in medical school

Before starting medical school, I was told that you need to have a strong support system in order to get through this. I agree with this statement, because there will be times in your medical education when you are overwhelmed, overworked, and sleep-deprived and feel a sense of impending doom. Medical school will be some of your most trying years, and it's really important to have people that you can talk to about everything you're going through. Having a significant other during your medical school years can be really great if they're able to provide you with the support you need. This is a bit more difficult with long-distance relationships. I'm currently in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend of 4 years.

So much depends on the wants and needs of the individual people! I asked my boyfriend his input on this topic, too! We both agreed that there are a few key things that make our relationship work. The first is that our work ethics and lifestyles are very similar. Aka — we are both workaholics.

It takes a special person to be devoted to someone in medicine. Those who work in healthcare are a unique type of person: we put everything before our relationships and ourselves. School comes first, studying comes first, work comes first and patients come first. This is the expectation for us and this is the reality in which we live. I started dating my boyfriend during my senior year of college.

Share this podcast with your loved one who is going through this process with you. This will help both of you. Sarah Epstein is a Marriage and Family Therapist, and her husband is a second-year emergency medicine resident. They started dating when he was starting to study for the MCAT.