Percentiles Don’t Determine Success with Dr. Troy Krupica

Troy Krupica MD is the Assistant Professor, Section Chief of Hospital Medicine at West Virginia University. Dr. Krupica completed his Medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Residency in Internal Medicine from the WVU School of Medicine. After completing his education, he then joined as a faculty at WVU. He also serves as an associate program director for the Internal Medicine Residency and as the co-director of the Global Health Track for Internal Medicine Residency. Your boards scores were not great. That’s it, your dream is over. You will never wear a stethoscope around your neck. Hold on… that’s not necessarily the case. While our educational system and healthcare do place emphasis on standardized test scores, scores alone don’t predict career success. Today Dr. Troy Krupica shares that while standardized tests didn't come easy for him, he has a successful and fulfilling medical career. In fact, that’s one of the lessons he passes on to his own mentees: focus on the bigger picture of caring for patients and improving healthcare. Pearls of Wisdom: 1. When faced with challenges, hold tight to your support system and reach out to mentors to help you refocus and shift your perspective to what really matters. 2. Don’t fall into believing you know better. Other people have been on this path and gotten to the other side. That’s why we need mentors: for their experience and advice. 3. Don’t lose focus on the bigger picture; focus on care and commitment to patients. Individual accomplishments mean little compared to the bigger goal of making all healthcare better.