Misc. Med Thread Vol. 3: caribbean diabetus strikes back

[stevesteve12]

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CK is easy to demolish if you set up a good foundation base in step 1

Think I studied 3 weeks for it

common bro u knew even if you didnt study for it at all u'd have gotten 260+

[DoctorGetSwole]

has anyone else noticed that the standards for women's dress are so much lower than men's?

Not referring to Daisy but I mean when we have to dress professionally the guys basically have to wear dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes, and tie if you actually give a ****. Girls have worn the most ridiculous **** and don't get told anything

[dxw]

has anyone else noticed that the standards for women's dress are so much lower than men's?

Not referring to Daisy but I mean when we have to dress professionally the guys basically have to wear dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes, and tie if you actually give a ****. Girls have worn the most ridiculous **** and don't get told anything

Not sure if this post is meant for here or S&P thread, but still in agreement

[DoctorGetSwole]

Both

Especially relevant in hospital lol

[stevesteve12]

has anyone else noticed that the standards for women's dress are so much lower than men's?

Not referring to Daisy but I mean when we have to dress professionally the guys basically have to wear dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes, and tie if you actually give a ****. Girls have worn the most ridiculous **** and don't get told anything

pretty jelly of skirts tbh must be comfortable as fuk.

can believe the female equivalent of clinic attire is knee shirt, ballerina flat, and a loose fitting top.

meanwhile here i am with my balls are getting crushed my neck getting choked and my feet aching all day

[SwiftRick]

feels good to be playing jrpgs again.

Hnnnnnng

[Flapjacko]

Did only 8 days of qbanks and scored 249.

I used your advice last time and did well!

this

CK is easy to demolish if you set up a good foundation base in step 1

Think I studied 3 weeks for it

I scored 24x for step 1. But its like i forgot everything. I have 1 month left (had 6 weeks in total to study for this) and I keep getting 60% on uworld. Also it doesn't help i didn't study once for a single shelf and passed them (only had to get 60% and then my school would curve my grade to a B and if i get an A on all my eval sections it would average to a A-) or that the ****ty hospital i worked for taught me the wrong protocols, its like the residents did whatever they wanted.

I stress out too much when it comes to this stuff. But thanks for the reassurance guys.

[incomingbrOMS]

Only way I'd ever do surgery is if I was a hospital's ex lap hospitalist. On 24/7 one week off 24/7 the next. I do all the ex laps. Wood hnnnng.

Otherwise didn't like surgery too much.

Oh and I like writing good medicine notes, makes my brain feel at home.

[Flapjacko]

Did only 8 days of qbanks and scored 249.

Only way I'd ever do surgery is if I was a hospital's ex lap hospitalist. On 24/7 one week off 24/7 the next. I do all the ex laps. Wood hnnnng.

Otherwise didn't like surgery too much.

Oh and I like writing good medicine notes, makes my brain feel at home.

Whats up brah, you don't like?:

Pt. 57 M POD #1 s/p Ex-lap. Denies N/V/C/D/F. Pt. ambulates to urinate, passed gas.

VS: WNL
I/O: NS @ 100ml/hr. 50cc serousanginuous fluid in JP
General: AOx3
CVS: RRR s1/s2 normal, no rmg
PVS: CTLA b/l
Abd: bsx4, non tender, no distension, incision site C/D/I.

Plan:
-continue care per primary

[swimmd99]

has anyone else noticed that the standards for women's dress are so much lower than men's?

Not referring to Daisy but I mean when we have to dress professionally the guys basically have to wear dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes, and tie if you actually give a ****. Girls have worn the most ridiculous **** and don't get told anything

Definitely a double standard. My work attire ranges from really nice tailored slacks and dress shirt to khakis and polo or sweater depending on my mood. Depending which service I cover tends to influence how I dress since the standards are pretty broad.

If I get called in the middle of the night it's usually jeans/pullover or my hylete zipdown.

I do tend to have to dress "up" a bit though because I look young and it's a comfort thing for patients.

[dxw]

Whats up brah, you don't like?:

Pt. 57 M POD #1 s/p Ex-lap. Denies N/V/C/D/F. Pt. ambulates to urinate, passed gas.

VS: WNL
I/O: NS @ 100ml/hr. 50cc serousanginuous fluid in JP
General: AOx3
CVS: RRR s1/s2 normal, no rmg
PVS: CTLA b/l
Abd: bsx4, non tender, no distension, incision site C/D/I.

Plan:
-continue care per primary

lol @ auscultating for bowel sounds. Just lol

[zonee2k]

Which one of you medmiscers is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalscho...ade_a_mistake/

[TheJoshuaa]

Starting psych tomorrow for my first rotation. Any advice?

[incomingbrOMS]

Whats up brah, you don't like?:

Pt. 57 M POD #1 s/p Ex-lap. Denies N/V/C/D/F. Pt. ambulates to urinate, passed gas.

VS: WNL
I/O: NS @ 100ml/hr. 50cc serousanginuous fluid in JP
General: AOx3
CVS: RRR s1/s2 normal, no rmg
PVS: CTLA b/l
Abd: bsx4, non tender, no distension, incision site C/D/I.

Plan:
-continue care per primary

bsx4 lol just lol

[incomingbrOMS]

Which one of you medmiscers is this

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalscho...ade_a_mistake/

That's just every medical student ever.

"Hi I see a chance for me to do less, can I go ahead and do that?"

[santal0l]

Starting psych tomorrow for my first rotation. Any advice?

Place yourself on suicide precautions because psych fuking blows.

[Flapjacko]

lol @ auscultating for bowel sounds. Just lol

Auscultation, Palpation, Percussion.

[Dr. Horse]

Definitely a double standard. My work attire ranges from really nice tailored slacks and dress shirt to khakis and polo or sweater depending on my mood. Depending which service I cover tends to influence how I dress since the standards are pretty broad.

If I get called in the middle of the night it's usually jeans/pullover or my hylete zipdown.

I do tend to have to dress "up" a bit though because I look young and it's a comfort thing for patients.

LOL at wearing anything other than scrubs. Brb never ironing. Brb only have socks and underwear to wash for the rest of my life. Brb scrubs good in any social situation. Brb always get best table at French Laundry in scrubs.

[ViktorFrankl]

Starting psych tomorrow for my first rotation. Any advice?

Mental health services are strapped in the US. There's going to be variety from place to place, but if you so desire I think in general it's one of the best opportunities to be a patient advocate as a med student. As far as general rotation stuff, learn how to take a real social hx, learn how to do a mental status exam (your "physical exam"). Figure out what you want to get out of it. Basics of antidepressant rx, cueing into possible bipolar, what psych can do for you if you consult them, etc

[DoctorGetSwole]

Don't tell me you're going be of those people that wears scrubs/white coat outside of the hospital

[Dr. Horse]

Don't tell me you're going be of those people that wears scrubs/white coat outside of the hospital

Don't forget the steth. Only question is- draped around neck, or with earpieces around neck? Belt holster? not even once.

[santal0l]

Don't forget the steth. Only question is- draped around neck, or with earpieces around neck? Belt holster? not even once.

Lol @ a surgeon owning a stethoscope and not borrowing the resident/med students.

[Dr. Horse]

Lol @ a surgeon owning a stethoscope and not borrowing the resident/med students.

Obv joking. I don't even know where my steth is.

[stevesteve12]

Mental health services are strapped in the US. There's going to be variety from place to place, but if you so desire I think in general it's one of the best opportunities to be a patient advocate as a med student. As far as general rotation stuff, learn how to take a real social hx, learn how to do a mental status exam (your "physical exam"). Figure out what you want to get out of it. Basics of antidepressant rx, cueing into possible bipolar, what psych can do for you if you consult them, etc

interesting comments. can you elaborate on the mental health services and patient advocate part?

[ViktorFrankl]

interesting comments. can you elaborate on the mental health services and patient advocate part?

Patients in inpatient psych are frequently particularly indigent, low health literacy, low social capital, etc individuals. Patient education on disease process, spending extra time with patients to learn their desires as far as function and hopes for after discharge, their level of insight, etc. Family education on the same, course of illness, expectations at discharge. Keeping family up to date on hospital stay. Determining what barriers there may be to a family successfully supporting the patient at discharge (maybe the patient tends to do well medicated but has issues with eventual nonadherence, maybe there's a sibling in house that the patient has issues with and alternative living options need to be looked into). Finances - patients may be homeless and need help being set up with community resources, they may have finally been stabilized on a med that happens to be pricy so you can look into prescription assistance programs through the pharm company. Serve as a liason between the psychiatry team, nursing, social work, psych aides, and psychology.

Typing on my phone while I do stuff so that may be a little disorganized but should give an idea. It's not stuff unique to psych, it's just that these things tend to be more needed

[WeekndOrNah]

What are some valuable ECs to get involved in during M1/M2 years?

I'm definitely planning on re-joining my research lab (dat dere molecular skin cancer research for dermatology/oncology brownie points!!!!)
I definitely want to be Social Chair or whatever the fuk it is bc I know how to party and I have a ridiculous amount of social connections in my city
Volunteering x times a week?

[muscle beast]

What are some valuable ECs to get involved in during M1/M2 years?

I'm definitely planning on re-joining my research lab (dat dere molecular skin cancer research for dermatology/oncology brownie points!!!!)
I definitely want to be Social Chair or whatever the fuk it is bc I know how to party and I have a ridiculous amount of social connections in my city
Volunteering x times a week?

No one gives a siht about ECs, just do research, get involved in something to talk about on interviews, and most importantly crush Step 1

[WeekndOrNah]

No one gives a siht about ECs, just do research, get involved in something to talk about on interviews, and most importantly crush Step 1

Well I won't argue with that.

[santal0l]

What are some valuable ECs to get involved in during M1/M2 years?

I'm definitely planning on re-joining my research lab (dat dere molecular skin cancer research for dermatology/oncology brownie points!!!!)
I definitely want to be Social Chair or whatever the fuk it is bc I know how to party and I have a ridiculous amount of social connections in my city
Volunteering x times a week?

Find something you enjoy and do that. The key is to show passion and long term commitment. It doesn't have to be 20 hours per week, simply a couple hours a week, or even every other week is fine as long as you do it long term. Gone are the days of doing EC's to simply check off a box. The point of EC's in med school are to show that you have some interests outside of medicine and being able to talk about them in interviews reflects that.

[woodbarry]

I've noticed that gen surg is one of those fields that attracts the weirdos with personality disorders and the socially inept. Not all surgical fields are like that though; on the other hand, ortho has some of the chillest (and interestingly enough, some of the nicest) mofos I've met throughout all 4 years of school.

Matching gen surg for intolerable personalities would be OB/GYN. For antisocial weirdos, it would be pathology.

2 pages late, but do you think it is because they wanted a more specialized field of surgery, but weren't capable of pulling it off so they are stuck with the crappier alternative and hate their lives for this reason? Seems possible IMO lol.

And why are the hours in any medical field so god awful? I don't understand how literally every field has terrible hours and bad work/life balance and people keep doing it. Why not tailor hours to people's needs? For instance, I would be jacked about doing 7 on 7 off if they allowed for vacation days when you plan ahead accordingly.