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

[Werehusky]

When radiologists get bored do they look through past images and lol at the stupidity of some people?

No, that stuff becomes so common it doesn't even register as weird. It's just becomes, "well on to the next case." Radiologists have to go through a ton of studies while on shift plus deal with nurses/ER docs always calling them. There are also a certain type of personality that likes to call the radiologist just to argue with them in order to feel superior. By and large the greatest percentage of this is neurology and strokes.

[Lafakad]

No, that stuff becomes so common it doesn't even register as weird. It's just becomes, "well on to the next case." Radiologists have to go through a ton of studies while on shift plus deal with nurses/ER docs always calling them. There are also a certain type of personality that likes to call the radiologist just to argue with them in order to feel superior. By and large the greatest percentage of this is neurology and strokes.

Are you a radiology resident?

[WeekndOrNah]

No, that stuff becomes so common it doesn't even register as weird. It's just becomes, "well on to the next case." Radiologists have to go through a ton of studies while on shift plus deal with nurses/ER docs always calling them. There are also a certain type of personality that likes to call the radiologist just to argue with them in order to feel superior. By and large the greatest percentage of this is neurology and strokes.

Makes sense. Desensitization to humor/stupidity

Had some sessions in the hospital with some radiologists and someone asked about the volume and it's pretty ridiculous how many scans they have to look at, especially on-call/overnight.

[DoctorGetSwole]

damn famalam I'm having a hard time going back and forth between IM and EM here

The ED conscious sedations and on the fly airways are prettttttttty sick yo. Cardioversions and other ED acute things are mad neato

Feel like IM->Cardiac or Pulmonary + CCM would be more academic & prestigious with a bit better pay but longer training + ****ty hours and would be prohibitive of starting a business which I'd like to do.

[muscle beast]

damn famalam I'm having a hard time going back and forth between IM and EM here

The ED conscious sedations and on the fly airways are prettttttttty sick yo. Cardioversions and other ED acute things are mad neato

Feel like IM->Cardiac or Pulmonary + CCM would be more academic & prestigious with a bit better pay but longer training + ****ty hours and would be prohibitive of starting a business which I'd like to do.

If you're thinking of cardiac or pulm, definitely go to IM because EM will be severely limiting. Plus after a few years in IM, you can decide which direction you want your career to go in, whereas EM you'll be stuck

IM = long as motherfuk problem list and notes longer than my thesis
EM = did he die doe? Stable? Cool, consult GI for anal pain or Urology for priapism

Pick ya poison jeff

[ViktorFrankl]

damn famalam I'm having a hard time going back and forth between IM and EM here

The ED conscious sedations and on the fly airways are prettttttttty sick yo. Cardioversions and other ED acute things are mad neato

Feel like IM->Cardiac or Pulmonary + CCM would be more academic & prestigious with a bit better pay but longer training + ****ty hours and would be prohibitive of starting a business which I'd like to do.

EM, cards, and CCM all pay well. Don't factor in money. It sounds like you want EM, but you didn't really flesh out your likes and dislikes much. Can always do CCM after

[WeekndOrNah]

Any brahs do research summer b/w M1/M2 year?
Did you apply for a program at some other place e.g. Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Sloan Kettering / some other research institution or school, or did you stay at your home institution?
Any programs worth applying to? Sloan Kettering and Texas Anderson Cancer Center look fawkin j00cy

I already have a background in skin cancer research. I'm extremely interested in Dermatology bc I'm a gunner ******* (and my research background/skin largest organ and visible gratifying results/I'm from Hawaii/FREAKIN LASERS).
Also really like Oncology if my Step 1 scores can't hack it (sob story about how cancer is unfair/why them not me/I find molecular cell bio of cancer really interesting though).

Given my current naive M1 interests... continue doing cancer research, ideally in skin? Continue with my PI here or do a summer project somewhere else and then get back with my PI for dat dere 2 lab experiences?


Thanks for your time and input guys, I genuinely appreciate it even though I'm a fuktard M1 gunner.

EDIT: Did anyone else find learning about pelvic anatomy extremely uncomfortable and disgusting? I'm horrified at the thought of dissecting my cadaver's penis tomorrow and I'm frankly disgusted at looking at cadaver penises and vaginas, hemisected testis, and levator ani injuries.

[vik66]

Any brahs do research summer b/w M1/M2 year?
Did you apply for a program at some other place e.g. Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Sloan Kettering / some other research institution or school, or did you stay at your home institution?
Any programs worth applying to? Sloan Kettering and Texas Anderson Cancer Center look fawkin j00cy

I already have a background in skin cancer research. I'm extremely interested in Dermatology bc I'm a gunner ******* (and my research background/skin largest organ and visible gratifying results/I'm from Hawaii/FREAKIN LASERS).
Also really like Oncology if my Step 1 scores can't hack it (sob story about how cancer is unfair/why them not me/I find molecular cell bio of cancer really interesting though).

Given my current naive M1 interests... continue doing cancer research, ideally in skin? Continue with my PI here or do a summer project somewhere else and then get back with my PI for dat dere 2 lab experiences?


Thanks for your time and input guys, I genuinely appreciate it even though I'm a fuktard M1 gunner.

M2 checking in. I did summer research at UAB in the CaRES research program. I applied to like 10 programs all over the US and only got into UAB, but i dont have any prior experience. I applied to the sloan kettering one also, they got like 1600 apps for like 50 spots or something, its ridiculously competitive. I would recommend doing a summer program in a new area, get some new exposure and experience a new city before you burrow into a hole all of M2 year. But my research went really well, made some cash, and had a great time in a new city, so it worked out for the best

[WeekndOrNah]

M2 checking in. I did summer research at UAB in the CaRES research program. I applied to like 10 programs all over the US and only got into UAB, but i dont have any prior experience. I applied to the sloan kettering one also, they got like 1600 apps for like 50 spots or something, its ridiculously competitive. I would recommend doing a summer program in a new area, get some new exposure and experience a new city before you burrow into a hole all of M2 year. But my research went really well, made some cash, and had a great time in a new city, so it worked out for the best

UAB = U A Bitch. lmao I chanted that incessantly when UAB came to my college for basketball.

Damn that's incredibly competitive, but makes sense given the weight of the name.
The new city experience is huge for me since as everyone says this is the last "free" summer the rest of my life. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has a summer program for M1s and you can look up the research each individual lab does, that's really standing out to me right now.

Only thing that's holding me back is that I want to work here in Omaha as a bartender during the College World Series June 17-27 (this would be my 4th year). I would make an easy mid-4 digits in 11 days but obviously most research programs except my home institution wouldn't let me do that.

[F23]

wat

I think that rustling this dude was completely justified tho because it's obvious that he had a piss poor attitude and was generally incompetent.

With the public increasingly viewing medical professionals in a negative manner (IMO), shouldn't poor behavior from MDs-in-training be corrected / kept in line? I don't think his attendings were out of line, and I don't think MDs-in-training should be coddled (I don't think anyone in real life should be coddled tbh).

I was mostly joking. Yeah residency is all about pruning and molding residents, with discipline if needed. However, if said resident is a psychopath and gets pissed off at a certain doctor, that's when bad stuff happens.

[SammyJr]

got accepted to medical school yesterday in miami my hometown !

[zonee2k]

got accepted to medical school yesterday in miami my hometown !

Congrats, youll save a lot of time and resources (and lost relationships) by being in your hometown

[vik66]

UAB = U A Bitch. lmao I chanted that incessantly when UAB came to my college for basketball.

Damn that's incredibly competitive, but makes sense given the weight of the name.
The new city experience is huge for me since as everyone says this is the last "free" summer the rest of my life. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has a summer program for M1s and you can look up the research each individual lab does, that's really standing out to me right now.

Only thing that's holding me back is that I want to work here in Omaha as a bartender during the College World Series June 17-27 (this would be my 4th year). I would make an easy mid-4 digits in 11 days but obviously most research programs except my home institution wouldn't let me do that.

Most programs will give you some time off, my hours were really flexible, but 11 days is a lot.....Good research will help a lot for residency, take a knee on the bartending this summer, i know its tempting brah, but there will be plenty of money in your future derm career

got accepted to medical school yesterday in miami my hometown !

Congrats brah!

[DoctorGetSwole]

EM, cards, and CCM all pay well. Don't factor in money. It sounds like you want EM, but you didn't really flesh out your likes and dislikes much. Can always do CCM after

I like the acuity in EM but tbh most of EM is low acuity/BS

What appeals to me in CCM is the prospect of high complexity problems, the level of expertise you achieve (the pulm/ccm docs I've met seem to be very knowledgeable), and having time to concentrate intensely on a few patients vs having little time with a lot of patients and trying to just get patients out of the ED

Both have cool procedures but some of the EM ones are just crazy neato like US pericardialcentesis or radical thoracotomy

Oh and EM gets to wear cargo pants

[incomingbrOMS]

Oh and EM gets to wear cargo pants

Solidifying my choice of CCM..

[SwiftRick]

got accepted to medical school yesterday in miami my hometown !

Congrats broham

[MakeABanana]

I like the acuity in EM but tbh most of EM is low acuity/BS

What appeals to me in CCM is the prospect of high complexity problems, the level of expertise you achieve (the pulm/ccm docs I've met seem to be very knowledgeable), and having time to concentrate intensely on a few patients vs having little time with a lot of patients and trying to just get patients out of the ED

Both have cool procedures but some of the EM ones are just crazy neato like US pericardialcentesis or radical thoracotomy

Oh and EM gets to wear cargo pants

Do you like an endless wave of 90+ year old gomers who want to die being kept alive indefinitely hooked up to every tube and line available? Then you'll enjoy CCM.

Forreal though, besides that, if I would stay in internal medicine, I would have done CCM.

[HI_KKM]

wow logged on after reading about BalconyBrah

we're all gonna make it brahs!!!

[dxw]

Unaware of balconybrah

[Lafakad]

For you brahs applying to prelim years, how many interviews are u going on? I'm at 2 TY/2 Prelim medicine so far. Do these invites typically come out later?

[Mirrox]

Just realized that med school is a lot different in the USA. Im 18 and in med school, but in the USA you have to get a bachelor first before you can apply for med school?

wow logged on after reading about BalconyBrah

we're all gonna make it brahs!!!

He even appeared in Dutch news lol

[Geoloop]

Just realized that med school is a lot different in the USA. Im 18 and in med school, but in the USA you have to get a bachelor first before you can apply for med school?

but who was Wikipedia.

you better start using it if you want to make it in med school.

wow logged on after reading about BalconyBrah

we're all gonna make it brahs!!!

anything new about balconybrah?

[Flapjacko]

Just a tip for people applying a specific state, periodically check eras to see if new programs open up in that state/city, because I was going through the list of florida programs to see if i missed something and i saw a new one just pop up. Apparently Naples Florida got a new internal medicine program that was accredited october 4th and just got their eras number.

anything new about balconybrah?

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He was just found not guilty today.

[Geoloop]

Just a tip for people applying a specific state, periodically check eras to see if new programs open up in that state/city, because I was going through the list of florida programs to see if i missed something and i saw a new one just pop up. Apparently Naples Florida got a new internal medicine program that was accredited october 4th and just got their eras number.




He was just found not guilty today.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1279778801

good for him, now time to sue all those fkers that destroyed his image.

[Mirrox]

but who was Wikipedia.

you better start using it if you want to make it in med school.

lol they strongly discourage us to use wikipedia as a source of information.

[WeekndOrNah]

lol they strongly discourage us to use wikipedia as a source of information.

We have case study small groups and we wikipedia everything related to the case and even use wikipedia during the discussion.

10 years ago yea Wikipedia frowned upon, but now it's pretty stringently moderated and annotated and has proper citations to support the information.

[Flapjacko]

Just got invited by the Heme/Onc fellows to go to dinner tonight, no thanks. I have a problem fraternizing with people who write my evals.

[MakeABanana]

Just got invited by the Heme/Onc fellows to go to dinner tonight, no thanks. I have a problem fraternizing with people who write my evals.

Go smash, dude.

[WeekndOrNah]

Hemisecting cadaver (male) pelvis tomorrow

My cawk/balls/buttcrack have been extremely uncomfortable ever since watching the dissection video. I don't think I can mentally and physically bring myself to do it.

[ScandiPhag]

Any brahs here taken the Behavioural Science or the Biochemistry NBME shelf exam? I'm doing BRS and uWorld for both, but would really like some tips!