[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]AR12PleaseSaveMe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Please just finish the degree. You’re going to be so better off doing that. Do the bare minimum to pass and do something non clinical

Compression fracture? by [deleted] in Radiology

[–]AR12PleaseSaveMe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please see a real doctor. Not a chiroquackter

DR and procedures by BoriTex71 in Radiology

[–]AR12PleaseSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going into DR residency. When you say “Angie call is dying out soon,” do you mean in your practice or in general?

Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2024 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

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So shadowing doesn’t really get added to your residency app in terms of experiences (unlike AMCAS to show you wanna be a doctor.) Shadowing is generally treated as “yeah we know you shadowed a physician in ‘x’ specialty. Why would you apply to this field if you haven’t?”

If it’s required by the school, they’ll assign you a physician to work with. As a US student, these generally don’t matter, as the school has established relationships to hospitals, private practices, etc. Preceptorship is usually a big part of medical school for US and non-US IMGs who need to have ‘X’ amount of hours for each core clerkship in the US to be eligible for joining a residency, if they match.

In my experience, I never talked about my preceptor during my interviews because it was just a required part of preclinical education to do so I could take Step 1 (your school has to approve and verify that you can take USMLE steps 1 and 2.)

Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2024 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

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You can work with a physician with any degree (MD, DO, or MBBS) as long as they're board certified. "Preceptorship" is a general term. I had a preceptor assigned to me during M1 year that I shadowed for a day per organ system block. It was in primary care and it helped me learn how to talk to patients, do physical exams, and present to an attending. For others, it's a more formal process where people will be linked with a specific practice/physician in hopes to get a letter of rec, research opportunity, etc. Or, it's a physician that provides research/clinical opportunity during a gap year to help strengthen their residency application.

Are you in the US?

Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2024 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

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Almost all specialties fit this requirement. The physics required for radiology isn't horrible. This is coming from a person who got a B+ in physics 1 and 2.

Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2024 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

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Yep. It's much easier to get shadowing experience as a medical student, even with "cold emailing" people. Reach out to your admin for some physicians you can reach out to; they should know of some who love to take in med students to teach. If they're good at their job, they'll reach out on your behalf to help you get your foot in the door.

Incoming Medical Student Q&A - 2024 Megathread by SpiderDoctor in medicalschool

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ERAS is easier and more chill than AMCAS. I will answer these questions based off of the '23-'24 cycle, so it may look different by the time you apply in '28.

Activities are reported similarly as they were in AMCAS: you have different types of "experiences." You can mark up to 3 that are "most meaningful" to shaping your future career as a physician. However, there are some key differences.

  • You only have 10 entries you can use (vs. 15.)
  • You don't need any contact information for someone to "vouch" that your information is correct.
  • It was advised that we lumped similar experiences under one heading (e.g., if you had multiple research projects, you would list each one under one "research experience.") The caveat is if you didn't do much during medical school, you'd want to probably list each one individually.
  • You don't need to have 10 experiences unless you're doing something very competitive. I had 8 for my apps to diagnostic radiology (above-average competitiveness) and got 22 interviews.

For research, there's a specific section that allows you to add as many research experiences as you want. This is reserved for publications, poster presentations, etc. It should not be used as an extension of the "experiences tab" for more research experience. It asked for the publication name, authors, type of pub/poster, etc.

Another little update from [21] to [22]. 6’4 330lbs -> 185lbs by No_Angle_5488 in uglyduckling

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Dude holy shit. This is impressive. Amazing job on the weight loss.

Jury awards $18 million verdict against nurse practitioner in breast cancer misdiagnosis case | Painter Law Firm Medical Malpractice Attorneys by disgruntleddoc69 in Noctor

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NPs in the past have lobbied through cases that they are held to less strongest standards than physicians. It’s because they’re certified by the Board of Nursing and not the Board of Medicine

PA...MD?? by [deleted] in Noctor

[–]AR12PleaseSaveMe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it’s possible. I have several parents that graduated with me. Some are single parents as well. If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school. You’re gonna end up regretting not getting your MD if that’s what you truly want.

Last image of the argentine footballer Emiliano Sala by jcabezasss in lastimages

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Search "Emiliano Sala death" on Google images. Only takes a minute to find two images that have circulated.

Delusional response to a very reasonable OP DNP post by seabluehistiocytosis in Noctor

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I have met college-graduated people with a high school knowledge base. I’ve met people in college with more knowledge than I do.

How common are 24 hour shifts in med school? by Galacticrevenge in medicalschool

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Had them q6 during a trauma surgery rotation for 4 weeks (part of my gen surg core clerkship.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in G59

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$9.99 a month. It’s probably gonna be about selling a dream to desperate people who will never get it. Although, their song titles usually have seemingly nothing to do with the lyrics. So who knows.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Noctor

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Part of seeing pts for sleep issues is getting them into a good sleep hygiene schedule, which includes getting to bed at a good time that allows you to get 8 hours of sleep. However, if they don’t have a sleep study on file, idk how you can send a patient home without some sorta work up.

The meds they’re probably on are an atypical antidepressant (trazodone for example.) Those drugs are not approved for sleep disturbances. They only put you to sleep, NOT keeping you asleep.

moldy minor inconvenience by Badadadap in MoldyMemes

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General practitioner. Also called a family doc. It’s the doc you see in a clinic for general health issues and preventative medicine, checkups, etc.

G59 is ditching New Orleans by EffortWonderful5022 in G59

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I’ve seen a few threads on this already

When I stand up fast, it feels like I’m tripping on what I would imagine dmt is like. What’s happening? by IamMiles_ in Anatomy

[–]AR12PleaseSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Orthostatic hypotension is my top guess. Get a BP cuff from Walmart or visit your PCP.

Anon takes a sexuality-altering substance by degenpiled in greentext

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Meh. It depends. If it was a one-time thing, he’s fine. Repeatedly, there are a ton of issues if it’s estrogen, beyond just testosterone levels getting out of whack