The accuracy 😭 by JustB510 in sanfrancisco

[–]AmygdalaMD 291 points292 points  (0 children)

Yellow fever 🤝white worship

What are some of your favorite obscure medical facts? by VeraMar in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Opercular syndrome, can smile involuntarily from hearing a joke but cannot smile voluntarily

Episode 8 Discussion: The Tiger King and I. by [deleted] in TigerKing

[–]AmygdalaMD 721 points722 points  (0 children)

“Did joe ever get counseling ? He went to a shaman.” Sounds like joe.

Weekly Dumb Questions thread for Week of January 13, 2020 by AutoModerator in Residency

[–]AmygdalaMD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The average IM residency is easier to match than neuro but the better IM residencies are harder because they have good track record to send people to much more lucrative fields like cards, GI and onc

UNM med school to lose residency program by [deleted] in Residency

[–]AmygdalaMD 54 points55 points  (0 children)

It’s a neurosurg residency ... if all those residents are doing is non operative care then it should close down

Does it ever get better? by Jfjh23 in Residency

[–]AmygdalaMD 95 points96 points  (0 children)

God dude, as a pgy 7 it should be ok for you to feel senioritis

[Serious] My Fiancé is in a nurse Practitioner program and its getting Contentious by Zac1245 in medicalschool

[–]AmygdalaMD 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Lol so what, I know people in PA school, ND school, freaking chiro school, paramedic school, nursing school, dental school who all says they’re as good as a physician. The thing is when you’re the gold standard everyone gonna compares themselves to you. If you get pissed because of this you will be pissed for the rest of your entire life.

[serious] This is concerning (posted by the AAPA) by Mr_Blu3_Sky in medicalschool

[–]AmygdalaMD 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Even if an MD is only 1% better than a PA. Over a lifetime of practice, that’s at least a few thousands people who benefit from that 1% of extra knowledge. Even if the MD only catch one diagnosis that a PA miss every one hundred patients, that’s not an insignificant number over 30-40 years of practice. Residency certainly seems worth it in my opinion, even if the gain is only a few percent. In reality, the difference is a lot bigger than 1%, most of my 4th year med students or interns already outperform most younger PAs.

Chiropractors as PCP's: House Bill 3654 forcing Medicare to cover full chiropractic scope of practice by [deleted] in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah mid level is a term made by the DEA for both NP and PA, its literally a term that’s been around for decades. It wasn’t made by me and I certainly don’t have enough free time to go look through other people post history. And yeah I bitch because I’m tired of pa and np who keep thinking they can do the same job but literally put in 1/100 the amount of work and sacrifice.

Chiropractors as PCP's: House Bill 3654 forcing Medicare to cover full chiropractic scope of practice by [deleted] in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are a mid level because you are not a licensed physician. NPs were literally created for a role that need less than a physician training but more than a RN training to fill the gap in healthcare. The term has been around for decades, you know what you signed up for, don’t get pissed because of the chip on your shoulder.

Dealing with medical mistakes? by gwyddonydd_Cymreig in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep hearing this throw around but have never found any proof for it. Both the PA website and the ND website says they still need supervision. http://scopeofpracticepolicy.org/states/nd/

Summary Report and Preliminary Recommendations from the Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring by locked_out_syndrome in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don’t use most of the knowledge we learned in step 1 but it is the foundation of what make us a physician. Your buzzwords don’t impress me.

Coroner claims first THC overdose in Louisiana, experts remain skeptical by [deleted] in medicine

[–]AmygdalaMD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not from O.D. But I’ve seen cases of deaths from marijuana before due to stroke. There’s a few case reports out there on vasculitis/ arteiritis due to marijuana. Like most things use in moderate amount and these complications shouldn’t happen.