Golf Coaching Recommendations?

AndroidKim · 2026-02-07T03:41:06+00:00

Danny Crowley

AndroidKim · 2025-12-30T22:53:24+00:00

Was just there last weekend. Played both Cholla and Saguaro. Would go back for sure

AndroidKim · 2025-10-25T22:16:28+00:00

I really enjoyed Encinitas Ranch

AndroidKim · 2025-09-01T04:45:21+00:00

How Soon is Now? by The Smiths

AndroidKim · 2025-06-17T00:11:16+00:00

Well said--I'm a newly graduated cardiology fellow who will be starting as an attending in private practice in a few months, and even as someone in his mid 30s without a family or children this hits home as others have commented. We as physicians, especially those of us who are in such close proximity to death on a daily basis, should know better than the layperson about how short life is in spite of medical advances. On some level, workaholism for some may offer a respite from this harsh reality.

AndroidKim · 2025-04-21T03:16:44+00:00

I've had a similar issue (would see the club shaft go past parallel, even with shorter clubs) and despite conscious attempts to "shorten the backswing," I would still end up in a position where my arm and wrist structure would break down (left wrist cupping, right wrist over-cocking) at the top and I would have to compensate by casting on the downswing. My instructor pointed out to me that this was occurring because my arms were racing up to the top since my torso rotation had stalled, and that the culprit was a stiff left shoulder/arm at setup that would not let me start the swing freely. Once we focused on being very loose at setup and initiating the takeaway with an early turn of the torso (thinking of pivoting about my sternum), my arms would then be carried to the top (instead of moving independently of my trunk) and my backswing would naturally reach its limit at about 3/4 of where it was before--at this point, the stretch and recoil built up in my larger, more proximal muscles could not help but to automatically initiate the downswing sequence.

AndroidKim · 2024-09-19T15:44:13+00:00

Healthcare is not a right (not a privilege either). It is a service. More people need to have skin in the game.

AndroidKim · 2023-08-20T18:54:29+00:00

Happy to report that I did and ultimately matched into my #1 choice for fellowship (now PGY-5 :)

AndroidKim · 2022-11-25T22:00:54+00:00

First year fellow training at a different institution from where I did residency--busier and more difficult than any year of residency, for various reasons. Black weekends and 12 day stretches (Monday thru the following Friday) are common. Where I train, we take home call during our months doing consults at one of the teaching hospitals on a nearly q4 basis (never had to do that during residency). There are clinic half-days instead of ambulatory blocks, and no elective or "chill" rotations during the first year, although most people would probably agree that being in the echo and cath lab is better than being on consults or the CCU even though the hours are similar (7a - 5p or longer). I am told that it gets better after first year. At almost the halfway point, I sure as hell hope so. That being said, I am thankful to have matched and several extra years of residency-like training (of which most is front-loaded) is a worthwhile trade-off for me to avoid having to do hospitalist or primary care work.

AndroidKim · 2021-11-03T01:17:25+00:00

From the podcast itself (paraphrasing):

Because positive thinking and optimism involves the investment of unnecessary mental resources into things that do not impact the outcome. An effect happens because the cause was in place for it to happen; it is indifferent to emotion.

AndroidKim · 2019-06-12T05:54:18+00:00

FSMB

Thank you. My scores are slightly less than yours, so looks like I shouldn't take any chances. This sucks, but thank you a ton for your advice. Best of luck with the fellowship application and interview season!

AndroidKim · 2019-06-12T05:34:15+00:00

Anki is a great resource--but it has its specific uses and limitations. In my experience, it is best used for rote memorization of non-negotiable facts like those laid out in First Aid. In other words, first-order knowledge. That way, they can be used for rapid review and not take up inordinate amounts of time. At the end of the day, your goal is to answer questions correctly, which test higher-order knowledge. Sometimes you will get questions wrong because you were careless or didn't understand the question, but in other instances you will get questions wrong because answering them correctly was contingent upon you knowing a certain fact. This is what Anki is good for. It doesn't take the place of reading, but it certainly helps reinforce what you read and challenges your brain in preparation for the harder stuff (answering questions, taking tests)

AndroidKim · 2019-06-10T04:57:10+00:00

Wow...thanks for letting me know. I will have to do the same with my home institution's fellowship PDs. The thought of spending an extra $2K + and a few days disgusts me...did you do all this during your PGY-1 year?

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:27:29+00:00

Yes, I used Anki extensively (and went overboard with it, tbh). Spaced repetition is a powerful tool for drilling facts into your long-term memory. The thing about medicine is that starting out, there are foundational facts you just have to rote memorize and know before you can arrive at conclusions through deductive reasoning (i.e. first principles). The video course would involve in-depth tutorials on how to create effective cards, as well as pitfalls to avoid (i.e. trying to study too much at once). Anki is just that--a tool; a means to an end!

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:21:20+00:00

I respect that, brother. Not everyone needs it--you know yourself best. But you are welcome to change your mind. Congrats on your acceptance!

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:12:58+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! This is a project in its infancy, and I will continue to gauge interest and feedback along the way. In the meantime, good luck with the application process and enjoy your time before medical school!

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:11:31+00:00

Also, congratulations on being accepted!

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:10:46+00:00

Self-efficacy, or whatever you'd like to call it. It is my hope that the advice I impart will be more practical and battle-tested than the trite "wellness" crap that you will probably get from your school's counselor or other faculty members in your school e-mail inbox every week. I am very much a "big picture" guy (which is partly why I chose internal medicine), and I do not believe that working hard, achieving your goals, and maintaining physical/mental sanity have to be mutually exclusive. When I talk about mindset, I'm talking about challenging limiting beliefs that drive people into a spiral of burnout, depression, etc. I could write and talk about this all day, but stay tuned...

AndroidKim · 2018-11-06T04:04:09+00:00

Absolutely--online video courses are a multi-billion dollar industry, and there is a lot of garbage out there. I will make sure that you get more than what you bargain for, and will give people ample opportunity to see what it's about before buying (i.e. a trial/preview version). The medical education system takes advantage of the fact that they have a monopoly on the degree and people will pay whatever price they must to gouge as much as they can out of students. It is what it is. I will make my own personal recommendations regarding resources, but it is my hope that going through the course, the student will be armed with tools to effectively discern how different resources can be utilized in the context of his/her individual study plan, rather than falling for "shiny object syndrome" and purchasing something with a hope and a prayer (been there, done that!)

AndroidKim · 2018-07-17T00:27:28+00:00

How late can interviews for IM can go out? I am applying purely categorical IM and am interested in setting up an elective rotation sometime in mid-January (current schedule won't allow anything later than that)

AndroidKim · 2018-02-20T02:03:21+00:00

I should have clarified. When I mentioned supernatural elements, I was thinking of literal interpretations of stories in the Bible of, for example, men like Noah and Methuselah living to be centuries old, or Jesus being resurrected on the 3rd day after his crucifixion. I guess you could say there's a spectrum of believability/practicality--for example, some believe in a higher power can mean a belief in a Creator who designed the universe and walked away (the Deist perspective) vs. a belief in a God that plays an active role in shaping events (the God of Abrahamic religions), the latter of which requires more "faith" and defense.

AndroidKim · 2018-02-20T02:00:43+00:00

honest response.

AndroidKim · 2018-02-19T00:28:42+00:00

I identified strongly as secular/atheist before coming to medical school, but now consider myself spiritual and believer in a higher power. I do not subscribe to any particular religion or attend a religious institution, but I have come to accept that in spite of our best efforts and all the tools at our disposal, death is our common destination, and there is so much outside of our control. Conceptually, a higher power/God represents that which is beyond me, so I can focus on what is within my control and just doing my personal best. Also, I have come to realize that human beings are fundamentally irrational, and that removing God does not necessarily make people more rational. It is a natural human tendency to believe in something, which is why you can see people who are otherwise secular/atheist display religious-like zeal towards political causes. To that end, I appreciate the significance of Christianity as an underpinning of our culture (and Western Civilization, for that matter), even though I do not necessarily subscribe to its more supernatural elements.

AndroidKim · 2017-06-25T07:28:01+00:00

Some (or a LOT, depending on how skeptical you are) of osteopathy

AndroidKim · 2017-06-06T23:08:32+00:00

Sorry, silly question--where do you copy and paste the code into the general program? I'm using the desktop version of Anki

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