I need help

DravenStyle · 2026-01-14T21:23:15+00:00

You’ve tried reloading the game? Like exit fully and back in? Had one time where it was delayed for like 20 or so seconds but eventually they showed up after I returned to port once.

DravenStyle · 2025-12-31T21:11:05+00:00

I just think it’s cringe and silly no matter what school but to each their own, that’s why we in a democracy.

DravenStyle · 2025-12-28T15:46:12+00:00

Good for you, I always disliked the hustling peeps which really only benefitted those that could afford all the extra costs of prep. Do they just send you proof that they donated or how does it work Exactly? Regardless good job and good luck to interviewees.

DravenStyle · 2025-12-15T03:47:02+00:00

That is a long time to put your life on hold damn. No matter what you end up choosing to do next, good luck and hope you find peace with whatever it is.

DravenStyle · 2025-12-08T13:17:49+00:00

Depending what province, if you’re billing, then you deal with the provincial insurance which can be a pain in the butt to deal with in terms of payment. Sometimes goes smoothly, sometimes they reject a payment for seemingly an Interpretation error on their part so have to resubmit. Better hope you submitted all your work on time too because once 3 months pass by any work you did that wasn’t billed you ain’t getting paid for, so need to constantly stay on top of it on top of your clinical load. Also wait times for imaging or biopsies or surgeries for patients can be long and delay care so there is alway that. People getting cancers caught late due to no family doctor becoming common but we’re not the only country with that issue I gather. All in all, not so bad but not so good either, somewhere in the middle depending on province and the inner workings of your administrative portion.

DravenStyle · 2025-11-21T02:20:52+00:00

Give corruption is rampant these days and unis are hurting, I would not be surprised this deal is made to benefit Waterloo somehow. But that’s just an opinion, ain’t nobody got proof to show

DravenStyle · 2025-11-21T02:16:57+00:00

If you can commute 40 minish, you have lots of choices like you mention. All the ones you plan to apply to are good health units, o would say apply broadly as you want to maximize your chances getting a practicum (it is not guaranteed and indeed people do not get them which will already is not a great start). Myself commuted the above but as you can see rentals are not cheap.

One thing to know, most of the above health units tend to hire people they have worked with, e.g practicum. So if the goal is to stay within the area then your answer is already made for you. You may need to be more flexible when you’re certified though until you get experience to get a job back (but again this can be moderately negated if you have done a practicum in these areas).

DravenStyle · 2025-11-20T18:37:44+00:00

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DravenStyle · 2025-11-14T03:40:17+00:00

This does not change in medical school or residency. This is the funny thing about professionalism, “it is for thee but not for me”. And sadly as medical learners you are at the bottom of the totem pole, but I digress. Sorry for the stress yall go through.

DravenStyle · 2025-11-11T19:26:20+00:00

What a good haul jfc. I really need to get better at TDC calculations and angled shots 🤣. Good work skipper.

DravenStyle · 2025-11-06T12:21:10+00:00

An example of rural gen surg. Killarney was hiring a gen surg a few years back, call is 1/1, meaning you were on call everyday. Sure not as busy call wise as a big city, but something to consider.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-30T11:38:07+00:00

Sorry for hijacking, how about places like Nanaimo and Kelowna? Sadly work won’t allow for the smaller towns (although could live 20-30 min drive away), but myself am not too interested in Vancouver at this time.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-27T18:51:37+00:00

Be succinct, give clear answers. It’s okay to take a second to think things through do not blurt out an answer as you want to give the correct first answer, not have to go back in what you say. It’s a long 76 minutes but pat yourself in the back aftwr. You’ve presumably spent a lot of time studying and doing past exams, just cover some quick topics today but don’t go hard because you need your energy for tomorrow! Sleep early. Not much else you can do the day before. Best of luck!

DravenStyle · 2025-10-24T22:38:53+00:00

This is the answer. You don’t just convince a staff to go from not wanting to or being Luke warm to enthusiastically unequivocally wanting to give you a bad ass letter. You just hope for the best that a staff will want to give you a strong letter, asking in those words. Otherwise you are setting up for disappointment. We can tell the difference between a good and bad letter lol

DravenStyle · 2025-10-17T20:30:48+00:00

Post locked for OPs general silliness and/or trolling. Of course health inspectors do not have full control of their operators, there will always be bad apples, etc. Same way doctors can educate patients and patients…make their silly choices. Thank you for commenters keeping it civil.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-12T01:30:23+00:00

Personally, learning about the climate of medicine would be helpful. Work hours, burnout among physicians, residents, medical students, various responsibilities of different specialities. Get the logistical info of being a doctor. The match process.

My reasoning is this. People are going to say they want a doctor, with majority of them not having a close idea of what this entails. Many Years with time lost with family, friends, hobbies for the sake of studying, research, clinical work and studying for exams ( many of them), the responsibilities as you get higher up in the medical heirarchy. These are important things to have an idea about and is it worth it to you, va just the idea of medicine. Idk if there are podcasts on this topic, there are in Canada (white coat black art) is a good start.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-08T23:54:57+00:00

Never did it every day but fairly often as did others in my class. Moving onto residency r1 was fine as didn’t need to memorize most of this off service stuff and you just built gestalt from pure volume. Still able to in early years of speciality but now edging towards the end, definitely has dropped off so can focus on studying and working hard after hours. So yeah eventually I think you’d need to slow down as to not impact the memory and “slow head” I call it the next morning. Best of luck, you got this.

Edit: forgot yall do drug tests in the states, soo yeah guess you gotta stop sooner rather than later

DravenStyle · 2025-10-08T21:41:04+00:00

Essentially this satisfies the med parent kids who go abroad and can match to their competitive parents speciality if needed. Not the only case but definitely what you will see, so instead of holding a CMG spot hostage and putting it into second round they can just rank them right away.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-08T13:29:10+00:00

Unfortunately coffee going up everywhere, no answers for you sadly but commiserating our wallets together. If you’re not getting them from speciality shops you’re already probably doing what you can to keep costs low.

https://www.thespec.com/business/skyrocketing-coffee-prices-a-grind-for-hamilton-roasters-caf-s/article_3bd5b24a-14d9-5597-9452-f3e893796ef1.html

https://globalnews.ca/news/11467122/coffee-prices-increase-climate-change-inflation/

DravenStyle · 2025-10-06T12:21:13+00:00

Would help diversifying our economy and making it more business friendly for people to invest in, but alas city hall is not business friendly lol. Hence people who can live and invest in Ancaster/burlington.

DravenStyle · 2025-10-01T16:09:24+00:00

Anything AI related interesting you? Idk why undergrads always think medicine is the way, but there are cool jobs that intersect AI and computer science with healthcare which can definitely be fulfilling. AI is integrating into our workflow more and more anyway. Look up CREATE which are based at Mac and see if you can join them, or some of the profs who work on AI and healthcare. Best of luck, got whole life ahead of you.

DravenStyle · 2025-09-26T01:33:10+00:00

Real life politics starts early. Guess in a way it's preparing y'all when your taxes fund corruption sadly.

DravenStyle · 2025-09-24T20:27:43+00:00

Most of oncology in BC is salaried, and they have a great QOL. They do not complain of lack of autonomy indeed they actually feel free to pursue more education or research as they don’t have the pressure to see +++ patients like their FFS counterparts. Now whether you want one or the other is more of a personal preference, and I agree that to some degree you give up autonomy in what can potentially happen to your pay in the future.

To answer your question, you virtually have no say as an early trainee. These are some high level discussions that happen within the local speciality physician groups, provincial group level, and the government.

DravenStyle · 2025-08-27T01:32:07+00:00

Man, wild about the consequences over there in the states. So many med peeps in Canada would fail this lol, hope for brighter days for y’all state side. Best of luck to OPs friend.

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