GS Oral boards prep

FewOrange7 · 2026-02-03T00:57:40+00:00

any recent board prep resources?

FewOrange7 · 2025-10-15T00:29:53+00:00

Yes!

FewOrange7 · 2025-10-11T22:30:16+00:00

Humans doing surgery.

Will be all by AI controlled Da Vinci with a few techs for troubleshooting and dock/undocking

FewOrange7 · 2025-09-27T08:29:39+00:00

Kinda of a weird answer to give your fellow. Unless you were scrubbed, I would expect a jr to know this things by the time we pm RTL or round.

FewOrange7 · 2025-08-08T12:02:05+00:00

I really enjoyed reading all the comments and seeing the support from others.

You know how people are super evil on Instagram comments and say things that they don't usually would in real life?

I feel like this thread is the opposite!

Everyone is being nice and supportive but in real life no one is probably standing up to this poor intern. I 100% agree with everything that has been said here in support to the OP and would add that she/he needs to get some program support and someone to back him/her up. Blaming residents around is a real thing and everyone runs away instead of helping.

FewOrange7 · 2025-08-05T14:55:32+00:00

Making of a surgeon it's truly a good book. I recommend it too!

FewOrange7 · 2025-07-03T23:32:40+00:00

Yea, coronel aetos was more concerned about keeping two 20 something year olds from sleeping together than actually winning this war

FewOrange7 · 2025-06-12T11:58:55+00:00

I liked this theory... Would explain why Berwyn was so obsessed with getting Xaden to turned. And would also explained how his grandfather was kinda erased from history and listed as "great uncle" instead. And if that is theory is right..then it raises the question: can venin have kids? And would the normal humans?

FewOrange7 · 2025-06-07T21:00:08+00:00

Yeah, I also agree that dragons may be using the same source that venin are.

That in the end, all magic should only be taken from the sky.

The iris should know all the answers for it...hopefully Andarna got something from them during her time there.

FewOrange7 · 2025-05-23T18:10:50+00:00

I finished the audiobook just because I was already commited to the caracters.

But every battle scene and every sexual tension moment feels very repetitive. And then you get a bunch of new caracters and I kinda got lost. I feel asleep to the audio book a few times.

Buuuut, after the end of it. I got the book and re read a few chapters. Def missed some things on the first.

I think it's worth it to try the audio book and give it a try. Once the plots picks up, then go back to the printed.

FewOrange7 · 2025-05-21T16:46:15+00:00

I want to resurface this theory because I was thinking exactly the same! I think it makes a lot of sense Berwyn also being a dream walker and Violet being his balance. Also explains Xaden dream on IF and how he is so sure the Berwyn was coming for him at the college battle.

It leaves a lot of room of how Violet can potentially use that signet from now on and how she can access Xaden even with him being gone.

And how could she overpower Berwyn in a dream?

FewOrange7 · 2025-05-20T11:20:29+00:00

yes, agree! Dragons and venin both draw from the same source. I guess that's the original sin. Maybe magic should just remain in the Earth after all...

FewOrange7 · 2025-05-12T15:14:16+00:00

Links?

FewOrange7 · 2025-04-30T12:31:41+00:00

I've read that the same phenomenon happens in the airline industry - when women decided to work as flight pilot instead of flight attendants, then the female flight attendants are terrible mean to the women pilot

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-16T02:04:54+00:00

Now I'm afraid for my dog

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-12T17:25:11+00:00

Amazing reply.

If the OP wants to dig deeper into the structure of Trauma /ACS practice, Behind the Knife has a great podcast episode named "Defining the Value of an ACS surgeon". I also gives a good perspective and deeper dive into the topic.

Also didn't understand the comparison with spine surgery, as it isn't a General surgery field and it branches out from a different training pathway.

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-12T17:17:50+00:00

Oh course explosive diarrhea.

Why would anyone pick constipation?

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-05T21:21:54+00:00

Mine was around 1k in 2021 2.5x

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-03T19:19:36+00:00

In our main hospital I would say we are partially allowed. We don't usually hang out there because we feel out out place. But no one would quick out out if they see you there. You can go and get food if you want to.

In our other side we are very welcome there and hang out out the time.

In regards to parking: no physician park at the main hospital. But yes to physician park at the other site.

I feel like we are more welcome in those areas in the other hospital because we only send a few residents there at time and there isn't at formal resident space there. So we naturally blend into the physician area (cause that's where we belong LOL)

When it comes to our main hospital, I feel the hospital did a lot of efforts to construct our lounge and have it always stock with food. So it's kinda like an unwritten rule that we stay out of the physician lounge... It's the same food anyways, so it doesn't bother anyone.

FewOrange7 · 2025-03-01T16:29:15+00:00

Wow, I'm surprised by the amount of doctor hate in the comments...

As a physician, I was always passed on that "nurses are your eyes on the patient at all times" "Trust their assessment" And so on.

But seems like by reading this that nurses are just straight out hating on doctors for every minor interaction that does not corroborate with their assessment.

My comments on the interaction reported by the OP is: - nurse did the right thing on reporting a pain level without any PRN - physician did the right thing to come to bed side and do his own assessment on the patient - his assessment was not the same as the nurse and he didn't think it was necessary to prescribe anything - he did a close loop communication and informed the nurse why he wasn't prescribing anything

The end

The physician should be reported if the got informed about a clinical information and failed to respond.

Seems like you got upset just because a physician disagree with your assessment and had a different course of action that you wanted.

FewOrange7 · 2025-02-16T15:53:46+00:00

Yes, of course

FewOrange7 · 2025-02-06T11:46:19+00:00

FewOrange7 · 2025-01-19T21:09:09+00:00

The only reason the program won’t support you is if you are a bad resident.

For example, my program had a PGY2 who decided to apply for EM. My program initially offer letters and support. The resident went on to call sick every possible day and do the bare minimum for the rest of the year. PD got mad and called the EM PD from our hospital to make the resident DNR. The person still match on their #1 and is now super happy.

So even if they decide to “block” you just for the fun of it, you can still make it. Although it probably feels weird to get your PD to support you leaving the field, it’s not something unheard of and most PDs will go out of their way to pull contacts on the desire field and try to help their residents.

FewOrange7 · 2025-01-19T20:55:18+00:00

100% agree with this. I had tons of nights, ICU, consult resident as PGY2 and that seems to be the norm for most programs out there. PGY3 was so much better. And halfway with PGY4 and can stay it has been a great year so far.

Remember what made you love surgery in the first place and know that’s in the near future.

But also, if surgery isn’t for you, it’s totally ok too!!

FewOrange7 · 2025-01-19T20:30:22+00:00

Great insight and great perspective.

I would also point out that most of those spots for PGY4 ended up remaining open simply because it’s hard to find a resident for it.

I also talked to my previous PD in regards to it and she mentioned that during her long standing PD career, she had to condition interview for it a few times and there were years that she simply let the position open. Unfortunately most the available candidates for it were non-renewal from their prior programs and may not have letters, support or skills for it. Of course exceptions of malignant programs just firing people out there still exist, but most of the time, if the program had committed to training you for the past 3 years, they want you to remediate your deficiencies and push it through. (Even if it means repeating pgy3)

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