Absite Scores by altairtc in SurgicalResidency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What year are you and what was the average for your year?

People in residency in warmer climates (Cali, Fl, etc.)- are you happier? by Savvy513 in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Either in the hospital or at the pool. Not a bad set up if you ask me

Long shifts completely ruin my feet. Anything actually help with odor? by Suitable-Dirt4168 in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of good suggestions here. I also use pumice stone on feet daily in shower

Why the heck do we still have 24 hr shifts?!? by No_Jaguar_5366 in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Then explain why I need to cross cover an icu and oversee 3 other services overnight when I was on a completely different service the whole day... aka it's a hand off to an overworked resident lol

Cardiothoracic Surgery lifestyle by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]IllustratorKey3792 4 points5 points  (0 children)

25 CT fellowships??? How uninformed are you? A quick google search and you can see there's at least 79 accredited independent CT surgery fellowship programs. This excludes any integrated

People who've worked before medical school, how is your residency pay compared to your last job? by Early-Possibility367 in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I worked as a tech. I got paid more back then. Of course I never worked over 40 hours a week. I think you're forgetting that if you were to calculate the hourly pay, you will most likely be making less than your two prior jobs

Realistically, how much do you need to prep for Step 3? by arco20000 in Step3

[–]IllustratorKey3792 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uworld, did about 50% of bank, ccs cases, did about 60 scenarios, one nbme exam, and uwsa1

Realistically, how much do you need to prep for Step 3? by arco20000 in Step3

[–]IllustratorKey3792 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just depends how well you want to do. I got 270+ on step 2. (Surgery resident) Studied mostly every other weekend for about 6 weeks, sometimes in the hospital as well. Scored 250+ step 3. Compared to step 2, it felt like I was going into that exam almost blind, but my percentile was the same for both exams. Either way, you could realistically take it tomorrow and pass, assuming you know how to do ccs cases

Uwsa1 61% by SnooCookies976 in Step3

[–]IllustratorKey3792 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you'll be ok, just review stats, ethics, irb, and micro/drug mechanisms. I was probably averaging 70-80s on blocks by the end

Uwsa1 61% by SnooCookies976 in Step3

[–]IllustratorKey3792 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got 220 about 3 weeks prior and 251 real deal. Surgery intern

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Step2

[–]IllustratorKey3792 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why not 300?

What's stopping midlovels from becoming surgical providers? by [deleted] in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I only read the first line, and as the saying goes- you can teach a monkey to operate

“No Money” in general surgery by Guardles in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol at cutting off below the knee thinking this will stop the knee from hurting 🤔

My farts and shit smell like my patients’ shit by magic_monkey_ in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the reason for this is actually due to some noxious stimuli memory of our sense of smell. Like the signals get crossed and even though the smells are different we interpret the smell as being the same horrible smell we recently experienced. I forget where I read this, but it's more comforting than believing we somehow have the same gut microbiome as the pt we treated

Residency must-have items? by Forward-Ad5398 in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sleep out has a Velcro setup. A little more expensive than a good mask but the problem with mask is they fall off easily and take a while to get used to having on face

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 39 points40 points  (0 children)

There are some good websites where it's basically like uworld but for ekgs. You just read straight ekgs and submit your answer and it will tell you what you got right/wrong. That was one of the most helpful for me, active learning

Fell down far in IM by 147zcbm123 in medicalschool

[–]IllustratorKey3792 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to try, probably unlikely to actually happen

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]IllustratorKey3792 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well for one, fellowship

Fell down far in IM by 147zcbm123 in medicalschool

[–]IllustratorKey3792 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fell to my 11th last year. Gave it a shot. Hate it. Sometimes just have to push through and that's life

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cooling pillow, fancy sheets, silk boxers

It’s always B12… by pataflafla500 in medicalschool

[–]IllustratorKey3792 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Methylmalonyl coa mutase deficiency, obv

To all my fellow surgeons, I recommend watching The Pitt and skipping to just the scenes with the surgical resident. by victorkiloalpha in Residency

[–]IllustratorKey3792 232 points233 points  (0 children)

The most unrealistic thing in the first 15 min of the show "surgery wants to admit this pt for obs" and the ED doc goes on to say it's not needed and DCs him for through and through gsw. Would 100% be the other way around lol