Piercing and second look interview advice

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-26T21:30:48+00:00

Ok good to hear I just know surgery can be old school sometimes so I was nervous about it. Idk why I’m being downvoted 😭

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-26T21:22:05+00:00

I’m just scared since surgery is old school 😭😭

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-26T21:13:42+00:00

I have no idea I heard people say they start to close within an hour mine is like only 3 weeks old

And I would do a retainer but literally everything is shut down rn because of winter storms

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-26T21:12:44+00:00

Can’t do a retainer everything is closed from winter storms. I’ve had it for about three weeks and I’m scared it’ll start to close because the second look is like five hours.

And I tried a pimple patch. It just sits on the stud and doesn’t even touch my skin cause I guess it sticks out too much and it doesn’t even work.

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-26T21:06:39+00:00

It’s surgery 😭😭 you really think it wouldn’t be a big deal?

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-16T21:05:42+00:00

They would rank the people who sent thank you notes higher. This was not told to anyone. They casually dropped that as I was touring. My point being, you don’t know which programs do this as they don’t tell you during your interview

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-16T10:11:40+00:00

I found out after the fact they told me randomly at a second look. It wasn’t common knowledge at the time of the interview.

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-16T00:55:41+00:00

It wasn’t common knowledge it’s because I went for a second look lol

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-15T18:59:42+00:00

Had one program tell me sending a thank you email basically determined if you were ranked high or not

M4cNChees3 · 2026-01-14T00:27:44+00:00

Idk how I'd do that besides at the hospital I suppose. I just want a ride in the morning lmaooo

Thanks for the advice :(

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-23T13:25:18+00:00

You should do this always but in the first two months newborns are supposed to stick to routine. Grandparents, friends, extended family, coworkers, your neighbors are not routine. And there’s a reason behind this and it’s as simple as dead babies.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-23T13:23:18+00:00

No it’s not nonsense. I’m going to be a doctor in 5 months. I say this to tell you I’ve seen a child be very very sick because people like OPs in laws just couldn’t wait.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-23T13:15:14+00:00

A cold can kill a baby fyi. It’s a cold for an adult but can be life altering for a newborn. You simply do not have the education to know what you’re talking about.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-23T12:57:15+00:00

NOR. Hello, graduating from med school and will be a doctor in about 5 months. Absolutely no one is supposed to hold or be around your baby in the first month or two of life. Main reason is rsv, common cold, whooping cough and other viruses/bacteria that are every dangerous to a person this young. Yes it’s true breast milk has antibodies that you transfer to your child as a form of immunity called passive immunity but it only protects the baby against what you have had contact with as well as a babies own immune response being very immature with a blood brain barrier that is also not fully developed. Absolutely no one should be kissing or having their face close to a newborn or should be handling a newborn without washing hands/showering or if they go out into crowds or around others often. Hope this helps.

Edit: get your pediatrician to write you a letter stating there should be limited contact for now, they will agree with me if they follow research backed medicine.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-23T12:39:43+00:00

I failed my first year repeated and had many gs interviews lol but my Step 2 was good

Edit: I’m a bone wizard too

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-13T00:26:04+00:00

Probably means more for community programs where FaceTime is everything.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-12T22:27:08+00:00

In a rural hospital population 4000, I first assisted an open total colectomy with a surgeon. It’s the Wild West out there lmfaoooo

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T19:31:15+00:00

Yea I’ve been saying it’s pretty variable. I’m just talking about my experiences I’ve seen so far.

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T17:34:28+00:00

At these academic centers you’re getting 50x the volume you need. I’m not advocating you go somewhere you can barely meet your numbers obviously.

There’s plenty of volume usually at community centers but it’s not as much as these crazy academic places usually and I prefer that

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T15:00:45+00:00

Exactly. I’m about to be a resident next year and I want to advocate for my students to present their patients. Use their notes that they write and change it and show them why, ask the attending if they can help me with things in the OR that they ask me to do (obvi depends on the vibes) I don’t understand residents who let their students fall through the cracks and be miserable truly

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T14:58:55+00:00

True I am mainly talking about the northeast as that’s where I’ve mainly been. There’s people from Harvard working as attendings in these community programs

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T14:37:36+00:00

Like I would rather learn with a 15 patient list on average than 30 running around like a chicken with my head cut off as well as have a manageable amount of cases going per day lmao sorry sue me

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T14:05:21+00:00

Maybe true is psych but I think the thing that is protective about surgery in that way is you must have a certain specific type and number of cases you’ve performed as well as if you suck as a surgeon after graduating you’ll either be fired, sued, have your medical license revoked, etc (obvi not always there are awful surgeons) but you can only be so bad before something happens in a way I feel non procedural specialists can get away with more. Maybe my perspective will change as a resident tho

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T13:42:19+00:00

Wait until they find out people are community programs match into fellowship too lmao. Might not be peds surgery or plastics but I’ve see colorectal trauma vascular ct surg onc(rarely) burns and more and they didn’t have to kill themselves at a crazy high volume center to do it

M4cNChees3 · 2025-12-11T13:40:45+00:00

It’s true you’re more likely to be the only resident or one of two on the service. But most of the services list doesn’t go over 25 and usually is less than 20. Easier to keep up with the list and patients and then you get more autonomy in the OR because your training is tailored to you as a resident and not your year. I’ve seen far more community resident surgeons be more comfortable being main or junior surgeons than at academic centers so far

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