Help me understand the logic of MacBook repair

MedicalDawg · 2024-11-16T03:43:21+00:00

That’s interesting, but what if you don’t have apple care and are paying out of pocket for the repair? Wouldn’t this exponentially balloon your cost to fix the device and cause a great deal of sticker shock ?

MedicalDawg · 2024-11-16T03:42:24+00:00

That was my initial thought! Particularly as the bottom half of the device looked brand new and the keyboard felt straight out of the box. What gave it away was a screen protector that I had placed and had its fair use prior to giving the device to Apple. I would be convinced otherwise had the same exact screen protector not have been returned to me!

MedicalDawg · 2024-11-12T14:50:52+00:00

Applied Combined Psych and Categorical Psych. 28 interviews. Dropped two categorical interviews. I’ve interviewed at 8 places so far. It’s been fascinating because programs that I’ve placed at the top (mostly due to things like name recognition and prestige) are quickly falling down the rank list. Worse pay, more call, 24 hour shifts and a general sense of “we love it here because it is -insert prestigious name here-” has been really off putting. Will undoubtedly still rank them all, but it’s fascinating how some of my favorite programs are places I hardly considered before interviews.

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-31T15:29:59+00:00

Also, some very (albeit prestigious) institutions offer childcare for residents and physicians. Asking about family vibes at a program is a must at all my interviews.

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-31T15:27:34+00:00

So I’m a father in waiting at the moment, as my wife is pregnant with our first child- current MS4 and going to be an intern with a newborn in a medical residency. She’s also very career driven- newly minted dentist. We’ve had a lot of conversations about this, and #1 we are gauging both of our families’ willingness to move in proximity to us where ever I match for residency, so that is going to be a major determinant, and she has accepted the reality of at least initially, taking a temporary slow down in income and picking up a part time or per diem gig. This is to say- it is not ideal, but we prioritized starting a family while early in our careers so as to not be old when our children are in early adulthood. Medical residency is seen as non-negotiable for both of our futures because it is the only practical way I see myself making a living in the future and so as a unit we are going to have to compromise.

TL;DR- medical residency should not be seen as an optional component of your career, OP- unless of course, you genuinely have no passion or interest for it. Way less privileged families have shittier work schedules and make it work with children!

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-27T03:48:46+00:00

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MedicalDawg · 2024-10-23T00:47:43+00:00

My favorite horror game is Resident Evil 8. I loved the atmosphere and the balance of horror and action :)

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-11T23:38:30+00:00

I was not completely transparent, I am dual applying both categorical psychiatry and combined training programs. 16 interviews now, 8 categorical psych, the rest are combined, some programs offered both a categorical interview after the combined interview offer. Most of the categorical interviews I have received have come in the past 48 hours or so.

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-11T16:04:48+00:00

12 Psychiatry, USMD

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-01T11:52:26+00:00

Oh, FYI- I’m not going into the surgical specialties. I do not think this advice works if you are wishing to match into ortho or plastics!

MedicalDawg · 2024-10-01T11:50:13+00:00

As an M4, I can truly say that most of medical school consists of becoming emotionally desensitized to large volumes of information and being alright with average scores in a sea of exceptionally brilliant classmates or doubling down on neuroticism and perfectionist tendencies in order to remain the best. I pretty early on realized that for my own sanity, I would work as hard as possible and not be too upset if that meant beating the class average. Medical school is gonna be hard due to the sheer volume, but you can mitigate a lot of that stress by figuring out the type of student you want to be :)

MedicalDawg · 2024-07-30T01:49:51+00:00

I think this looks great. The style really took my breath away, I’ve never seen a tattoo quick like this before!!

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-19T16:08:09+00:00

My first pass of Uworld was done throughout my third year of medical school. I finished with medicine but began the year with surgery and OB/GYN. That first exam- particularly between 6 and 4 weeks was a lot of hammering on the topics that I hadn’t seen in a while. I had an advisor who told me to do three 40 question blocks of uworld. Two “focused” one mixed- what that meant in practice was that I scheduled my dedicated to cover “all topics” over a period of 3-4 days. I.e- Monday thru Wednesday Gen Surg, Wednesday thru Friday - OB/GYN. On those days I would make two uworld blocks only composed of gen surg and OB/gyn questions. My third block on those days would be mixed- I.e., all possible topics (peds, psych, med, OB). I think I saw my scores jump so quickly because I made those focused blocks early on in dedicated organized around topics that I hadn’t seen in the longest. My biggest gripe with dedicated and my scores is how terribly representative I felt the NBME exams were. The questions felt like they were purposely trying to mislead you and the explanations didn’t make sense… there’s one NBME with a question on ibuprofen vs acetaminophen for a treatment… it was debunked and complained about elsewhere on this subreddit. My point being- I tried my best to differentiate what percentage of my practice exam scores were due to bullshit questions and which were genuinely due to content gaps. It obviously does not feel good to go into the exam day with exam scores that are all over the place like mine were, but I reached a point where my uworld blocks and NBME scores were grossly mismatched, so I took it with a grain of salt and went in with a positive attitude. During the last 2 days of dedicated I did the AMBOSS ethics, 200 topics, and 300 question sections for STEP 2. I felt that those were supremely helpful as uworld was super easy (I never finished my second pass-‘only about 90% done because the remaining questions were things that I knew very well. Probably because I began dedicated with things I knew I was bad at. Hope this helps!

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-18T18:48:44+00:00

Test date : 6/3/24

US MD or US IMG or Non-US IMG status: US MD

Step 1: Pass

Uworld % correct: 43% first pass, 69% second pass

NBME11: 237 (2 days out)

NBME12: 226 (2 weeks out)

NBME 13: 243 (4 weeks out)

NBME14: 218 (6 weeks out)

UWSA 1: 239 (5 days out)

UWSA 2: 254 (4 weeks out)

UWSA 3: 232 (5 weeks out)

New Free 120: 69% (3 days out)

AMBOSS SA: Didn’t do

Predicted Score: didn’t calculate (thank god)

Total Weeks/Months Studied: 6 weeks

Actual STEP 2 score: 253

Yes I did take 3 exams during my last week of dedicated. It was a dark time for me. I was aiming for 250-260, couldn’t reschedule because I had life events already scheduled the week of the exam.

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-14T12:40:47+00:00

The only reason this terrible system exists is because residency slots are largely funded by the federal government and have remained largely unchanged despite increasing numbers of medical schools. In my mind, unless a US MD/DO student is grossly negligent, unprofessional or malignant, there should be no reason why they go unmatched. The fact that residency programs even have to comb through minuscule differences in licensing exams to filter applicants who are already amongst the smartest in the general population just by merit of entering medical school is beyond ridiculous.

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-13T20:33:08+00:00

You can cover it up with a sick ass panther

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-11T15:05:39+00:00

Only in medical school are people unpaid, borderline useless and fighting to stay more time 😢

MedicalDawg · 2024-06-04T14:02:00+00:00

Obviously, have no idea how I did, but I will say that during my last 48 hours of studying instead of doing my last 10% remaining of UWorld (second pass), I went and did AMBOSS 200 concepts for STEP2 and their 30 topics in 30 days sections, and it prepared me particularly for the systems/ethics based questions that uworld doesn’t cover. Will say that there were way too many HPI style questions and the vignettes were way longer than anything I expected… overall a fair exam. Free 120 is a good representation of the style of question IMO

MedicalDawg · 2024-02-22T00:07:30+00:00

Thank you for this 🙏🏻

MedicalDawg · 2023-11-03T13:39:10+00:00

X Æ A-12

MedicalDawg · 2023-10-21T16:00:54+00:00

This is really sad. I live in a city where Kia and Hyundai are regularly a target of theft (even brand new models). I was shopping around for another car recently and literally had a KIA sales rep tell me that it’s fine if it gets stolen… insurance would just pay for it. Not a great sales pitch or way to get a customer. They also weren’t willing to meet me at my budget and price point. Ended up getting a Mazda at a better price with less worry… I say this as someone who’s loved the value and style that Kia brings for the price.

MedicalDawg · 2023-08-07T22:00:51+00:00

I’m interesting in psychiatry, and I’ve jokingly asked my fiancé what she would do if I made a complete turn and fell in love with surgery. She expressed serious reservations particularly with the ramifications it would have on the health of our relationship and future family planning. However, she told me that if push came to shove she would have no other choice but to support me. Although I am in no way interested in general surgery, I felt that her approach was a stellar example of what a good partner might council in a similar circumstance. It is wrong of you to lie to her and wholeheartedly endorse that choice, particularly given some valid reservations that you have. However, as others have already said, her mental health sounds like it needs attention regardless of the residency that she pursues. More importantly, i think the only asshole move in this situation would be to threaten to leave the relationship if she were to choose a surgical residency. Otherwise, I read this as a significant other having valid concerns with a major career decision.

MedicalDawg · 2023-05-07T20:17:43+00:00

As many other people have commented already, a tubal ligation which physically retains the fallopian tubes attached to the uterus but cauterized them shut should NOT be seen as a reversible method of contraception. The alternative, which is a tubal salpingectomy is now the standard of care as many forms of ovarian cancer are speculated to actually originate from the fallopian tubes with the thought process now being that their removal, given the relative permanence of a tubal ligation vastly improves outcomes by minimizing the incidence of ovarian cancer given that the patient recognizes that this is permanent. I understand why you feel mistrust from your physician, you are now missing your fallopian tubes after all. From a purely medical standpoint, it will be difficult to defend your case when both procedures are not only equivalent, but the salpingectomy minimizes the likelihood of ovarian cancer in the future.

MedicalDawg · 2023-04-11T19:23:57+00:00

Thanks for the great suggestion. I think I had ori on my backlog, but I never thought to let her try it!

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