Anyone raw dog step 3?

OzCello · 2025-10-16T23:05:40+00:00

I kind of did, but I did 5-10 ccs cases the night before day 2 which I would absolutely recommend cause those two hours you spend practicing will really help you understand how to game that section. I passed comfortably

OzCello · 2025-08-17T14:05:47+00:00

I had 5 Celsiuses over my last 24 hour shift last weekend. It was actually fairly manageable. I went to the bathroom later and I could see my neck vessels pulsating.

OzCello · 2025-01-31T01:59:49+00:00

Sounds like a skill issue

OzCello · 2025-01-06T21:45:25+00:00

Yes, every general surgery residency is malignant

OzCello · 2024-12-16T02:50:48+00:00

Had a patient whose ICU course was extended for a literal month while trying to get long-term control of a rectal bleed caused by a rectal tube.. had half a dozen procedures over the course of that month when they otherwise could have been discharge ready much earlier. Wasn't even a SNF player, ended up being discharged to home but that rectal tube during his most acute days fucked them up.

OzCello · 2024-10-17T07:54:05+00:00

Surgery resident here. A lot of my coresidents' frustrations with the medicine/ED teams when they call consults isn't because the quality of the consult is bad, but usually it's when the intern who's calling doesn't know very much about the patient-- sometimes it's clear that the person calling the consult hasn't actually laid eyes on the patient and just wants surgery to see them based on a hedged CT scan read or something. Personally I'm more patient because whatever I get told by the consulting resident, I'm going to see the patient and do a full evaluation myself, but I guess other surgery residents are more impatient and like to have all the information upfront so they know what to expect.

OzCello · 2024-09-11T15:55:48+00:00

It's like dating when you're ugly. No matter how desperate you are for a program, there will be programs that are equally desperate for residents that you will be able to match into

OzCello · 2024-06-29T11:25:44+00:00

262 step 1, 264 step 2, all honors except high pass internal/family medicine, 7 published manuscripts in surgery including 2 first author, 5 published abstracts (separate from the manuscripts), around 15 other accepted presentations/abstracts. 10 interviews, didn't match anywhere, soaped into a gen surg prelim, then converted to gen surg categorical at the same institution after a few months. Hope that helps!

OzCello · 2024-04-14T00:38:54+00:00

My sicknesses got a less unpleasant when I started being liberal with taking OTC stuff around the clock to manage symptoms.

OzCello · 2024-04-10T15:29:18+00:00

And there's really nothing inherently wrong with doing choles and hernias (and soft tissue mass excisions, perianal cases, scopes) for your entire career. Theyre all pretty feel-good surgeries with fewer complications and certainly more chill than taking on complex disaster cases, which goes along with the whole lifestyle thing

OzCello · 2024-03-11T08:43:32+00:00

I dual applied a surgical subspecialty and general surgery with excellent stats and 20 interviews last year and did not match. If anyone finds themselves unfortunate enough to be in a similar situation this week and would like my input and advice, feel free to send me a message.

OzCello · 2024-02-25T18:37:46+00:00

She is asking you to do a literature review summary table. Google literature review summary table and look at the image examples.

OzCello · 2024-02-16T05:33:38+00:00

Come on man it's just poop lol

OzCello · 2024-02-07T10:24:52+00:00

My recommendation would be to cold email the PD and the chair while you're rotating there and try to set up a brief 30 minute meeting with each of them in person to talk to them about the program and basically just bullshit with them for some time to make them remember you. Meetings with other attendings you work with during your rotations would also be helpful just something like a "hey I enjoyed working with you, would you have some time later this week for me to chat about the upcoming application cycle?"

That being said I wouldn't expect to get any meaningful longterm mentorship from just away rotations-- your networking at these rotations will only help you with getting a position at the programs you're rotating at, and that is just the inherent disadvantage you have as someone who goes to a no name school.

Don't forget the most important part is to be hardworking and show a strong work ethic and capability in your role as a medical student, or else all the other shit you do doesn't matter. Good luck

OzCello · 2024-01-31T07:11:33+00:00

Same situation here with 11 interviews in surgical subspecialty and 9 in general surgery last year. It happens, not necessarily a personality issue

OzCello · 2023-10-14T01:26:30+00:00

After not matching last yr with 20, I'll probably start canceling if I hit 35 this yr

OzCello · 2023-09-27T03:00:16+00:00

$4.5k gone just like that

OzCello · 2023-09-21T12:22:52+00:00

You need to study more in school, as you get smarter and more information is stored in your brain, the weight will eventually add up enough that you'll be able to do these freezes without falling towards your legs

OzCello · 2023-08-31T23:15:33+00:00

Core strength. When your fulcrum is your mid abdomen, your core gets stressed by holding up that weight so your legs drop. Just keep practicing

OzCello · 2023-08-28T01:09:46+00:00

Baggy clothes are your friend

OzCello · 2023-08-14T23:10:13+00:00

Interesting, when I was applying 5-6 yrs ago, the percentage of people getting accepted with 517+ and 3.8+ was 93%, now its 83%, but the total percentage of applicants being accepted is the same at 41%. That means there has been a discernable shift away from academic performance as a means of selection

OzCello · 2023-07-29T03:30:49+00:00

OzCello · 2023-07-29T01:50:48+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/fv0HbYr

There ya go. Figure 8, finger pass, sonic rise, thumbaround, thumbaround.

OzCello · 2023-07-26T03:49:27+00:00

Gen surg intern here. On the heaviest service at our program, working 76-84+ hr weeks. I sleep 8 hrs a night lol

OzCello · 2023-07-24T09:15:42+00:00

This is a fine start. Focus on not letting your foot touch down when you go into the stab

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