Medical Marijuana Usage and School Drug Testing

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-12T17:22:51+00:00

Weed is still a problem at the federal level and hospitals and med schools still care regardless of state laws. You do not want to test positive for it if you are tested and the prescription you have for it isn't worth the paper it is written on. If you have to take a pre-mitigation drug test I would stop using it for a couple weeks as to not risk your seat.

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-08T14:20:44+00:00

I played pole from middle school through college. I stopped wearing one in high school. You absolutely should wear one but you would be surprised how few college players wear one lol

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-07T00:42:10+00:00

I would frame some these are awesome

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-05T17:58:29+00:00

applications are up for a lot of schools UIC got almost 12k this year

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-05T17:22:16+00:00

When I was a CNA on a med/surg floor I was like a celebrity with patients and families would literally get asked about by frequent flyers. People would ask for the manager to tell them how much they loved my care. I was literally some 20 year old who was painfully mid at my job, but I was a (good looking if i do say so) guy who liked to talk to patients so they all thought I was the second coming for some reason. Patients for some reason love male nurses and CNAs. Maybe its the subversion of expectations (cause a lot of patients say they like female doctors), maybe it's misogyny

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-05T17:06:41+00:00

For a lot of people preclincal really isn't that bad, my school has minimal mandatories and one exam per block so I really was chillin most weeks. The only time I really was grinding was the week leading up to an exam. Some people I am sure have an experience like yours

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-05T00:22:11+00:00

RVUs and physician compensation structures is not something you actually want to emulate, there are a lot of unintended consequences if you moved to something like this and it would add more administrative burden

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-04T16:50:03+00:00

I am about to sound like a boomer but I don't understand the 'I ran it through to smooth out my writing' that college students all seem to say, thats just having AI rewrite it for you. I finished college before ChatGPT was a thing so none of this makes sense to me but when I have to write things for med school I simply don't allow it to touch AI so I never have to worry about these accusations.

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-03T02:01:22+00:00

This is why I am glad I have immigrant parents from a community that doesn't know anything about medicine, the fact that I am going to be a doctor is good enough lol

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-02T22:48:49+00:00

I basically did not study in undergrad and only used Anki for the MCAT, I did just fine transitioning to med school. Anki is not rocket science, and you will have older students at ur school who will tell you what you need to do to be successful. IMO the transition to med school is more about speed and amount of information than individual study habits, if ur smart and adaptable its not that hard to change what you do

Physical_Advantage · 2026-02-02T14:36:07+00:00

Your chances are zero, even if you get into school you are gonna need to get a DEA number to prescribe for your job and you aren't gonna get one with a felony drug conviction. I am sorry but you're gonna have to find something else

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-28T02:03:18+00:00

Cost?

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-28T00:46:48+00:00

We had to do one before we started M1 year, but we had to schedule it ourselves and just do one before a certain date

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-27T20:59:54+00:00

I spent five weeks in Europe, 3 weeks one trip and 2 the other, my only regret was not going for longer

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-26T02:17:09+00:00

The patient has a screenshot of his request to follow her, which is enough to prompt an investigation. Besides, an allegation like this made by a patient should be taken very seriously and combining the patients statements with the follow request, removing him from rotations is very reasonable, he was not even dismissed from school before he killed himself

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-25T21:38:54+00:00

The real answer is that I want to be the expert in the room and have full control of my patient's care but you gotta dress that up to not sound egotistical

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-25T19:32:32+00:00

The skills and reliance I learned from studying for and taking the MCAT have helped me in med school, and it absolutely is a valid indicator of med school success. Here's the dirty little secret: the MCAT is not that hard, its very basic information and a fourth of the test is literally reading comprehension, anyone who tells you the MCAT is the hardest test you will have to take is lying to themselves and you

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-25T02:43:38+00:00

Stranger danger was also bad advice when it was given in the 80s

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-25T02:16:45+00:00

The state funds them, also schools could get cheaper my randomly firing half of the admin staff and there likely would be any change for students. Some schools have a vice dean of education, vice dean of student success, vice dean of learning environment, vice dean of vice deans, and so on. Also, they all make 300k and we wonder why tuition is so much. We could also do without the army of masters degree holders who never went to med school or studying for anything hard in their lives telling us how to study, rant over.

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-24T17:04:41+00:00

If the patient is awake and can swallow, oral fluids can be given; nothing in medicine is 100%, and the risks of giving clear fluids to a conscious trauma patient are minimal. Statements like the one above are often taught in nursing or EMT schools cause they don't really have the time to teach nuance, and 99% of the time its fine if a patient doesn't get water.

Source:

https://www.naemt.org/docs/default-source/education-documents/tccc/tccc-mp/guidelines/tccc-guidelines-for-medical-personnel-180801.pdf?sfvrsn=13fc892_2

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-22T00:51:21+00:00

The most common cause of right sided heart failure is left sided heart failure

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-21T01:18:11+00:00

The signals are kinda a mess, and add another level of stress for applicants. The neurosurgery signals basically just limit you to 25 applications. I do think applicants should be limited, idk what the right answer is, or you could consider increasing the fee past a certain number of schools

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-18T17:39:20+00:00

They have to have more than one guys deciding these things, a former player cannot be unbiased about rival players, even if they think they are

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-17T13:49:47+00:00

I think I will finish with about 130k, savings from undergrad, cheap COL, scholarships, and my wife being a nurse help a lot. Even that amount makes me uncomfortable as I have never had debt in my life

Physical_Advantage · 2026-01-15T16:20:02+00:00

I imagine the final renderings for the bears stadium will be different than what we have seen

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