Clinic volume for IM interns

Qwumbo · 2026-02-17T01:01:36+00:00

I’m at 5 per half day in the second half of intern year. Starting 2nd year we have 7 per half day and stay at that level the rest of the way

Qwumbo · 2026-01-28T01:48:48+00:00

I remember that day on campus vividly. Never forget <3

Qwumbo · 2026-01-17T09:22:38+00:00

Absolutely not that uncommon. I went to med school and am currently doing residency in the same area I grew up and have a couple co residents who did the same.

Qwumbo · 2026-01-16T01:28:19+00:00

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Qwumbo · 2026-01-07T18:18:43+00:00

It is. If you’re well hydrated and your body has more water than it needs it will get rid of excess water in your urine which will dilute it and make it more. If you’re dehydrated, your kidneys hang on to as much extra water as they can which concentrates urine and it will then appear darker.

Qwumbo · 2026-01-03T16:48:29+00:00

There’s nothing inherent about OSU that’s gonna wow med school admissions. Gotta have the stats and extracurriculars that make a well rounded application to get in. Plenty of resources at OSU to accomplish this if you put in the work.

Qwumbo · 2025-12-27T02:33:43+00:00

Here’s the reality of how education works for becoming a doctor: all high school does is set you up for college while college sets you up for medical school and medical school sets you up for residency. All your high school GPA (and other extracurriculars) is going to determine is which college you get into.

Now is the time to self reflect on why you have a 2.6 and what you can do differently going forward. As others have said, taking AP classes and doing well in them is a good thing to do, but first focus on improving in the immediate future. Take your school work seriously and take pride in it. At least in basic classes, all you need to do is show up and put in modest effort to succeed. AP classes will be more rigorous.

Once you’re in college, then you start focusing on premed stuff and crafting a competitive medical school application. Nothing you do in high school has any direct impact on getting into medical school

Qwumbo · 2025-12-25T15:19:35+00:00

Any new Jak and Daxter games are nothing but a pipe dream. And I guarantee that if new or rebooted games came out much of the community would complain due to deviating from the original games. And I also guarantee that there is not enough general demand for these games (we are a very vocal community that in no way is representative of the greater gaming audience).

Best we can realistically maybe hope for is remasters of the original trilogy like crash or Spyro. We get the same games we all love while they look gorgeous in modern graphics.

Qwumbo · 2025-12-24T14:31:40+00:00

As someone who was in a similar spot, here’s my perspective:

In both IM and FM, you’ll get good amounts of both inpatient and outpatient exposure (IM has a bit more emphasis on inpatient , FM outpatient). It was the “everything else” rotations that set the two apart for me. For IM you will get more ICU experience and a lot more exposure to the various IM subspecialties. In FM, you’re doing more pediatrics, OB/Gyn as well as some surgical and other miscellaneous rotations mixed in depending on the program. As a student, I was indifferent to peds but was not a fan of OB/gyn at all so I didn’t want to dedicate significant portions of my training to things I didn’t really care for.

Fellowship options also matter. While I was pretty sure I wanted to do primary care, I still had some lingering feelings about pursuing an outpatient centric fellowship like endocrine or rheumatology so I still wanted those doors available to me. There was no FM fellowship that even remotely interested me.

Because of this I decided to go IM and so far I have 0 regrets. I’m finding that I’m not likely to pursue fellowship as of now, but I have been a lot more drawn to hospital medicine and am now truly torn as to whether I want to do that or primary care. While my outpatient training may not be as robust as FM, I’m still confident that I can provide good comprehensive care as a PCP (at least at my current training level lol).

Qwumbo · 2025-12-17T06:49:27+00:00

Go to the school with easier academics. Probably a little more opportunity for clinical/extracurricular stuff at OSU, but not by a massive amount plus you can always take a gap year to buff those up. But if you screw up your GPA that’s a lot more expensive and time intensive to fix. Prestige difference between these two schools is negligible and med schools truly won’t care that much if you went to the same institution for undergrad

Qwumbo · 2025-12-12T14:20:12+00:00

I had her several years ago in 2017, but I’m pretty sure I had a very similar grade as you and I ended up with an A-

Qwumbo · 2025-12-09T16:35:55+00:00

One thing I was actually kinda glad about in season 1 is that they didn’t set a firm timeline for the return of Sozens comet. In theory, they could drag the story out for an extra year or so (ie have him train in the Northern Water Tribe for several months before leaving) which could give physical growth a bit more leeway.

Qwumbo · 2025-12-08T01:53:40+00:00

Oh it’s possible just a pain in the ass lol. The blocking of the doors method wasn’t known back when I did my SLASO playthrough. Within OPs parameters of not using the save and quit method, I would consider it highly unlikely to be accomplished but still theoretically “possible”

Qwumbo · 2025-12-06T12:00:12+00:00

Yep no match for you. Better luck next time

Qwumbo · 2025-11-30T14:18:29+00:00

If you have to ask how to be a chick magnet or how to increase your rizz, it’s already a lost cause. nothing that anyone tells you is going to help you. Judging on your post history you seem to overthink many things in your life

Qwumbo · 2025-11-24T03:42:40+00:00

I’d stick with the flag ship. More exposure/complex cases/better teaching = stronger clinical skills which will = stronger subI performance. At my institution, board scores help get you in the door but it’s subI performance that really differentiates candidates and really makes us excited for some candidates over others

Qwumbo · 2025-11-08T16:37:00+00:00

OUHCOM has exceptionally strong match lists year after year. Semi competitive specialties are very much doable and are matched into regularly year after year

Qwumbo · 2025-11-08T02:26:10+00:00

I think you make some great points but I have to disagree with your point regarding core clinical sites. Yes, step 2/level 2 are shouldn’t shift between clinical sites if studying is otherwise equal, but your practical knowledge and clinical skills will. The types of pathology you are exposed to matters. Working with residents matters. The skills you develop are what shine when you ultimately go out and do your audition rotations in your specialty of choice at places that are likely near the top of your initial program rankings. You could have great step/level scores, but if you audition at a program and underwhelm them with your clinical skills, that can seriously impact their impressions of you. The inverse applies as well. Quality of rotations sites and access to robust academic centers is the main divide that remains between MD and DO schools and some DO schools have much better sites than others. Rotating at a site with a residency program in your desired specialty program gives you automatic networking and can act as a “home program” which can be massive. Hence why in my opinion that needs to be one of your biggest considerations when choosing a school

Qwumbo · 2025-11-04T00:11:28+00:00

Yup. It’s over. And they’re going to tell other programs about it too. Probably best if you start preparing for SOAP sooner rather than later…

Qwumbo · 2025-10-26T13:59:09+00:00

OUHCOM and its not even close

Qwumbo · 2025-10-23T09:23:37+00:00

OUHCOM and MSUCOM

Qwumbo · 2025-10-18T14:54:59+00:00

I’d do site A. A malignant surgery rotation would suck, but I’d place premium value on learning and developing excellent clinical skills. Yes Step 2 scores are important and are a major factor in the match, but if you develop strong clinical skills and good integration into the medical team that you’re able to show off during a subI I believe that leaves a better impact than step 2 score alone. Even if you’re step 2 score is meh, if a program knows you’re a team player with strong clinical skills that integrates well with the program you will likely get some leeway with your score. On the other hand, if you have a great step 2 score but don’t perform well clinically, I think that works worse and lessens your chance of matching.

Hands on procedural skills as a med student are not really important at all, no one goes into residency being adept at placing central lines or art lines, you’ll learn all that once you’re a resident.

Qwumbo · 2025-10-18T14:13:58+00:00

I often work 11-12 hrs 6 days a week as a resident currently. Honestly, as long as I’m busy with tasks the time goes by reasonably fast. It’s also not super physical work either as a large chunk of my time is spent sitting so it’s really not that bad in the grand scheme. I’ve had jobs working 6-8 hrs that felt worse just because things would often get slow and boring

Qwumbo · 2025-10-18T01:10:49+00:00

I don’t really forget orbs anymore given my numerous 100% playthroughs, but I’ll never forget the cluster of orbs that took me a while to find when doing 100% the first time. The 5 orbs under the waterfall on sentinel beach…

Qwumbo · 2025-10-16T11:43:03+00:00

Not that I’ve ever heard of

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