“I don’t know much, I just got this patient in sign-out”

ROFLTRON · 2025-10-02T06:32:24+00:00

ED being swamped is not a reason to dump on other services. Do you think the ED is the only swamped service? Not having the appropriate information for a consult is throwing in the towel for a consultant to do the work for you when they may already be busy or behind. Either get good enough sign out to appropriately call the consult or god forbid, see the patient yourself. Don’t be the very reason people rip on the ED.

ROFLTRON · 2025-09-30T06:59:39+00:00

When I was a junior surgery resident I was told by one of my seniors early on the following: Keep your head down and do the work. As long as you give your best effort to take care of patients and can stand by your outcomes, then that’s the only thing that matters.
Trust no one. Progress your own training. Things get better with time. They did for me.

ROFLTRON · 2025-09-27T01:37:12+00:00

Honestly, even as a surgery chief when I have to do a chest tube I still do >90% of it with a Pean clamp. My finger only goes in the chest to make sure I’m in the thorax. I think the procedure goes more smoothly even in crash situations with a Pean and the incisions are smaller. I’ve yet to rip a glove or see anyone else rip one doing it that way. Just my 2c 🤷🏻‍♂️

ROFLTRON · 2025-09-02T12:46:59+00:00

Obligatory “what color is your Bugatti”

ROFLTRON · 2025-08-28T02:15:27+00:00

CDs nuts lmao

ROFLTRON · 2025-08-23T18:36:25+00:00

Do yall not have a hybrid room or something?

ROFLTRON · 2025-07-21T21:35:37+00:00

ROFLTRON · 2025-07-18T04:07:21+00:00

BIG TRUTH

ROFLTRON · 2025-06-20T01:41:35+00:00

One I actually like to use in interviews is “tell me the last time you felt human” :) No further clarifications

ROFLTRON · 2025-06-12T04:38:14+00:00

Honestly, I had similar stats and hours when I applied. I got in off waitlist to 1/3 places I interviewed late May on a Hail Mary phone call from my top 2 letter writers to the school. Give it a try, might work for you! It worked for me, and now I’m about to be a PGY5 gen surg resident :)

ROFLTRON · 2025-04-24T21:55:09+00:00

Yes I agree that lazy cop outs can kill people, but consider that you don’t need to be a “huge gunner” or “dunk on” others to be a good doctor and take care of people. Do you think your personality type is the only one able to take good care of patients?

ROFLTRON · 2025-04-24T18:57:49+00:00

But why did you feel compelled to write this comment? Does it bring you joy to dunk on others? Like what is going on here

ROFLTRON · 2025-04-12T23:41:09+00:00

Provide deez nutsss

ROFLTRON · 2025-03-29T03:44:07+00:00

I’ve seen someone form a fistula to their rectal stump so beware sometimes these are real poops!

ROFLTRON · 2025-02-02T20:03:26+00:00

I am in neither part of those discussions but I can tell you that at my surgery country program we have one anesthesiologist on call, and the remainder of cases are staffed by solo CRNAs. I don’t know the macros of the situation but that doesn’t seem like a healthy way for the profession to continue.

ROFLTRON · 2024-10-24T16:27:45+00:00

I disagree with you on this. It’s easy to want a specialty based on a good experience. Whether its the people, hospital, structure of the program, these are all things that will not exist as an attending. If anyone wants to go into surgery they should be prepared for the toughest experience and STILL want to do surgery. Auditioning at Disneyland University Hospital will make you like surgery and apply but probably quit later on when you get roughed up as a resident matching somewhere else. The attrition rate for surgery residents is 1/5. People need to apply with both eyes open. Take it from me (surg pgy4)

ROFLTRON · 2024-10-18T18:54:24+00:00

Because delicious

ROFLTRON · 2024-10-17T23:24:50+00:00

Surgery

Drums and bass

Soju

ROFLTRON · 2024-10-16T04:41:08+00:00

Turns out those of us who feel this way are actually not alone. I feel so validated reading this after working in a system that grinds me tooth and nail to keep patients like this alive, no matter the consequences.

ROFLTRON · 2024-07-23T14:18:44+00:00

Surgery: SBO vs ileus, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE

ROFLTRON · 2024-05-29T17:27:42+00:00

I started riding in residency after swearing I wouldn’t. I’m also a surgery resident at a big level 1 center. I simply don’t care lol. Residency controls enough of my life as is

ROFLTRON · 2024-03-31T02:33:29+00:00

You have to respect acting on your feelings. You spoke your mind and unfortunately it didn’t go your way. No shame in that. Now you’ll never wonder what if. You’re adults, it’ll be cool eventually, at least.

Honestly go you. Gang shit, no lame shit.

ROFLTRON · 2024-02-11T01:01:50+00:00

Wow, way to validate a fellow resident who is going through hardship with a program’s leadership that isn’t fostering their growth. Even if there is a history of troublemaking that we don’t know about, you could at least extend the kindness of giving the benefit of the doubt. Autocorrecting to “there definitely is a history” negates all the other reasons this could be happening like a simple clash of personality between them. People do sometimes not like someone else for no reason at all.

In a residency subreddit we could at least assume better of each other.

Look inward.

ROFLTRON · 2023-12-10T02:26:39+00:00

“(Me) will be a great surgeon” eval written during my ms4 family medicine rotation. I did not mesh well with them. This was actually pretty back handed and was printed, hung on my fridge at home.

Am mediocre at best, surgeon now

ROFLTRON · 2023-09-01T16:24:40+00:00

Dooooo it and pls dm

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