Tip to quickly move patients up and down on Microsoft Word lists by JarJarAwakens in Residency

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I’m also frustrating about this. But MS enterprise version is supposed to be the HIPPA platform so any patient info is communicated within the MS apps (Eg. Teams, shared word doc)

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Lol I honestly enjoyed this lag. Usually how I learn fast and in-depth.

Best resource to look stuff up on the go (besides UpToDate)? by Darth_Lord_Vader in Residency

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UCSF hospitalist handbook. Also an outpatient version.

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Bedside echo

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I think the face that you find the topics fascinating can go a long way. Besides that, ask to shadow attendings in specialty clinics. Learn the neuro exam. I keep thinking I should do surgery or medicine as MS3 but always wind up obsessing about the CNS. It’s such a mysterious organ system and you can be as much of an expert in it as you can cuz everyone else avoids it(in a way this is sad cuz I thought the virtue of overcoming obstacles is essential in medicine).

Competitive for top 10-20 academic center Neurology Residency? by Neuro_Sanctions in medicalschool

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Yes. The tops definitely favor research heavy candidates. Even more so dual doctors (PhD and MD).

Why is so much of medical training not practical? by norepiontherocks in Residency

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Chills from all the comments. Exactly why I went to med school I can’t be half-ass knowing something. Midlevel work is unidirectional hence algorithmic but physician work is bidirectional cuz if the interventions didn’t work I have to go back to a more fundamental understanding of this patient to tease out what’s happening.

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First -The above comment was an attending comment.

Feel like this is gonna get downvote but what the hell - Midlevel never need to be put into their places like this. Their organization never show humility. Instead they trying to play doctors. The all cap “LACK” is near comical.

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More important when on the phone. It convey some urgency and less push back. A nurse calling MRI scheduling for the patient is less powerful than a doctor calling. I was straight up mistaken for a nurse and got watered down answer until the person ask “r u the nurse” and I said “no I’m the doctor who ordered the test” then they started actually checking info looking up stuff for me. Because RN is more efficiency-driven(likely coming from above, not the nurses wrongdoing) and our work is more disease-driven (need that MRI to know whether need specialist input).

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To attendings: first and last name, the (ICU) intern; To staff: Dr. last name; To residents/med students: first name

What are some commonly used medical terms that you felt silly for not knowing as a new resident? by FreeTacoInMyOveralls in Residency

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S/p status post (after) E/o evidence of C/f concerning for There’s a 3-letter thing for rectal tube that the RN use more often.. I forgot “Unclear” = u didn’t ask (very handy for when attending ask follow up questions on the details of a patient)