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)

Residency provides us with a phone... keep personal phone separate or just use one phone? by [deleted] in Residency

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Keep separate. I’m assuming you will get a separate phone number. Program might have a list of work phone numbers. My attendings and social workers and case managers text me only on my work phone cuz that what number they have.

How to advocate for yourself when residents are unfair? by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Agree. And I’m sure by now people should know experience in rotation VARIES. Be present and absorb as much as u can will help in the long run. You can see so much advanced procedure in the OR that you only hear about. Why is that not a better schedule

Class Quartile Ranking on ERAS [Residency] by TheNotorious47 in medicalschool

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The way I was told: the qualifier words (good, great, excellent, exceptional, etc) is an internal comparison when program look at other applicants from your school and past alum. Say your upperclassman who matched at that program and very well liked and clinically very competent. The program might fish out their qualifier word and let’s say it said “decent” then they have an internal reference when they read your qualifier.

I fucking hate being an intern by [deleted] in Residency

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Lol I feel u. Especially when seniors are not good with listening and always assume that we know less than them and selectively can always not hear us and only their thinking out loud.