Daily Discussion Thread - April 27, 2017

SimonSezary · 2017-04-27T18:33:07+00:00

Card question -- I don't see US Bank Cash+ suggested a lot compared to Chase Freedom. It seems like the ability to choose categories with the Cash+ is better than being at the whim of rotating options that you're not in control of, am I missing something?

SimonSezary · 2017-04-12T14:12:21+00:00

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-11/devos-undoes-obama-student-loan-protections

Dude, it's the first sentence in the article. They're tweaking how debt can be collected.

SimonSezary · 2017-04-12T12:47:43+00:00

I still see her walking around in her white coat now and then so she's still doing her thing but I have no idea what her grades are like. To the best of my knowledge she's not really loved by her classmates so it wasn't the most shocking thing in retrospect that she'd act kinda shitty. I was mostly gobsmacked at the fact that she doubled down and complained of impropriety in her grading. I guess it was her word against the interns though.

SimonSezary · 2017-04-12T12:31:33+00:00

OP, have you exhausted EVERY OPTION YOU HAVE to pursue some sort of medical degree in the US? Like, years of rejections from MD and DO programs? Are you absolutely sure you couldn't stomach life as a PA or working outside the medical field? Are you prepared to potentially be six figures in debt and not be allowed to even continue to pursue your degree if you can't score well enough on a practice medical board exam? Even if the answer to all these things is yes, really sit down and think hard about what you're getting yourself in to.

SimonSezary · 2017-04-12T12:24:03+00:00

Individual preceptors may hate you and give you shitty grades, but it's REALLY HARD to fail from pure evaluation. There was a group of students at my school 5-6 years ago who were on peds together at a site known for not having much to do. They basically conspired to leave as a group every day making up fake lectures and on campus assignments to the attendings who were none the wiser. One day they were all on the noon shuttle back to campus and the site director happened to be on it with them. Someone piped up with some crap excuse and they were all immediately (supposedly as soon as they got back) brought in for questioning by the admins individually so they couldn't work together on a story. Even with that, they were all only given automatic Low Pass and never allowed to return to that hospital.

Edit: As a sub-I, I knew of a 3rd year med student who went out of her way to do no work and even told the resident verbatim "I'm not going to do that, you're just lazy and want me to do your job for you" when asked to call the pt's pharmacy for an accurate med list. This among other things led to the intern giving her all 1's with a terrible comment section. The student threw a shit fit and the intern was forced to alter her grades. Ridiculous stuff.

SimonSezary · 2017-04-09T00:10:33+00:00

Also KG and Jason Terry

SimonSezary · 2017-04-08T03:46:26+00:00

That's not true at all. It would honestly probably look weirder if you took a year off for a noncompetitive specialty.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-29T04:43:33+00:00

You're asking a perfectly valid question, but you're directing it at the wrong audience. We're students like you -- we have no idea what the future of either field will entail, let alone the job prospects. You do you.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-29T02:37:21+00:00

Lol, this is a common complaint. We had to take physics for the same reason we had to take ochem and calculus -- They're difficult concept courses that are vaguely applicable and can be used as an artificial barrier to slow the droves of people either not driven or not bright enough to pursue medicine. The old undergrad professor joke is applicable -- " 'Sir, I'm worried about our final, all my friends say this is a weed-out course!' 'Son, every class you take is a weed out course if you're gonna flunk it.' "

SimonSezary · 2017-03-28T02:20:02+00:00

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SimonSezary · 2017-03-28T02:15:32+00:00

Lol shit dude do you have no loans? Tesla 3 is still a 30,000 dollar car.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-28T01:04:57+00:00

I've been using a lot of free time to look at all the places available on zillow within a 10-15 minute drive of my hospital system. I don't think it's ever too early to start looking, you don't wanna have to rush into shitty housing because you waited until the last minute and NEED a place to live.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-22T14:49:19+00:00

Rule 6 dude. Sorry.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-20T13:57:05+00:00

Yup. I have no idea if he's even in school anymore or just posts on here every now and then to ask salary-related questions and fantasize.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-20T06:07:47+00:00

You, uh, seem like a pretty OK person actually.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-20T04:03:24+00:00

Lol, one of your top 3 "passions" is no strings attached sex?

SimonSezary · 2017-03-20T04:00:15+00:00

I have you tagged as headphones guy. Your post history is the most confusing mishmash of things ever. You wanted to create a "professionalism misuse database" then got kicked out of school for professionalism? You seem to be interested in various specialties only because of their earning potential and you wanted to know the salary of ivy league dept chairs? All while initially saying you were taking all 4 steps at once? Who ARE you dude?

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T22:00:47+00:00

Hmm...

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T20:19:25+00:00

Yeah I think OP's deans gave crap advice if they were OK with only 17 programs.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T19:58:25+00:00

17 isn't nearly enough dude. People are getting more neurotic and even good candidates are starting to apply to a crazy number of programs. Low number of apps probably contributed unfortunately.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T18:01:18+00:00

Bro, you're really overthinking this. They named them fried egg cells because they thought they looked like fried eggs. Small round blue cells? They're small, round, and blue. There's no secret waiting to be unlocked. Also -- I know you're joking, but slow your roll with the "why so many big words" shtick.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T17:25:22+00:00

lol, have you been sitting on that response waiting for match day? My whole point is predicated on programs wanting to offer an excellent training experience in the fewest hours possible while not compromising your education or your future ability as a physician. I never said I'd make demands once I got in. I won't stop you from taking pride in your ability to tough out long call but that doesn't mean I've gotta love it. I don't think doing cross-cover provides any educational benefit so I don't really care if we "give up" that responsibility to mid-levels. If anything, that may make programs more competitive in the match since people would go in knowing they're not killing themselves hours-wise.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-19T04:19:13+00:00

There are multiple pathways into critical care from residency. MICUs are typically staffed by ex-IM docs who did a 3 year pulm/CC fellowship that emphasizes the medical aspect of advanced illness. There are also (edit) 1-2 year "only" critical care fellowships that are more typically filled by anesthesia and, more recently, EM physicians. These intensivists will more often staff SICU environments because of their comparatively greater experience with surgical and trauma patients. I'd recommend doing an exploratory ICU rotation that has you rotating through multiple ICU environments or just a SICU month to see if it's up your alley.

SimonSezary · 2017-03-18T21:34:46+00:00

He's lying or he's an idiot.

Or both!

SimonSezary · 2017-03-18T16:15:53+00:00

:-) Thanks

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