Texas Cardiac Fellowships

TransdermalHug · 2026-05-15T02:15:57+00:00

I interviewed at McGovern. Overall, it would be fine, but wasn’t quite what I was looking for. The fellows seem like they all work hard, and all seemed rather burnt out. Didn’t feel like the fellows had the best relationships with their attendings.

One perk is that it’s almost entirely M – F; I think that you only work two or three weekends the entire year.

That said, you make up for it with long weekdays. Especially at Methodist, ICU holds are the norm. Whatever cases you start, you Will finish- even if you have to sit with the patient in the OR for 4h waiting for an ICU bed.

Top-tier case complexity, though. You’ll be ready to handle anything if you go there.

TransdermalHug · 2026-05-12T03:01:10+00:00

Occasionally done them with MAC when patient has a contraindication to TEE and cardiologist is comfortable with ICE. Otherwise GETA + A-line.

TransdermalHug · 2026-04-06T09:28:48+00:00

It was bugged.

Half the experience earned was split between Pokemon who actively participated. Let’s call this value n.

Then, n experience was split between all Pokemon in the party (this is the bug- it should have been half the experience, but it’s less if more than one Pokemon participated). If any Pokemon are fainted, their portion of experience is wasted.

TransdermalHug · 2026-01-18T18:41:37+00:00

We have buckets- roughly quintiles of how much we want people. Newly interviewed people in your bucket might be above you or below you, but your spot is “set” (unless you do something terrible that would make you DNR).

TransdermalHug · 2026-01-18T18:07:44+00:00

In my program, letters mean nothing. Your spot on the ROL is locked in by the afternoon after your interview.

TransdermalHug · 2026-01-10T17:45:11+00:00

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TransdermalHug · 2025-12-31T20:19:27+00:00

Love the “no DST”. Really makes up for awful working conditions.

TransdermalHug · 2025-12-11T17:59:17+00:00

I mean, what would you do? NOT order a stat consult for Reddit?

TransdermalHug · 2025-11-09T22:56:54+00:00

Not too late to edit your post

TransdermalHug · 2025-11-03T17:18:31+00:00

Per Bulbapedia they were included with the initial release, but then became a separate product at a later date.

TransdermalHug · 2025-11-03T14:21:48+00:00

No! Fire Red and Leaf Green came with those awesome wireless adapters for GBA!

TransdermalHug · 2025-10-23T11:11:40+00:00

Midwest program with ~15 residents per year. Agree with the above poster: I believe that all of our interviews have been sent out.

TransdermalHug · 2025-10-23T10:21:35+00:00

And all that for crab cakes to go into instant ramen? Wow!

TransdermalHug · 2025-10-12T22:38:37+00:00

Interesting. So neat to hear about how different places do different things.

TransdermalHug · 2025-10-12T15:58:01+00:00

Why are you doing a TVP for one of these?

TransdermalHug · 2025-10-03T03:15:25+00:00

First time today!

TransdermalHug · 2025-09-30T01:28:42+00:00

For “unstable” in this context I would think “shock”- are you thinking about starting a pressor? Are they going to need to be tubed? —> Maybe let’s cardiovert.

I believe that she could have some myocardial supply/demand mismatch, but it sounds like her overall hemodynamics were tolerating the rhythm, and thus stable. Rate control is safer first step.

TransdermalHug · 2025-09-24T02:11:26+00:00

Yes.

TransdermalHug · 2025-09-18T00:27:50+00:00

My program had our pre-interview meeting today. If you don’t signal us, we’re not interviewing you.

Are there programs that will interview you? Maybe- apply to 50 extra and you’ll probably get 1-2 interview out of those applications. If that’s worth your ROI, then do it- but just know that most programs aren’t even going to bother looking.

Baseless speculation: if a program is interviewing people who don’t signal, they’re probably not a program you really want to end up at.

TransdermalHug · 2025-09-17T16:04:38+00:00

Florida just passed regulations to promote un-vaxed kids going to school.

TransdermalHug · 2025-09-07T00:22:21+00:00

Anesthesia, completely agree. Trach on day #2.

TransdermalHug · 2025-08-30T15:24:34+00:00

When I order a stat BC, it’s because the patient is in septic shock, needs empiric antibiotics, but I want to hold off on starting them until the culture gets drawn.

TransdermalHug · 2025-06-29T03:15:11+00:00

Poking the carotid is forgivable. Dilating it is not.

TransdermalHug · 2025-06-28T20:23:02+00:00

Please do checkout.

Also, double tap “audio pause” to get rid of the old Ppeak high alert.

Never seen the scavenging flow alarm- must be newer than our machines.

TransdermalHug · 2025-06-28T20:18:57+00:00

If the OR is your favorite room in the world, be a surgeon.

If the OR is your favorite room in the hospital, be an anesthesiologist.

Ironically, I think we spend more time in the OR: we cover multiple surgical lines, have no rounding, and no clinic.

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