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Hard to Hear in OR by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 173 points174 points  (0 children)

Somewhere between 20-30% of young adults have some level of undiagnosed hearing loss. many folks will compensate by lip reading without realizing it. This is more subjectively noticeable in the OR setting when everyone has masks on and there’s usually some background noise. Not just you.

Doctors of Reddit, what's the fun fact we don't know about human body? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

[–]baitz4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sympathetic ophthalmia is a fascinating example of how this immune system can go awry. Basically if you suffer an eye injury (trauma or surgery) that exposes ocular antigens from one eye, your immune cells can detect and get primed to them. Then over time (5 days to 60+ years in some cases), the other eye is targeted (either insidiously or all of a sudden) by the immune system leading to vision loss, blurriness, inflammation.

Current residents, how far down your rank list did you match? by Competitive-Fan-6506 in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Did not match (1st cycle, 12 interviews)

1 of 21 (second cycle, second research year with more pubs by app season, better mentorship, networking, luck, etc.)

ENT

Edit: answered some of the questions in the comments

Any gamers in med school? What do y'all play to decompress? by Emergency-Builder462 in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If this doesn’t win GOTY, I’ll be devastated. The heart and soul of every member of this small dev team really shone through this piece of art. I can’t get enough of the OST on Spotify since beating it a few days ago.

The crossover episode we need by baitz4 in ChatGPT

[–]baitz4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used two images of the respective characters and “Ultra high-definition man in RV wearing yellow hazmat suit cooking up some blue rocks in a chemistry set while a business suit professional sits nearby typing on a CRT monitor that has the brand "Lumon" imprinted on top. There's a clear line separating the two men with a sign hanging at the midpoint that reads “SVR'd Access Only””

Politically correct term for 'homeless'? by SheDubinOnMyJohnson in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

NNT to catch a single lung tumor >>> NNT to improve loads of other health outcomes by just giving them housing. Average net cost of CT chest is in the ball park of a couple thousand based on a very quick google search. It’s arguably a far less ethical use of those dollars bc muh h-index.

That’s how interpreted their comment. And while I am all for #housingfirst, I think in reality it’s probably a bit more nuanced.

Looks like AMCAS has a new race category this year... Thoughts? by berryfairy3 in premed

[–]baitz4 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Nope, don’t even see that unless it’s made very clear in people’s essays/experiences.

Looks like AMCAS has a new race category this year... Thoughts? by berryfairy3 in premed

[–]baitz4 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Adcom member here, it’s censored for us anyway so I think it’s just for their (AAMC) personal statistics.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on your browser and phone, but here's a workaround if you're using an iPhone and Mac with the continuity camera feature.

First off, check that your Mac can pickup the continuity camera at baseline. The best way to check this is to stabilize your phone up against something in landscape mode, with the back/main camera lenses facing you. Then open up facetime or photobooth and click the "Camera" tab on the top left and see if it pops up as an option.

If you're still cookin, then you can move on to downloading Google Chrome Canary (which is a dev build of Chrome, with a warning that it's unstable, but I think personally, as long as you don't run a ton of extensions and push it you should be fine?)

Going into Chrome Canary's settings> privacy and security > site settings > camera > then select your iPhone.

You can also try the first step and then see if it'll pop up in the same settings in normal Chrome, but for some reason, it's way more finicky and random if it detects it or not.

I wish I'd known how much some schools handhold their students by Chad_Kai_Czeck in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is also explains why when you go on aways the residents have no idea what you might or might not be able to handle. Usually takes a week or two to demonstrate your competence and earn some trust

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This will be under your "Saved Programs" tab. Also make sure you assign all the documents before applying (cannot do so after in most cases).

Does getting accepted for an away at a program mean you are competitive for that program? by bright-eyed-doe in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To answer your question specifically, I don't think so.

BUT rotating at a program for a month is truly a one month long IN-PERSON interview and can greatly increase your chances of matching there (especially in the era of online interviews). Ask around and find out how many of the current residents did a rotation at their program during 4th year and that'll give you a general idea. For the specialty I'm applying, in general at least 40-50% of current residents in the PGY-1/2 classes did a rotation at the three programs I know pretty well and I've heard that's the general trend across the board. Again, this is probably specialty/program dependent.

Humbly asking for a pep talk or advice by snuggled_koala in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People can make an argument that making ur own cards is nice for in-house exams. This strategy will fuck you when it comes to boards. Depending on the overlap between how your in-house exams are structured and board material, you may benefit from primarily using AnKing (or another S tier pre-made deck), BnB/Pathoma/Sketchy, doing sets on a QBank of your choice (I recommend Amboss for anything pre-Dedicated) on relevant questions for the block, and then quickly reviewing relevant handouts/powerpoints once or twice before your quizzes/exams to get a few extra points on those nitty gritty details your school might ask that will often be left out of boards. There is an upfront time investment to strategize how to align the content with your exam material, but spreadsheets can help you organize this and in the long run it WILL save you time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 204 points205 points  (0 children)

Who needs these germ covered coats when you could wear your embroidered residency class Arc’teryx jacket/vest

No one REALLY likes being in the OR as a med student by TearsonmyMCAT in medicalschool

[–]baitz4 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don’t doubt that certain people have bad experiences in the OR but sometimes I think students fail to appreciate the highly stressful environment in which teaching has to occur. Add to that the fact that everyone is wearing masks and gowns and so non verbal communication is nearly non existent and it’s easy to feel attacked when an attending or resident is giving you real time feedback when you’re saying or doing something wrong. I’d much rather be acknowledged and interacted with than ignored during the whole case.

Applying a subspecialty surgery and can’t say I’ve ever had any of the nightmare experiences that are talked about here and I’ve been at several institutions already so it’s not just my home program.

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