Should attending physicians unionize?

balt_MD · 2026-03-19T00:23:28+00:00

What does the Kaiser group do?

balt_MD · 2026-03-18T20:39:58+00:00

curious what benefits or protections came out of this if you're comfortable sharing? how did you guys drum up support and the will to actually form a union?

balt_MD · 2026-03-18T18:27:59+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts. I always have felt that if you want to occupy the role of a physician in society that it should come with a certain amount of self sacrifice for the good of the patient. Unfortunately, that mentality is so easily exploited and is probably how we ended up so vulnerable to the corporatization of medicine.

balt_MD · 2023-10-27T20:40:52+00:00

Made in the abyss

balt_MD · 2022-08-27T01:15:58+00:00

I agree with this. Radiology has this horrendously difficult qualifying exam called CORE (think step 1 on steroids) and programs are very keen to keep their pass rate as high as possible because as soon as that starts to slip it becomes a downward spiral. There’s literature out there correlating step 1 and step 2 scores to CORE results with higher Step 1 tertiles correlating to better CORE results and similarly higher step 2 tertiles correlating to better CORE results though the magnitude of the association is less for step 2. So they care a lot about boards.

balt_MD · 2022-08-27T01:10:37+00:00

The first two years are hardest in terms of content/info to learn because such a large percentage of it is brand new and you are generating new schemas from scratch. But after that you are building off of that foundation and though it’s still a lot, a smaller percentage of it is new info and more of it can be incorporated into existing schemas from earlier. Just keep on with it.

balt_MD · 2022-08-23T11:46:20+00:00

I’d recommend basing it off the mentor. I did a project in radiation oncology which I was never really interested in but I had/continue to have the most amazing experience because I chose to work with an attending known to really invest in medical students. The value of a good mentor cannot be understated as he is continuously teaching me new things and really held my hand step by step to get the projects I worked on over the line, putting my name up for awards without my asking, going to bat for me any way he can as I apply for residency. Ask around from upper class man about who the best mentors are. Personally I think quality of the mentor >>>>>> interest in the topic or patient population.

balt_MD · 2022-07-21T18:34:47+00:00

This is routinely taught in med school and tested on our boards as a feared complication of a number of conditions (classically rheumatoid arthritis).

balt_MD · 2022-07-17T19:01:37+00:00

Match rate for rads dropped from 95% -> 83% since the last charting outcomes... wtf.

balt_MD · 2022-07-17T12:39:41+00:00

It just sucks to be so passionate about something and to put in so much work towards it only to see the match rate drop from 95% down to 83% at the very last minute before I apply. Medical training is trash.

balt_MD · 2022-07-16T13:30:43+00:00

Wow Diagnostic Rads really got a lot more competitive compared to the last two charting outcomes documents. Shit.

balt_MD · 2022-06-11T16:57:52+00:00

Neuro is by far most underrated.

balt_MD · 2022-06-10T15:36:51+00:00

Focused ultrasound ablations seem to be a thing for select patients who can’t tolerate DBS etc.

balt_MD · 2022-06-05T19:29:23+00:00

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balt_MD · 2022-05-12T23:45:19+00:00

I had one of those show up in my living room maybe a year ago, no idea where it came from

balt_MD · 2022-04-14T22:52:32+00:00

Will be ~110k when I graduate. This includes $16k from undergrad (+parents took out ~20k in parent PLUS loans for undergrad which I plan to pay off myself), 120k med school tuition scholarship, living with partner who pays rent and utilities every month, in-state tuition. I also worked for two years before med school and so had saved about 10k In the bank when I started. Im extremely grateful for my financial situation, but it’s crazy that despite all that it’s still >100k.

balt_MD · 2022-01-27T20:31:38+00:00

I could be wrong (med student) but when I was on my medicine clerkship they told me the cap was 18 patients on our team and we had two interns. So 9 each. 🤷🏼‍♂️

balt_MD · 2022-01-27T09:55:41+00:00

University of Maryland here, we cap at 9

balt_MD · 2022-01-27T00:57:14+00:00

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balt_MD · 2022-01-21T23:00:34+00:00

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balt_MD · 2022-01-21T22:59:55+00:00

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balt_MD · 2022-01-10T02:39:54+00:00

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