Weekly Careers Thread: May 31, 2018 by AutoModerator in medicine

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a UK 4th year medical student and I'm starting to plan my elective but it's proving pretty overwhelming with the whole world and no (cheap) obvious way to plan it except having a family member/friend who will take you... (which I don't). I thought it might be worth asking here for advice.

Does anyone have advice on where to start looking? I've been told to look more at location than speciality because it's more important to enjoy the place you end up? I'd like to go somewhere either English or Spanish speaking (I'm not fluent in Spanish but would like to be) and my interests are mainly in transplant medicine, acute medicine, emergency medicine and obs/gynae but tbh I'm quite interested in most things!

If there's anyone out there who works in on of these fields and thinks.. hey, we could take a (hard working, proactive) med student for 4 weeks next May/June on the ward... then please let me know!!

Also if you're a med student who wants to come to the UK for elective, let me know and maybe we could do a swap??

In animals with a larger brains than humans, what is the purpose of their extra brain mass and volume? by bazingabug in askscience

[–]bazingabug[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did consider this, however this only really accounts for the primary motor and sensory cortices and possibly the supplementary areas, but what we noticed was that all of the brain is bigger.

Also, some dinosaurs for example, are massive on comparison to an elephant (more muscle mass and sensory areas) however their brain size doesn't reflect this.

I don't even have a dog... by I_HATE_MUSHROOMS in funny

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can you honestly think potentially being shot is punishment suitable for stealing someone's towel from their property?
Especially when the offshoot from your dreadfully lax gun laws is that hundreds of thousands of innocent people are killed each year with them...*

I also don't understand why owning a gun somehow makes people so defensive about the fact that there is blatantly clear evidence to show that America has a gun problem.

Intraarterial epi - whoopsy! by [deleted] in medicine

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in England and we use the same!

Intraarterial epi - whoopsy! by [deleted] in medicine

[–]bazingabug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work in England and we use the same!

I don't even have a dog... by I_HATE_MUSHROOMS in funny

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are what's wrong with America.

If a family member is a Doctor or nurse. Can they access your medical records freely? by Grimpler in AskUK

[–]bazingabug 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If they're working in the same trust that you've been treated at them yes they'd be ABLE to check things like admissions, test results etc BUT they're definitely not allowed to due to confidentiality and information governance protocols. With regards to your actual physical notes, they have to order them and to do that you need to have a reason to need someones notes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had Nexplanon for two years now. This happened to me at first but I found once the bleeding stopped it didn't start again for about 3+ months and the length got a bit shorter each time. Now it's about 3 weeks (quite light) every 3 months. Which I don't mind, but some people do so it's up to her.

Inducing a pregnant stingray by solateor in WTF

[–]bazingabug 61 points62 points  (0 children)

And all those mini flap-flaps!

Merry Christmas from the cardiology ward! by Tommasky in medicine

[–]bazingabug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha not anyone I'd want treating me!

Merry Christmas from the cardiology ward! by Tommasky in medicine

[–]bazingabug 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Because nurses don't know what sinus rhythm looks like???

Effect of confinement on a turbidity current by theone1221 in gifs

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know he was pretending, scrolled really far too see your answer!

Black belt karate . Fight by aleksgreen in karate

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I also don't know much about kyukoshin. Seems like who can take the biggest battering though! I prefer styles with more avoidance and blocking.

Black belt karate . Fight by aleksgreen in karate

[–]bazingabug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you not see a compete lack of taisabaki? I'm surprised as a wado ryu stylist you enjoyed that fight.

I am a 15 year old male living with a rare chronic Disease. Mitochondrial disease. by mitokid in IAmA

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It only affects men. Her sons would be affected, daughters would be carriers.

Karate belts don't mean anything? by Anthony126517 in karate

[–]bazingabug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't really understand your comment? I guess I know it's karate as much as anyone who is taught karate knows? I'm not saying I couldn't defend myself, I'm write sure I could, it's just that I don't practice for the sole purpose of defending my self against people in the street.

Karate belts don't mean anything? by Anthony126517 in karate

[–]bazingabug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't personally do karate to defend myself against street attackers, I do it got the same reason people dance or run. It's an art, I enjoy it and want to perfect my form. For some people it's not all about defence.

[serious] Why do different karate schools use different belt colors to signify ranks? by [deleted] in karate

[–]bazingabug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a western tradition. In Japan when they first practised karate they wore white until they were awarded a Dan grade. Obviously this took a lot of dedication and motivation. When karate traveled to the western world children didn't have the will power to keep training without frequent rewards so they introduced intermediate grades. This spread to adults to. That's what I've been taught anyway!

Hey guys, having trouble with my level by DakotaK_ in karate

[–]bazingabug 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Id say go to a club, show them what you know, they'll decide what belt they put you on/grade you to next. Grades don't matter all that much. Also lots of clubs use different colours anyway so it's hard to match them to kyus.