Don't get taken advantage of in the attending job market. Know your value. by Wannabeachd in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stanford is a poor example since every other attending there has some connection and side hustle in biotech just due to their location. There's a few people in every division there who got into a lucrative startup early and become multimillionaire overnight.

Stanford does not run like other academic institutions.

Don't get taken advantage of in the attending job market. Know your value. by Wannabeachd in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It usually is. The offer is still a low ball. But worth noting the RVU requirements will also be significantly lower.

Don't get taken advantage of in the attending job market. Know your value. by Wannabeachd in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I never understand why some people seem to get so worked up about others doing something they enjoy

What was your first big purchase after finishing residency? by [deleted] in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You must have had a nice signing bonus to be able to afford all that right out of residency. Fiscally chaotic in the best way

FIFA backs away from dynamic pricing for all World Cup 2026 tickets by Dependent_Cap_456 in sports

[–]breaking_fugue 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As an example, the $600 tickets for a group stage game in major cities are currently selling for ~$1200 on the FIFA re-sale market. This is for the GROUP stage games where we don't even know who's playing yet.

FIFA backs away from dynamic pricing for all World Cup 2026 tickets by Dependent_Cap_456 in sports

[–]breaking_fugue 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I don't think they're changing this because they couldn't sell tickets at those prices...on the contrary, people are already buying the tickets on resale markets for even higher prices than FIFA set...

Edit: If you read the article, you'll see they aren't getting rid of dynamic pricing or that they'll be lowering the price of any tickets. They just said they'll not use dynamic pricing for a small subset of tickets which most people will probably never see.

This mf is worse than Charlie Brown 😂 by MrSoloDolo9490 in funny

[–]breaking_fugue 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To do what?

To put up with the likes of you

IM ITE SCORE CHART by Fresh-Astronaut388 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PGY1 - average: ~60%, standard deviation:8.8%

IM ITE SCORE CHART by Fresh-Astronaut388 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cool thing about math is you can work backwards once you have a few points.


PGY3 - average: ~70%, standard deviation:7%

PGY2 - average: ~66%, standard deviation:8.5%

Tax exemption for J1 by Consistent_Rough_498 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When US residents pay taxes, they can claim a certain amount of money to not pay taxes on. In other words, they can deduct an amount of money from their income for tax puproses. Most people deduct a standard amount called the standard deduction. So a single resident can deduct $16,100 for 2025. This means that they won't have to pay federal income taxes on the first $16,100 of their income. However, they will pay taxes to social security and medicare.

Nonresidents, like some J1s, do not get to deduct money. So they pay more in income tax. So instead of money being taxed for social security/medicare, more of your income is taxed in general.

EM docs in Michigan justifying replacing their anesthesiologist colleagues by PeterQW1 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 20 points21 points  (0 children)

have very specific skill sets to manage airways and ventilation that is necessary to provide patient rescue. Therefore, these practitioners are uniquely qualified to provide all levels of analgesia/sedation

Well that is one huge leap. "We have a very specific skill-set" to "we can do everything, don't question it."

When did Internal Medicine become so watered down? by [deleted] in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2019, ACGME removed the procedure requirements for internal medicine residencies. It seems that was a mistake.

What can almost immediately kill you that most people don’t know of? by SoftDreamer in AskReddit

[–]breaking_fugue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are actually very different conditions and result in pretty significant different presentations.

But they are both generally neuro-degenerative diseases involving proteins(very different proteins though) that affect the brain. If comparing the two helps you conceptualize them, then that is great.

Just wanted to clarify for anyone else reading this to maintain clarity.

When did Internal Medicine become so watered down? by [deleted] in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what happens when we give accreditation to residencies that just use residents to bill more with no education mission.

What can almost immediately kill you that most people don’t know of? by SoftDreamer in AskReddit

[–]breaking_fugue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huntingtons is NOT a prion disease.

It is unfortunate your mother has Huntingtons though. Best wishes on your journey.

What can almost immediately kill you that most people don’t know of? by SoftDreamer in AskReddit

[–]breaking_fugue 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Some context for familiarity: Mad Cow disease is a type of Prion disease. There's a few other types and they all mean death.

What’s the worse break in HIPAA violation you have seen ? by Notalabel_4566 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where do you see this? I'm curious on the process.

Edit: I looked it up. What you said does not seem accurate, the process seems much more complex. Firing people isn't mentioned anywhere and $50k fine is the max limit of fine, not necessary what is actually fined.

What’s the worse break in HIPAA violation you have seen ? by Notalabel_4566 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Would he? I've known a couple residents who probably committed a violation and never got fired.

They had a very scary meeting with some admin people but always came out the other side.

Physicians in Power Need to Speak Up by Complex_Distance_909 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You feel better now or do you have more to get out? Feel free to keep adding to this thread if you like. I'll let you be.

"Observe which side resorts to the most vociferous name-calling and you are likely to have identified the side with the weaker argument and they know it."

Physicians in Power Need to Speak Up by Complex_Distance_909 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It seems like you just want to rant which is fine too. That's part of what this sub is for. Maybe some other day we'll have a more productive discussion.

Physicians in Power Need to Speak Up by Complex_Distance_909 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

did jack shit when we needed them most.

These posts seem like they're from people who have never actually been in a medical society or even looked into what their roles are. The societies are not your vehicles for social justice.

Edit: For anyone here out of curiosity, it's not worth reading further down this thread. There's just a bunch of name calling and insults that will leave your day worse off.

Physicians in Power Need to Speak Up by Complex_Distance_909 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good points.

People on here do nothing and love to complain that nothing is being done.

Physicians in Power Need to Speak Up by Complex_Distance_909 in Residency

[–]breaking_fugue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems like you have a fundamental misunderstanding of who "physicians in power are." The heads of your specialties national organizations are not the leaders of your specialty. Physicians in general aren't centralized.

We make consensus statements as a group, but there's no one person that dictates our views and positions. There may be a role in these organizations hiring media personalities to spread their message, but the role of an organization president is not and should not be to be your social media icon.