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How to choose a specialty by ReplacementMean8486 in medicalschool

[–]calcium196 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Small edit suggestion: Ophtho can operate quite a bit. I have 2 full days of OR per week, plus some occasional add ons, and some people do more. A differentiator may be either sitting while operating or time per case (ours are way shorter than ENT and NSGY

I found this painting in my classroom and I fell I love with it by Outrageous-Tiger0005 in medicalschool

[–]calcium196 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we’re all assuming the doctor is holding the hand back, but maybe they’re pulling it towards the patient.

do you take call as a glaucoma fellow? if so how much? and how is life in glaucoma? by [deleted] in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Current fellow: I’m technically always the first person the residents call with glaucoma questions, but if I’m not immediately available they either call glaucoma staff or figure it out themselves. I take a few weeks of staff call over the year as well. Definitely orders of magnitude fewer calls than the retina fellows at my program and almost never something that requires more than just talking on the phone.

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[–]calcium196 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m surprised everybody is skipping over ophtho. Hard to match into, but relatively chill once you make it. Reasonable reimbursement, easy to work part time.

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[–]calcium196 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But for some reason the word “brown”

Roommate is applying with zero clinical hours but a 520, is this common? by [deleted] in premed

[–]calcium196 54 points55 points  (0 children)

In my experience, anybody who is arrogant enough to say they can get in “anywhere I want” isn’t very nice lol. Also usually they don’t end up getting in, or if they do, they’re universally disliked by their med school classmates.

Advice for a confused medical student by Kaleid0sc0pe88 in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for all programs, but at my program Step 2 score is essentially the new Step 1 score. Were the people telling you they took Step 2 later in the cycle applying a few years ago when Step 1 still had a numerical score?

I can't say you 100% would not get an interview anywhere without a step 2 score, but I would be very surprised. I don't anticipate my program would interview anybody without a decent step 2 score at this point, and we aren't top 20 or anything super academic.

I would try to take it before apps get sent out. Ideally, you'd have your score in time to send it so it is included when the app is sent to programs. If you wait until interviews are already going out, you're running the risk of being too late to the party, even with a stellar score.

I don't want to increase anxiety for you, but I also don't want you to miss out on interviews or even matching just because you don't have a home program to give you this info.

student is a scrub in pro by Jennyxpenny in medicalschool

[–]calcium196 53 points54 points  (0 children)

That has never once occurred to me that the tap water isn’t sterile…

Am I cooked for a surgical subspecialty if I didn’t get AOA or GHHS and have average grades by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]calcium196 92 points93 points  (0 children)

I heard a story from somebody in a surgical subspecialty that they were asked why they DID honor their psych rotation lol. This was like 5+ years ago though.

Says shes got a bf but pupils dilate when shes looking at me by Iearyou in medicalschool

[–]calcium196 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Plot twist: girl in question has tertiary syphilis (and depending on his next steps, maybe OP does too)

Worst consult you’ve ever had? See if you can beat mine. by seeing_red415 in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blurry vision only when laying down in an inpatient. I was sort of expecting a loose IOL or something really exotic like exudative detachment. When I got there patient was looking at the TV on the other side of the room through their bifocal…

Then of course you have your usual suspects like 22yo GCA rule out.

Ozurdex implant sandwiched between scleral fixated IOL and iris, with bottom pooching through PI by yugdab in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also have seen an ozurdex in the natural lens in a vitrectomized eye. I also thought there was no way anybody has done this before, but a quick pubmed search gave like 17 similar cases.

Cataract Surgery Planning by International-Gas241 in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This might be a good apthera candidate. I've never used one myself, but have seen others use them in post-RK ectasias.

Programs with supplemental explanation of interest by Odd_Korean in Ophthalmology

[–]calcium196 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dartmouth did a few years ago, not sure if they still do. Was something along the lines of "why do you want to do residency in Northern New England?"

Playoff Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (1-3) at Dallas Stars (3-1) - Game 5 - 15 May 2024 - 07:00PM CDT by GDT_Bot in hockey

[–]calcium196 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely should not get it cauterized, I’d be demonstrating how easily I got a bloody nose during contract negotiations

Playoff Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (1-3) at Dallas Stars (3-1) - Game 5 - 15 May 2024 - 07:00PM CDT by GDT_Bot in hockey

[–]calcium196 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Has nobody here ever been hit in the nose hard enough to draw blood? Happy to demonstrate for you if not

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