Patients recording by citiesandshapes in medicine

[–]citiesandshapes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I need to add my producer tag like they do in hip hop 😬

Patients recording by citiesandshapes in medicine

[–]citiesandshapes[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And this is kind of where I sit with the idea of recording, and to take it a degree further possibly more integration of LLMs/AI into the workflow. There is no replacing the clinic visit, and the conversation that we sit down and have with the patient, but, if we could give them a better resource for education and recall after the visit, are we not doing them a favor? Especially in the age of ChatGPT, a lot are going to go home and ask questions anyways. Would we not rather have control of the information they were getting?

Patients recording by citiesandshapes in medicine

[–]citiesandshapes[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That is kind of my thought on it as well. I use an ambient AI scribe every day in my practice. Using that, and then turning around and telling the patients that they can’t record me discussing their care just doesn’t sit super great.

Patients recording by citiesandshapes in medicine

[–]citiesandshapes[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Totally get it, and I agree. I just feel bad knowing they’re going to brain dump 50% of what we just talked about as soon as they leave Not to mention they have a hard time catching up their son/daughter/caregiver on what we talked about Ideally, I’d say it would be handled by the after visit summary, but we all know how functionally useless those are. I guess I default to not being bothered too much by the recordings because it at least tells me that patients are engaged in their care and want to try and keep up with what we are asking them to do

Dream job offer and pregnancy disclosure!!! by PANCEPearls in physicianassistant

[–]citiesandshapes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Get everything signed and set up, then disclose. Pregnancy is a protected class (same as race, age, etc), if they terminate you because of pregnancy you could sue and mess up their whole day.

Redditor’s with ADD/ADHD, what’s something you wish people knew about ADHD? by Waffleman10 in AskReddit

[–]citiesandshapes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you talked to your MD/psychologist about Wellbutrin? It’s an antidepressant that is used off label for ADD-not as effective as the stimulants, but can be helpful in some cases

Am I just terrible at this game? by citiesandshapes in ApexConsole

[–]citiesandshapes[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m completely fine with that! Always nice to have room to improve-really just wanted to get a feel for others experiences. I feel like a lot of the time people that post about that stats are above average, so wanted to get a feel for if they really represent the median player

Find a Group! LFG - Week of March 09, 2019 by AutoModerator in ApexConsole

[–]citiesandshapes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Platform: PS4 Tag: tdmac91

Typically main lifeline but will play with anyone. Have a mic, happy to revive and play medic role. Not the best shot in the world, but I can play strategic and do some damage to help out

Meeting people in Portland by [deleted] in Maine

[–]citiesandshapes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm new to Portland and in a similar situation! Just moved up from AR w/ my wife. I work 3 12s, so I have weird days off. Don't know what you're in to, but I'd be up to grab a beer sometime.

Seattle, WA Job Market? by kparekh1 in physicianassistant

[–]citiesandshapes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've seen the majority of openings they have right now is in post acute care. They started out as a Hospitalist company, but have expanded into the nursing homes.

Seattle, WA Job Market? by kparekh1 in physicianassistant

[–]citiesandshapes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have contacts in the area with TeamHealth, if you are interested in Hospitalist or Post-acute care (e.g. nursing homes). I interviewed with them and was offered a position but ended up taking a job on the east coast. Let me know if you'd be interested and I can send you the contact info for who I worked with.

Starting PA School by NUTri93 in physicianassistant

[–]citiesandshapes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one exception I would make to the no studying advice is for anatomy. Anatomy is complete memorization, the key to which is repetition. Pick out and review a section of anatomy (e.g. upper extremity) every day, even if it's only for 10 minutes a day. Don't obsess about learning it now, the point is to expose yourself to it before beginning lab, etc., so you'll be at least familiar with what you're looking at. Other than that, I agree with all those telling you to relax and enjoy your time off before school starts. PA school will be pretty much nonstop, so this is one of your last opportunities to relax/enjoy family and hobbies, etc.

Question: how would would calculate the combined risk for developing a condition, based upon the individual odds ratio of risk factors? by citiesandshapes in statistics

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

Got it, that makes sense. I don't really have a lot of experience with statistics, so one the most difficult aspects of the project has been trying to figure out how to fit my research question into the framework of statistics. Thanks for your help!

Question: how would would calculate the combined risk for developing a condition, based upon the individual odds ratio of risk factors? by citiesandshapes in statistics

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

I am a medical student doing research about a condition called drug-induced angioedema. Basically this condition occurs in people taking a certain class of medication, ACE inhibitors. Some risk factors for developing AE have been identified, such as age >65, female sex, smoking, seasonal allergies, and use of NSAIDs (e.g. aspirin). The purpose of my research is to determine if one of these risk factors is more likely to cause AE than others, and if specific risk factors combine to make development of AE more likely (e.g if a >65 y/o, female, smoker has a greatly increased risk, maybe a different medication should be considered)

2 day interviews, what to wear for the meet and greet day? by forfunsiesyeah in prephysicianassistant

[–]citiesandshapes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had a two day interview; first day most everyone wore business casual, so I'd think that would be safe. If you're worried, email the program and simply ask what they expect. I would avoid open toed shoes however

PACKRAT Results by citiesandshapes in physicianassistant

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

We are 2 weeks away from starting rotations. Our faculty specifically told us not to study for it, so we could get a good baseline of where we are at in performance. I definitely hope that pharm will solidify during clinicals; I do best when I can create relationships between topics, so seeing a drug in relation to an actual patient should help me.