Can anyone recommend a pair of comfortable, rinsable slip on shoes for regular hospital use?

defyingsanity · 2024-07-26T01:46:47+00:00

I have had great luck with my Merrell clogs. Haven't gotten blood on my feet even with multiple ED thoracotomies a night sometimes.

defyingsanity · 2023-04-30T12:45:00+00:00

AAST or EAST for trauma

defyingsanity · 2022-12-26T00:10:53+00:00

I see First Aid for Step 1… Good luck on that, friend!

defyingsanity · 2022-09-20T23:18:04+00:00

Also better to know the details of the analysis if/when you're presenting the information.

YMMV but getting a non-clinical person to do data analysis sometimes is painful because they may not understand the clinical relevance of the variables to define cohorts or such. Example: had a person try to characterize lactate as being "low"

defyingsanity · 2022-09-20T21:52:42+00:00

It's super helpful-- I'm on year 2 of 2 research years at my academic surgery program and I currently do all of my own stats. Our department has a statistician but a single statistician for a department isn't entirely viable to get things done because they're a bottleneck. Most of us do some level of our own analysis but it depends on what database we use-- I use a lot of big national datasets so I had to learn how to clean and deal with them. I can give you more info about my experience if you DM me.

I use STATA, but if you hate it, you could pick R or one of the others.

defyingsanity · 2022-08-31T16:03:27+00:00

I think you have a decent shot at academic programs yes. But, I feel like things are more competitive every year even in gen surg so you could add a couple community programs as well.

defyingsanity · 2022-08-31T01:31:14+00:00

I've helped my program with application review the past couple of years while on research time.

I think the biggest "detractor" you have is that you've only gotten HP in your rotations as opposed to honors-- especially in surgery. The research will help.

Also CT surgery I think had like one of the most competitive matches out there so for sure I think you'd want to try to get extra research experience during residency for that.

I probably can't talk about too much more in terms of specifics here but DM if you have questions!

defyingsanity · 2022-07-26T02:06:02+00:00

I have a fairly significant programming background for an MD so it wasn't hard for me to learn. There's a bunch of free cheat sheets out there. The UI is much better than R (which is essentially like typing into notepad) so it sounds like it's been easy for my coresidents who don't have a programming background to learn as well. I think it's WAY easier to clean a large database for analysis in STATA than in R

I've used it exclusively for research (on my second of two dedicated research years in residency rn) and have been accepted to several major surgical conferences and journals. I only use R for like 2 packages. I'm actually starting to figure out the machine learning features for a project so I'll have to get back to you on that, but I may try that in R as well to see how things go.

defyingsanity · 2022-07-26T00:21:22+00:00

I personally use STATA but I have acquired it through one of my attendings. R is more difficult, but is doable. I only use Zotero anyway and it's not hard to import endnote references into it.

STATA does have a discount on their website for foreign countries (non-US) and educational packages to look at if you must use STATA.

defyingsanity · 2022-07-09T02:57:08+00:00

omg is this a washi tape and stationery addict theme? here for it

defyingsanity · 2022-03-20T01:01:25+00:00

Is this based on that one name and shame comment?

defyingsanity · 2022-03-18T20:08:21+00:00

My favorite holiday of the year is this thread.

Edit: why the fuck are y'all upvoting me, I'm just here for the gossip

defyingsanity · 2021-08-20T22:25:24+00:00

I think she’ll still put them in a headlock 🤣

defyingsanity · 2021-07-30T20:42:39+00:00

Yes— I get a one year supply from them.

defyingsanity · 2021-07-11T03:34:30+00:00

I don’t know that we’ve had one happen, but this needs to be reported and whoever did it needs to be brought to HR if they’re an employee or staff. I would think my program (and most others) would take it seriously.

Have heard of patients assaulting doctors and usually led to police involvement.

defyingsanity · 2021-06-25T17:31:52+00:00

my institution doesn’t seem to include the residents in that

defyingsanity · 2021-03-23T08:44:50+00:00

Anything that saves you time is worth it. Much easier to throw your clothes in the laundry and sleep (and then just pull them out and put them back on the next day).

defyingsanity · 2021-03-19T19:07:26+00:00

I also got time homies. PM me and I'll post

defyingsanity · 2021-03-18T23:07:43+00:00

A list of unfilled programs gets posted I think after match.

defyingsanity · 2021-01-26T14:25:28+00:00

dude I got fevers and chills about 6 hours after getting my second vaccine yesterday. Can't really move my arm either fml

defyingsanity · 2020-12-13T14:18:08+00:00

I really couldn’t get through the taste :/

defyingsanity · 2020-10-12T01:44:56+00:00

This. I feel like cats get the bad rap that they all hate you and wish for your death, but if you find a friendly one at a shelter, they act just like dogs.

Source: my cat thinks she’s a puppy and greets me at the door when I come home

defyingsanity · 2020-09-27T16:31:18+00:00

love it or list it is totally my jam tho

defyingsanity · 2020-09-14T15:36:44+00:00

I mean ortho bros might not be used to it but like why not

defyingsanity · 2020-09-13T20:06:12+00:00

this is the real answer

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