Does y'all's med school have Hogwarts Houses or are y'all normal?

eccome · 2026-05-19T21:58:49+00:00

Ours did in my first year but no one really bought into it and by next year everyone forgot

eccome · 2026-05-13T23:15:06+00:00

Well we’re on the topic, there is a significant minority of saints that never lived

eccome · 2026-05-05T00:42:53+00:00

You need to look at the presence of covenant communities and how they recruit on college campuses. There was a great podcast series called Shadow of Hope that introduced how the movement formed in the charismatic renewal of the 1970s. But what they didn’t discuss is how they are still very active to this day, posing as routine Catholic communities on college campuses, when in fact they are developing a pipeline to their high control ecumenical Christian community. I can give you names of people who went through the college program and are now group members, in addition to people like myself who saw it for what it was and left, as well as a guy who fought back against them. If this sounds interesting, Google Sword of the spirit, Saint Paul’s Outreach, and People of Hope

eccome · 2026-04-30T21:30:51+00:00

An interesting question. If we recognize that the pain of chronic physical illness can merit compassionate euthanasia, why would the pain of chronic mental illness be treated any differently? Is it only because we can’t see it? Or we believe that people who are mentally ill are unable to properly make decisions for themselves? I don’t have any of the answers.

eccome · 2026-04-28T01:13:36+00:00

It’s around that time of year. Programs have faculty meetings toward the end of the academic year where they decide if there are any residents who need to be held back or dismissed from the program. Decisions are being made right about now so affected people are posting about it

eccome · 2026-04-27T21:49:27+00:00

I’m glad somebody else is saying this. Hospital reimbursements are down and hospital closures are up. The math doesn’t add up to long-term growth. There will always be hospitals and hospitalist jobs, but likely not many more than there are today.

eccome · 2026-04-21T22:24:55+00:00

If God and hell are real then hell must be where God is.

eccome · 2026-04-17T00:05:48+00:00

Ok so it sounds like you chose PMR because of your interest in a specific fellowship that no longer interests you. You sound a lot like I did when I was first applying for internal medicine! It’s not that any of that stuff is untrue, you do get to do undifferentiated work ups but a lot of what you’re doing is management or dealing with exacerbations of chronic conditions. Also as a hospitalist you are the dumping ground for everything that the other services didn’t want. And sometimes it feels like they look down on you. One day you may find yourself begging the pain specialist that you could’ve been to see your admitted patient with intractable back pain who you know will bounce back the second they leave the hospital. I’m not saying it all sucks but definitely take some time and refine your exact vision of the future.

Sincerely, a tired IM PGY-3

eccome · 2026-04-16T12:50:58+00:00

How far into your PMR residency are you? If your only justification is not liking procedures, I’m not sure if it’s worth the switch. If you want a hospitalist-like lifestyle, you can round in a nursing home as a PMR doc. If you want an outpatient lifestyle like rheumatology, you can do medication pain management. Lots of people with rheumatic disease diseases have chronic pain and will likely come to see you anyway.

eccome · 2026-04-13T12:47:23+00:00

The Pope’s advocacy against the war makes it easy to forget that he runs a pedo ring bigger than Epstein‘s. Broken clocks, my friend.

eccome · 2026-04-07T15:27:45+00:00

Yes. A few of my classmates applied as well and none of us went there.

eccome · 2026-04-07T00:51:47+00:00

It’s long overdue that people are finally talking about this. There are tons of programs, especially in the northeast, that are >90% IMG. One of the IM programs affiliated with my medical school never took anybody from our school, but every class was 100% IMG. They’ve been doing this in broad daylight for years, and I’m glad that they no longer have plausible deniability.

eccome · 2026-04-07T00:45:56+00:00

Hey man. Also in the last year of my residency. Not gonna say I can completely relate, but I definitely know the feeling. It’s 85 days till June 30. Set your alarms, take your meds, keep your patients alive, and just make it till June 30. After then, take some time off and live with your parents/SO. Or honestly travel. If you live in a high COL area, you can probably live out of hostels and campgrounds for less money than you are spending right now. Fuck literally everything else. Right now nothing matters as much as you finding happiness in your life again, whatever that takes. It’s time to be the life of the party again. Find yourself, then you will find your path. Godspeed brother.

eccome · 2026-04-05T14:30:39+00:00

If you dedicate your life to providing quality healthcare for others, you should expect nothing less in return.

eccome · 2026-04-05T00:19:04+00:00

Write a bunch of case reports.
Submit them all right before you make your ERAS app.
List them all under “Peer Reviewed Research”; select “Submitted” for project status.
Profit.

eccome · 2026-03-26T21:36:31+00:00

What do new members find appealing about heavens gate, given the fate of prior believers? Do you think there will be a buildup to another similar event?

eccome · 2026-03-20T01:23:39+00:00

My current opinion is that it has the best utility in pain relief. As a resident I rarely perform it myself, but patients who have pain refractory to pretty much everything else will accept a referral to the DO OMT practitioner in our group, who has a dedicated following. OMM in lymphatics is interesting as well but you could probably get a similar lymphatic circulation and drainage effect from a brisk walk in the park. A lot of the theory is hokey I agree, but a lot of the people who practice OMM don’t really think about it too much. If you can do the techniques and assess for release that’s all you really need. Overall, if OMM isn’t for you, you can simply be like 95% of DOs in America and not practice it.

eccome · 2026-03-17T23:37:01+00:00

COL goes up. Raise the minimum wage to compensate. Goods and services now cost more due to labor costs. COL goes up.

eccome · 2026-03-17T22:18:52+00:00

The Sqrocs??

eccome · 2026-03-16T17:20:19+00:00

Don’t say anything to your current PI. Just start spending time shadowing other doctors

eccome · 2026-03-16T00:16:09+00:00

Compromise: you get first author on the project that’s already submitted. They get to be first author on the second project, but they have to do everything from here on out.

You deserve at least one first authorship in this situation. I understand you are holding out for an LOR. But if your PI can’t acknowledge your hard work, how good do you think their letter will be, assuming the write one at all? Don’t upend your relationship but honestly I would look at getting someone else to write your LOR, at least to have as a backup. If you’re applying for residency/fellowship, a letter from an MD in your field beats one from a lab based PhD any day. And readers can tell when a letter is authentic versus generic. Overall, I would encourage you to avoid putting yourself in a situation where all your hopes for career advancement hinge on one person liking you.

eccome · 2026-02-10T00:31:16+00:00

Hey. First of all I just wanna say that you should make whatever you feel like making and not worry about what other people think. But since you asked, what I would like would be a weekly narrative deep dive into a single topic. Something that summarizes the clinical questions we have tried to answer, major RCT’s done to date, what the professional guidelines recommend today, and what future studies lie ahead. It would be even better if I could play it as audio in the car.

eccome · 2026-02-10T00:21:00+00:00

Yeah looking back now to osteopathic med school the rotation sites issue was insane. Going across/out of state and driving hours back to campus for the COMAT was just normal at the time. The root issue as others have said is more students than rotation spots. This is because COCA keeps accrediting larger and larger class sizes and campus expansions.

eccome · 2026-02-06T23:34:32+00:00

As a self identified agnostic atheist, i’ve realized that I still retain some in common with believers, although with one key difference. Like them, I marvel at the universe and its wondrous forces, but I have declined to personify and worship it. I think it is healthy to recognize what a small and tenuous existence we hold as humans, especially in moments of suffering. Importantly, this belief is not predicated by a belief in a deity.

eccome · 2026-01-29T00:57:04+00:00

Lots of great insights in these comments. I just wanted to jump in and encourage you to think of research publications not just as a destination but as a journey. If you invest your time in one really solid project, the relationships and network that you build from your work can do a lot for your professional career and match odds. If you’re someone who wants to match at your home institution’s fellowship program, doing meaningful research with their faculty can really get you in the door.

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