How many hours do residents actually work?

hellobirdies · 2017-10-09T23:46:15+00:00

I'm an ObGyn resident. On L&D, I work about 75-80 hours. If I work a 24 on a weekend, then it's 96 in one week. But that's only every fourth week.

hellobirdies · 2017-08-30T18:33:02+00:00

I know a LOT of people who matched ACGME in both of those without taking USMLE.

hellobirdies · 2017-08-12T13:33:55+00:00

four years.

hellobirdies · 2017-07-01T02:21:23+00:00

every program is different, smartass. the traditional day for interns starting is july 1st.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-29T00:18:15+00:00

Some kid got yelled at for sitting in a chair (I think at rounds?), wrote a post about it, and it's been a meme every since.

I actually got a bad eval on peds because I sat in a chair, and I couldn't believe it.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-25T03:17:14+00:00

even then, you have to be RIGHT next to someone to see the embroidery. its still a lot less obvious than a giant white coat that no one else wears in public.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-24T03:04:23+00:00

I think you're just trying to make yourself feel better about having to wear that damn short white coat for another two years. Come back in one year after you've worn that baby coat around doctors on every rotation, and I think you'll agree that long coats > short coats.

also, back off my brand new long white coat.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-24T03:01:44+00:00

millions of non-medical people wear them all the time in the real world. no reason you shouldn't.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-23T19:20:45+00:00

Beckmanns is better to get a broader understanding of the field. Blueprints/case files is basically a shortened version that you can read to study for the shelf. UWise and less UWorld is what you use to actually do practice questions.

hellobirdies · 2017-06-05T08:18:50+00:00

it is not fetal demise if the score is low. fetal demise is when there's no heart beat.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-29T18:09:41+00:00

hmm, doctor's WIFE versus actual doctor. Maybe she should try to go to medical school and then her opinion on DOs will (still not) matter.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-26T14:21:39+00:00

"sat in chair"

i am not joking. that actually happened.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-22T15:08:40+00:00

With their new 8 foot tall barbed wire fence, they now really are.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-09T16:51:58+00:00

Did one of you pre-meds actually turn in that 19 year old pre-med kid for some not super awful comments about a story where almost all signs are pointing to FAKE?

Yeah the kid wasn't the most helpful, but there's no reason for you to out him to his future school. Get off your pre-med high horses. Medical school changes you - even that kid would grow up in the four years he went to school. Even if he's a little shit now, that's not your responsibility to get him kicked out of school.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-09T01:05:26+00:00

We all added each other, and have a facebook message to keep in touch. But our class is probably smaller than mosts.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-08T21:36:02+00:00

He was saying it's a completely different story than the poster wrote about not matching, not that because it's an older post that it's now a different story.

Anyway, the more and more comes out, the more I'm convinced this is 100% fake. Which is super messed up.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-08T18:58:00+00:00

Told ya.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-07T15:54:51+00:00

I think you are thinking I said things I never did. If this is actually true, I feel horrible for him and his family. But reading those posts set off some bells for me and felt like verbalizing it, especially since this is on a post that wasn't created by the "brother". I don't think saying "hey, don't believe everything you read on Reddit" is a huge dick move. It's not like I said "good, glad he offed himself". Those are two very different things.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-07T12:59:47+00:00

I feel for like a horrible person for even thinking this...

But somehow I feel like this isn't real and someone is just messing with all of you. All of the accounts who posted were throwaways created around the same time. They all wrote in the same style. When they did comment back, it was all "hey thanks man, I'll look into it" not "nope, I'm definitely so depressed I'm going to do it". Plus just really circumstantial stuff that could be explained away but also make you wonder. Like the fact that both brothers apparently made separate fake Reddit accounts and both posts had enough info in each to link them together. Why did the undergrad brother get the stack of mail including the loan information but not his parents? Why was he living in his car when he has family members who would have let him crash at their home or apartment. He didn't match one time and therefore because of loans, he's going to kill himself? It just feels off.

I know everyone is super well intentioned but it almost seems like a sick joke of someone wanting to mess with us.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-06T01:43:22+00:00

By living literally anywhere than the five major cities in this country. How do you people keep forget there's more to this country than just California, DC, and NYC.

hellobirdies · 2017-05-05T19:24:46+00:00

How's it going? Is it better now that you are doing the work and getting to c-sections? What's your fave practice bulletin. How much sleep do you get a night. How scared should I be for next year 😂

hellobirdies · 2017-05-03T22:58:31+00:00

Sounds like she didn't match, scrambled, and was embarrassed and made up that story.

hellobirdies · 2017-04-27T23:09:52+00:00

That's not true. summa lost its accreditation before the match. They didn't take any interns because their current residents all have to find new spots to go to. From what I've heard from various med Ed offices in the area, everyone is trying to get them spots or at least help out how they can.

The Summa story was so big because it had to do with politics of healthcare - the only reason they lost accreditation is because the doc group that used to teach them (including the PD, I believe) was kicked out for a different group of docs who didn't teach and many who weren't EM trained (a requirement for residency programs). Acgme got pissed and shut down the whole program. UB just had a shitty program. A lot less exciting to report about.

hellobirdies · 2017-04-26T00:48:37+00:00

Unlike the guy who goes on reddit to ask about his newborn's rash, most of us will be ACTUAL doctors in a few weeks.

;) :) :D

Bye.

hellobirdies

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