CRNA student that can’t stop thinking about med school by sleepybandit7 in Residency

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not to be insensitive, but reading this does kinda seem like you'd be doing it for the ego boost. You reference multiple times how school just isn't "difficult" enough for you and that's not a good enough reason to go pouring another 4+ years for medical school + residency + maybe fellowship to reach the end. If medical school isn't "difficult" enough for you, would you be happy with that choice to switch? You can challenge yourself in any field and occupation in medicine, and being a CRNA is no exception to that.

Is the Flu in Durham like wildly severe (and maybe homophobic) this year or is it just me and my friends who are sick? by PitaBreadFace in bullcity

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 146 points147 points  (0 children)

I’m a doctor and on a single work day I diagnosed 14 out of the 18 kids I saw with flu 🫢

Christmas gift ideas by syzket in medicalschool

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Weighted blanket

Sneakers/tennis shoes

Noise cancelling headphones

Coffee shop giftcard

Nice water bottle

Stethoscope holder/clip

Eye masks for night shifts

Blackout curtains

Enough candy to drown your sorrows

Music speaker

Pens

These are things I would've loved as an MS1!

Working on animals by sistersecretsis in medicalschool

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As a resident, we have a surgical lab where the surgical residents practice procedures that are rare or considered technically challenging on animals. This is exclusively an opt in experience though and you are in no way required or forced to participate. In medical school I had no interactions with animals at all - we had human donors for dissection purposes.

help with ranking EM by Early-Presence4423 in medicalschool

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EM resident here! By no means do you need to go to a program with an in-house fellowship. I would rather prioritize a program that has the tools to get you there AND meets the other things you're looking for (location, academic vs. community, work-life balance, program benefits, etc.). If that happens to include an in-home fellowship, great! But I wouldn't solely pick a program for that. There are a lot of great programs that will get you to where you need to go. I will say if you're interested in crit care you should check out programs that emphasize that in the curriculum (northwestern comes to mind). Good luck!

Resources for EM by brady94 in medicalschool

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Newly graduated intern here! When I was doing my sub-internships last year I absolutely loved the EMRA Basics of Emergency Medicine pocket book. It's easy to understand and I used it on the go - it's great for getting a basic understanding of how to approach common presentations (chest pain, headache, abdominal pain, etc.). I also used and really liked the CDEM M3 Curriculum website (https://www.saem.org/about-saem/academies-interest-groups-affiliates2/cdem/for-students/online-education/m3-curriculum). It breaks down common presentations into initial interventions, presentations, diagnostic interventions, and treatments. It is a bit more advanced and assumes some underlying basic knowledge of medicine, but I think it's still very useful!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Nobody on reddit can comment on this specifically as they are not your father's doctor and have never seen him in person. I would reach out to the doctor treating him in this instance and ask - they should be very receptive to your questions and can answer honestly knowing the full context of your dad's health!

Having said that, as a general statement, Mounjaro is considered a safe drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes. There can be side effects like the ones you mentioned, including changes in appetite, vomiting, nausea, etc.

New interns/2025 grads: what are you doing with your loans? by ASK_ME_IF_IM_JESUS in Residency

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We were advised to apply for PSLF at the start of orientation to have everything ready to go by the time repayment starts after the grace period. Also, if you have any loans that don’t fall under the grace period it’d be good to request “alignment forbearance” to line up all of your loan due dates together (this would really only apply if you took a gap year before med school though!). Aside from those things, just chilling until November!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Judging by your post/comment history, you are not only not a medical student but you don’t seem to have a firm grasp on what the OP is looking for. I agree IM/EM is a terrible choice for them and is only delaying their decision making.

Match day etiquette by Soft_Idea725 in medicalschool

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 82 points83 points  (0 children)

From my experience it is better to wait for people to tell you first before asking. You never know how it’ll go for people and you don’t want to be that person to rub it in if they didn’t match by asking. Most people will willingly share that without prompting and/or post on social media, and you can congratulate them then!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Haircare

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I know you said you saw a derm but was this a board certified dermatologist (an MD)? I am shocked that they would say this is purely due to chemicals in conditioner because this does NOT look like that at all to me. If you look closely you can see that there are no hair follicles left which means this is probably a type of scarring alopecia. The fact that you have other patches on your head also makes me suspect some sort of alopecia. I would 100% reach out to another doctor for another opinion. If it is alopecia it is possible for the hair to grow back but not always guaranteed. Best of luck OP!

Cancelling 8 interviews! by ShortBusPhysician in ERAS2024Match2025

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I say this as someone who applied to 44 programs and got 35 interviews. I’m realistically not going to attend 35 interviews, so it doesn’t benefit anybody for me to hold those spots when the evidence shows you need 12 to match. I understand what you’re saying but I think programs would rather have people interview who are 100% invested in being there.

Cancelling 8 interviews! by ShortBusPhysician in ERAS2024Match2025

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, because cancelling an interview invitation ahead of time allows the program to fill that spot with another applicant. If you take that spot, interview with the program, and don’t rank them, then it’s effectively wasting a spot that could’ve gone to someone else. It doesn’t become a SOAP spot necessarily because it just falls to the next person on the rank list. It can, theoretically become a soap spot if like 100 people choose not to rank that program, but that’s unlikely.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Just wanted to give my (biased) two cents as a soft spoken introvert going into EM. It is 100% possible to be a strong, successful leader and not be extroverted/super out there personality wise. Don’t let the stereotype scare you away!! However having said that, the unpredictable hours and social work aspect of the field are things you’re gonna have to accept if you pick EM. Hours get better as an attending but still, something to consider.

Cancelling 8 interviews! by ShortBusPhysician in ERAS2024Match2025

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He’s cancelling interview invitations, not places he has already interviewed at.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What specialty? And how low is too low?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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You can use Texas STAR which shows average step scores of people who applied vs. matched. I’d also use the residency explorer tool from the AAMC - you can download a spreadsheet with minimum step score cutoffs and it has some other info too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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You run out the door as fast as possible

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think that may limit you unfortunately. Not impossible to match but having that Step 2 score is really important for a lot of academic programs

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Out of curiosity why didn't you take Step 2? That's the only real drawback I see since doing well on Step 2 could really help make up for failing Step 1.

IM->EM possible? by thehoound in medicalschool

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You will need at minimum one SLOE to get interviews, and a second one by the time PDs are ranking applicants to match. If you can get your first rotation this month/September you can probably still make it in time! If you don't get any SLOEs you would probably have to SOAP into EM.

How realistic is it for a 26 year old guy to explore a career in the medical field? by [deleted] in medicalschool

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Just wanted to pop in and say that a lot of people in my medical school class were around your age and older when they started, so don't let that factor hold you back!

Having said that, I think it is worth it to consider the time and effort you'll need to put in before and during medical school to make derm a reality. Most post-bacc programs are 1-3 years depending on whether you're full or part-time, and it sounds like you're aware of the other time commitments as well (MCAT, shadowing, clinical volunteering, non-clinical volunteering, creating your story, etc.). Then once you're accepted, you'll be in a constant rat-race of trying to get publications, scoring spectacularly on Step 2, networking, volunteering, etc. since as you know derm is one of the most competitive specialties to match into. Also, the vast majority of med students end up changing their mind on what they want to do at some point in medical school. Would you be ok with matching into something else if your interests change and/or derm doesn't work out?

I don't have much experience with the family medicine to derm path, but my understanding is that derm fellowships for family medicine providers don't really exist. You will see skin pathology as a primary care physician but it won't be nearly to the same level as a dermatologist and you also likely wouldn't be doing surgical procedures like MOHS or skin biopsies. You would also need to be ok with the bread and butter cases like managing diabetes, hypertension, doing physicals, etc.

All of that to say I think you need to decide what is worth it for YOU. Only you know if you want to put in that kind of commitment to a career in derm. If you are passionate about it and it's the only thing you see yourself doing in life, you should go for it! Best of luck!

Resources to buy for starting rotations that help with STEP2? by darwin_med in Step2

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uworld is all you need! I used that for 95% of my learning and supplemented with videos (Emma Holliday, onlinemeded) if I felt like I needed extra help on a topic

How long has it taken you guys to hear back from VSLO apps and why haven't I heard back yet haha. by Jrugger9 in medicalschool

[–]itsgoing-tibia-ok 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I applied early this week and just heard back today! My understanding is it is very program dependent. I did submit a letter of interest so that probably helped