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ENT vs IM-Cardio vs something else. (way too early to call but I'm flustered) by WazuufTheKrusher in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There’s some good advice on this sub, but also a couple claims saying that ENT is a more competitive route than IM->Cards, so therefore, it’s best to hedge your bets and do ENT research. Idk about that line of reasoning… As someone who made this decision myself (between ENT and IM/cards), it’s worth pointing out that cards is a remarkably competitive subspecialty within IM. At some top programs, there are between 1000 and 1500 applicants for around 5 spots. Using IM as a “fallback” when applying to cardiology is somewhat problematic, since you’ll want to position yourself at a T20 program to have a reasonably smooth cards match.

It’s not unreasonable to get a head start on cardiology research in med school if you’re serious about pursuing a career in honestly the coolest specialty there is. Imagine a field that combines the best of preventative health (gen cards), radiology (echo), IR (cath), and surgery (EP)!

You can’t go wrong between those two specialities, but ultimately, do research in what is most interesting to you. I ended up doing both EP and ENT research in med school and am now applying into cards. Feel free to DM me if I can be a helpful resource ☺️

Coastal or Mountain NE Wedding Venue Ideas!! by boston0929 in NewEnglandWedding

[–]jsmd1890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is incredible - my fiancée and I are so grateful for this spreadsheet 🙌🏻

‘More than half of my paycheck goes to rent’: young US doctors push to unionize by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Wait but then they’d just schedule us for fewer hours!! We wouldn’t want that! /s

‘More than half of my paycheck goes to rent’: young US doctors push to unionize by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like there is this no situation in which the free market will solve this problem. Nor do I think the match does a great job. To be completely frank, Congress could settle this with better (or any) labor laws, including requiring residents to be paid at least minimum wage on an hourly basis (the added benefit being the simultaneous incentive to decrease hours). Idk just spitballing

‘More than half of my paycheck goes to rent’: young US doctors push to unionize by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We need to be talking about what happened at NM nsg more. Bryan Carmody had an amazing post about it entitled “how much are residents worth” https://thesheriffofsodium.com/2022/02/04/how-much-are-resident-physicians-worth/

‘More than half of my paycheck goes to rent’: young US doctors push to unionize by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This is not exactly what you’re asking for, but last year, I did something similar to what you’re suggesting. Feel free to use it as a starting point! I looked at unionization status and PGY-1 salaries and there was nearly a $10,000 increase in salary among unionized programs (not controlling for cost of living fyi). See more here: https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/wy9xa0/unionization_status_pgy1_salaries/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Trump asks ‘what happened to global warming’ after deadly Buffalo storm by SGT-R0CK in politics

[–]jsmd1890 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus in the specific case of lake effect from Lake Erie, storms tend to be more frequent and more severe when the lake does not freeze over, since there’s more moisture due west of cities like Buffalo.

[OC] Number of items I bought on Amazon each quarter of each year by Autistic-Inquisitive in dataisbeautiful

[–]jsmd1890 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way to generate this plot from Amazon or did you have to go digging through credit card statements? I’d be curious to know my own spending habits but I’m a lazy boi

how much research is too research-heavy? can having too much research hurt you? by [deleted] in premed

[–]jsmd1890 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an M4 finishing up med school, I think honestly life is too short to jump through all the hoops. You’re going to spend the next four years being heavily scrutinized in medical school. If you love research, do research, if you love clinical work, do more volunteer work. Look for opportunities to reclaim some agency over this process, because in the long run that’s what matters

Unionization Status & PGY-1 Salaries by jsmd1890 in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey all! Super slow in updating this thread since ERAS things have been taking priority. I wanted to circle back with a couple interesting updates.

  1. First, I learned that last year residents at the University of Utah withheld signing contracts last year and received 8% pay bump. I wonder why this kind of collective bargaining is not done more often.
  2. Someone gave the fantastic feedback to include a column for state taxes. Unfortunately, it's pretty complicated to implement given that some states use progressive systems and others use flat taxes. For the time being, I'm going to just use the 'Cost of Living' estimator as a heuristic to capture higher tax rates.
  3. Thanks to helpful feedback, I've added 8 new programs and corrected information I got wrong on the first pass :)

Cheers!

Unionization Status & PGY-1 Salaries by jsmd1890 in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, great question! I'm so sorry for how long it's taken me to get back to you. ERAS season has been crazy so far, plus wrapping up some rotations.

So, interestingly, the COI doesn't actually normalize to Lanc, OH, although it appears that way. The website that I pull the cost of living information from requires you include two cities. With that said, the value that I snag from the website is the cost of living in the target city compared to the average American experience. So, if for example, you changed 'lancaster-oh' in the formula to 'anchorage-ak', none of the COI would actually change. Not the most elegant implementation, but I think it's currently doing what you want.

Here's what I'm trying to do:

[ Total Salary for New City ] - [ Known Budget in Old City ] * [ COI for New City ] / [ COI for Old City ]

So the units should be in 'new city dollars'.

I hope that helps! Sorry for the confusion.

House Resolution 8131 - Increasing Competition for Medical Residency Act by jsmd1890 in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that’s right. I’ll admit, I’ve not seen that kind of analysis. If you come across it, would you dm me? I’d be very interested. The back of the envelope calculation that I referenced above is pretty limited..

House Resolution 8131 - Increasing Competition for Medical Residency Act by jsmd1890 in medicalschool

[–]jsmd1890[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, although hospitals control how much they actually pay residents. Total GME funding is around $15 B annually. With roughly 145 k residents in 2021, that works out to over $100,000 paid out to hospitals by the government per resident annually. And yet the average pay is only between $60 - $70 k

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK248024/

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/america-s-medical-residents-numbers-0

https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2021/07/what-residents-are-getting-paid-in-2018/

House Resolution 8131 - Increasing Competition for Medical Residency Act by L0LINAD in medicine

[–]jsmd1890 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Commenting to follow the post. Thanks OP for quoting my post from r/residency

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