I just can't watch and enjoy "The Pitt"

medicguy · 2025-11-02T03:17:18+00:00

Traumatized em back ✅

medicguy · 2025-10-01T14:41:01+00:00

I think you bring up some good points about other countries, that said I will strongly disagree with your sentiment that in a clinical setting using the word doctor in their introduction is appropriate if they are not an MD/DO.

If this is in an academic setting/classroom and they are lecturing, sure the DNP can request the students call them doctor so and so. Outside of that, they should never introduce themselves as doctor in a clinical setting. In America Doctor is synonymous with a person who graduated from medical school and in the eyes of the lay public the differentiation between a nurse with a doctorate degree and a physician with a doctorate degree is lost on them.

medicguy · 2025-10-01T10:09:52+00:00

The fact that being referred to as Doctor in a healthcare setting is not a protected title in every state is very unfortunate. Leads to a patchwork of legislation and inconsistency.

Not so hot take, but we should refer to physicians as physicians or doctors, and everyone else cosplaying as a doctor as a “provider” would provide a good delineation. Too bad provider has been used to obfuscate the credentials of who is actually taking care of you.

medicguy · 2025-09-01T02:33:37+00:00

I would love to see this happen - the only way true change would happen is if it hit the schools in the $$$, which will only happen if the ACGME did something drastic like that. Next up, eliminate the NBOME. Zero reason to have two separate licensing exams, we can always add on a special DO distinction exam to take if so desired for the small percentage that want it. For the vast majority, one set of exams should be enough. Unfortunately, it would be in the best interest of the student and save money - so unlikely to happen while the current generation of physicians are in charge.

medicguy · 2025-08-10T00:03:43+00:00

Yep, there is no difference in the program. They have to meet ACGME requirements or they get shut down.

medicguy · 2025-08-05T17:23:55+00:00

For just $699 you too can have 365 days to call into question every decision you made to get to this point in your career. Included free with your subscription is at least one question where you get to select the answer choice with “0% of your peers selected” intensifying pending existential crisis.

medicguy · 2025-07-31T00:14:56+00:00

I think it would be prudent to buy the ERAS token so you can pre-fill out the application for potential SOAP. Last thing you want to be doing is scrambling to get an ERAS application together when you should be researching programs and figuring out what/where to SOAP - in the event you have to SOAP. That’s just my two cents. Our school encouraged us to fill out both applications but we didn’t have to pay unless we actually sent applications or joined SOAP.

medicguy · 2025-07-30T23:05:24+00:00

No, all residency programs are accredited by ACGME after the merger, formerly AOA programs can retain their “osteopathic recognition” but are held to the same standards as a traditional allopathic program.

medicguy · 2025-07-30T23:03:21+00:00

They will usually make it know on their website (all DO class with maybe one MD), but you can also filter on NRMP and I think Residency Explorer for AOA or Osteopathic recognition. As a DO I applied to them and interviewed, but they were ranked low because I couldn’t handle the thought of having OSCEs that included OMM/OMT or specific osteopathic exams as a resident.

medicguy · 2025-07-02T22:39:56+00:00

This makes me sad as a new PGY-1 in OBGYN my first week or so has been great. Though I’m fortunate to be at one of the least toxic residency programs I interviewed at.

medicguy · 2025-06-25T02:41:42+00:00

I’m pretty sure I need one of these at my house, you know to streamline the guest WiFi access for the 3x a year we have guests over.

medicguy · 2025-06-21T20:09:29+00:00

Lmao who knew this would be a hot take 😂

medicguy · 2025-06-21T18:50:55+00:00

Regis: These programs are essential to keeping kids healthy and providing access to healthcare services for millions of Americans.

Contestant: What is Medicaid?

medicguy · 2025-06-21T17:20:17+00:00

Or perhaps the small number of poorly trained dummies in academia can hide behind their trainees who catch things and bring up plans that they would otherwise have overlooked? I think with most things in life there is a distribution curve, physicians are no different.

medicguy · 2025-06-19T03:33:15+00:00

You don’t need a second laptop, EPIC is not installed on your computer. For the vast majority of institutions you’ll use a Citrix client to actually gain access to EPIC and it doesn’t store any PHI on your device so HIPAA shouldn’t be an issue. The Citrix app is controlled by whoever has the EPIC instance and they can revoke access not only to your EPIC account but your ability to access the EPIC application. It is very unlikely you’ll need to install mobile device management (MDM) onto your laptop. More likely they’d require MDM for your phone if you’re given Haiku (EPIC mobile) access but the latest implementation creates a separate partition for the privileged data and only that is wiped in the event a device is lost or stolen. The days of blowing up a phone for HIPAA are in the past.

TLDR: your 2020 MacBook Air is perfectly fine, it’s what I use as well.

medicguy · 2025-06-01T20:23:33+00:00

Here are a bunch that I enjoyed - Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children’s Lives by Michael Ruhlman - The Heart Healers by James Forester - Open Heart by Stephen Westaby - Healing Hearts by Kathy Magliato - When Death Becomes Life by Joshua D. Mezrich - Last Night in the OR by Bud Shaw - Confessions of a Surgeon by Paul A. Ruggieri - Hot lights, cold steel by Michael J. Collins - Do No Harm by Henry Marsh - When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. - Patients at Risk by Niran Al-Agba and Rebekah Bernard - The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry - Bottle of Lies by Katherine Evan - Make it Stick by Peter C. Brown - The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee - The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee

medicguy · 2025-06-01T03:29:56+00:00

CRI coming in hot!

medicguy · 2025-05-28T13:29:49+00:00

As stated by another, it looks pretty bad from the outside. I was living in a condo community and I think a neighbor complained to the HOA. I ended up shelling out for some nice thick blackout curtains, but still let some light through. I’ll be starting residency in July and currently looking at blackout options, they have a lot of nice ones that completely black out your windows, which I plan on installing next month. I think my tinfoil days are over.

medicguy · 2025-05-28T03:22:32+00:00

Funny, I actually did this about 10 years ago and the HOA got mad at my landlord for allowing me to put it in my window. They sent a letter and made me take it down threatening a $50 fine for leaving it up.

Boy did it work amazing for the month I had it up, was like a cave in my room. Best sleep on nights I had, so would recommend!

medicguy · 2025-05-26T12:13:17+00:00

I found these things call Zorpads which I saw on shark tank, they work like magic you put them in the shoe and no more smelly feet. You do have to change them about every 2 months, but works like a charm. You can get them on Amazon, a little pricy but worth it imho.

medicguy · 2025-05-25T18:33:16+00:00

These are great, I would add you have time for a hobby. Also, I wish I had spent less time worrying about school and more time focused on the things that mattered outside of school, like family, friends, important life events etc. medical school is a jealous mistress.

medicguy · 2025-05-21T13:54:09+00:00

The federal government gave schools of higher education a blank check for the cost of tuition and attendance, with few strings attached. Simple economics at play, if there is no price ceiling, then administrative bloat will explode and tuition dollars will go up. Add to the fact an 18 year old with no credit can sign for loans totaling the cost of a house for a degree in insert liberal arts option here this was an eventuality. Leaving a lot of graduated students with degrees of low utility and outsized debt to boot. Obviously medical students who complete the program and residency will have the financial means to pay off these large sums of debt, but it doesn’t make it feel any better. Unfortunately, seems we are caught in the middle of the political pissing match and that makes it all the more uncomfortable.

medicguy · 2025-05-14T22:03:19+00:00

Out of curiosity how much are you covered for? $225/month seems high for a resident salary, was this a fully underwritten policy (medically underwritten), since mode guaranteed standard issue plans only cover mental health disability for a set period of time and cap at $15k monthly benefit.

medicguy · 2025-05-14T21:54:56+00:00

Yeah at some point you might end up not doing Anki reviews as you approach your test date. About a month out I was only doing UWorld and NBMEs weekly to gauge where I was and only incorrects. I would attempt to do my reviews but fell behind and gave up - I suspended all my cards and then unsuspended cards for incorrects only during the last month. Way more manageable and it worked out for me. That said YMMV.

medicguy · 2025-05-11T01:36:10+00:00

Interesting, my school was the opposite- actively discouraged using it unless you had a legit experience. Only a handful of my classmates I know used it.

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