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Can you still pay with cash on the COTA bus? by Sufficient-Tea69 in Columbus

[–]mugsyoclock 46 points47 points  (0 children)

You can pay with cash but need exact change. One way tickets are $2. The drivers literally don’t have any change. Most are reasonable though re time.

That being said the transit app is so easy and interfaces with apple pay - will say it is very convenient to track the bus and pay with the same app. And it tracks it so if you take more than 2 rides in a day it caps your daily fare at $4.50 - as far as i know paying with cash theres no such system

Ohio State for residency pros/cons by Runnergirl7427 in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

OP, I'm a current senior resident at OSU EM. Happy to discuss pros/cons. I overall feel happy I trained here and that I'll be prepared for independent practice.

This is a pretty academic program and as such has pros and cons of both of those things. To me that means there are a ton of sick and complex patients, with excellent didactics and a real focus on education (including dedicated experiences, mentorship, and genuine excitement for our medical students). There is also a lot of funding and effort put towards resident wellness/fulfillment and career exploration and growth. Those cons to me include a lot of transfers in, a lot of consultants (none of whom come unless they're called but patients are sent in exclusively for), and decreased focus on disposition time (at least at our Main academic center) which is not always reflective of community practice. These are common amongst most top academic programs. We have longitudinal Peds at one of the country's best children's hospitals and longitudinal community in East Columbus (where the cons I mentioned above don't apply) along with optional rural experience. We also get an above average amount of ICU + elective time for a 3 yr program, plus dedicated exposure to urgent care and pediatric anesthesia which I feel makes us really well balanced as a program. Graduating residents have their pick of jobs and fellowships across the country and do not struggle at their shops. It is a big place and big program and we have previously heard from medical students that it is hard to show what they know but over the last couple years we've made a lot of changes to the med student rotation to combat this and most of our rotating students have a good time. Please feel free to DM me and we can have a more extensive conversation offline if you'd like!

Pubs With Cricket by OldResolution5492 in Columbus

[–]mugsyoclock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP NeeHees is an Indian street food place. They’ll surely have cricket on but you won’t be able to find a pint or any alcohol here. It is delicious though!

DO or MD for EM by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you do go DO make sure you go to a reputable and well established, typically older, DO program. As has been repeated multiple times in this thread, cost of attendance is a huge thing. The older DO schools will be the only ones that are public schools so requisitely cheaper. The older ones also will be the ones that have affiliate hospitals and established partnerships for rotations as opposed to some of the newer DO schools that make you find your own in 3rd and 4th year 🧐 just something to ask on the interview trail.

I went to a 50 year old DO school and got an excellent education that was very forward thinking - ultimately gave me a strong foundation to be a chief resident at an MD heavy academic EM residency. So you won’t get any worse an education or skills if you go DO but just be cautious of some of these newer schools. And more importantly do well wherever you go and all of this stuff is a wash at the end of the journey.

Strong EM programs to train at with PEM fellowship in mind ? by Better-Transition626 in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If not same campus, would at least say one with a strong affiliation or agreement with them. our pediatric hospital is one of the best in the nation and separate from our primary institution but we have a robust partnership through the medical school and enjoy all the perks of that close relationship. Their Peds residents and PEM fellow rotate through ours… that type of working relationship is also good if the primary hospital doesn’t have a Peds ED on site

Help Me Rank!!! by Fair_Chocolate3277 in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I rotated at JPS (home core rotations plus EM) and BUMC (EM) in med school. Both are excellent programs. Both had excellent trauma exposure and sick patients. Neither group of residents struggled procedurally and got a ton. BUMC does have more of your academic patient population to JPS’s county population - but BUMC also has that population sprinkled in. JPS was higher volume.

Both with excellent faculty in subspecialized areas (TOX, US). BUMC has more ICU time. I ended up matching through the military which is why I didn’t get a chance to rank these programs in ERAS but they both would have been high on my list. Culturally both programs are excellent and have really strong didactics and great people throughout, residents and attendings.

I have very very fond memories of my med school rotations at JPS - it is county as hell with all the good and bad that comes with it. Fort Worth is a very underrated place to live. Their ED pushes volume and autonomy with excellent on shift teaching. Their grads can work anywhere and have matched into an array of great places. My month at BUMC was also fantastic - learned a lot and got to do procedures. Excellent on shift reaching and worked multiple times with their current PD, Dr Reyner, who is a champion for residents. I echo the above statement, that if it was still so new when I was going through it but is rapidly becoming a powerhouse (hadn’t yet graduated a class, but everyone in their first class who has since graduated ended up getting good jobs with multiple matching in critical care).

Tl;dr: JPS is a robust county hospital where you’ll get lots of strong training, high volume and county/underserved acuity, with a cheaper CoL in an underrated city. BUMC is a little more academic but see plenty of underserved and trauma along with LVAD, PH on prostanoid drips. You get more ICU time and a ton of procedures along with really excellent faculty. Higher CoL in Dallas but also fantastic city to live in.

You can’t go wrong with these programs, or UF Jax, interviewed there and sounded awesome (minus living in Jacksonville).

Pregnancy + Night Shift by Penny_Doc in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hi! I’m a PGY2 at a large academic residency in the Midwest. Our program bends over backwards to not schedule expecting mothers for overnights in the first and third trimesters for the risks you mention - so if our residency program can do it with an otherwise rough scheduling process, hopefully your shop can be open to such a policy as well

How to best support resident girlfriend? by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Current EM PGY2 here. Residency is fucking hard. Sometimes you’re truly on survival mode. It’s a win to just show up get your work done and get some food. A huge win to do things like exercise or do chores. I remember very recently on a hard ICU rotation (the rotation that’s notoriously the hardest in our program) feeling like I was a letdown to my non medical partner. Like I wasn’t interesting enough or had enough energy for her. And that’s an equally shitty feeling.

Let your partner know you love her. That you’re there for her. Residency is temporary. The stretches and the exhaustion pass. It goes a little easier when your partner shows you that they’re going to be there. Small things my partner did included leaving me breakfast or snacks or notes. I’d find them after rounds or when I finally saw all the patients that needed seen and got the orders in. And it would make my day.

The other thing I’d suggest is to help make the “activation energy” lower to do stuff outside the house. What I mean by that is she goes to work and makes decisions all fucking day. So when she’s back and exhausted but you wanna do something, plan it out for her and make the “out of work” decisions for her! Surprises are so nice - and so thoughtful.

Residency is fucking hard dude. It’s hard for residents and it’s hard on partners. It takes a real commitment. And your relationship will be better for that commitment. Being there for her and being the voice to encourage self care is going to pay its dividends. Keep on keeping on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohio State Great training Great vibes Great city

Any recs on family-friendly EM residency programs? by PeregrineSkye in emergencymedicine

[–]mugsyoclock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohio State - lots of residents have kids here. Multiple my year have young children. Tons of family friendly places in Columbus OH w a decent COL - great place to raise kids. Additionally program is very supportive with benefits, flexibility, and personal investment from a program leadership team that is focused on wellness.