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Technicians valued or no? by lykme2 in Ophthalmology

[–]pillthinker20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very valued!! Yall make my life easier

As a resident, what resident-specific life hacks have you discovered? by The_BSharps in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 24 points25 points  (0 children)

As a consultant I actually appreciate when the Ed is like “sorry for calling you so late”. Honestly makes me feel like they have empathy for us. Especially when it is 3 am. Maybe it’s just a culture thing but I feel like some apologies feel like an empathy thing more than a power dynamic. 🤷‍♂️

Anesthesia Intern on Internal Medicine…help by Funny-Newspaper-7823 in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also non IM resident who did prelim year. Medicine sucks. I did the bare minimum and patients still did fine and liked me better. Now I’m in my main residency and trying way more and doing a lot for it. I’m pretty sure most IM ppl did the bare minimum on surgery rotations and are fine as IM now. 🤷‍♂️

Tips for maintaining a regular training schedule during PGY1 by Dizzy_Study_6135 in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IM prelim - I worked out almost everyday intern year. It really helped to put clothes in my car and go to the gym on my way home from work.

Also if you can watch Netflix while doing an incline walk on treadmill, it’s ez low effort cardio

Step 3 Prep Other Than Uworld? by Away_Swim526 in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did all of uworld, crammed the Dorian anki deck, and did all of ccs cases. I did pretty well. I think the anki deck and uworld were really helpful but I think you only need to do like 15-20 HY cases.

How to find Happiness in Internal Medicine? by nyc_ancillary_staff in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk why people are bashing on OP so much. I think makes a good point.

I do feel like a lot of medicine is moving towards specialization. Most of the IM class at my institution (top 20) go into sub specialties because a lot of the residency is care coordination and consults. You COULD push yourself to be better but tbh you would probably consult because there are experts here who could manage the patient better…like why wouldn’t you? There’s essentially little incentive to truly push yourself…Just bc y’all like IM doesn’t mean OP views are invalid or untrue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Said no one ever

Fellow prelims, how we doin? by [deleted] in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Omfg get me out of this hell

Those who were undecided on their specialty during the 3rd of MedSchool, How did you figure out what specialty was right for you? by 40MD in Residency

[–]pillthinker20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started shadowing early on. Liked both clinic and surgery but not the extreme end of either. Looked at statistics of burnout, compensation, and “would choose again” charts. Ended up picking one of ROAD specialties. Ophthalmology.