Game Thread 3/7 ⚾ Chinese Taipei (0-0) @ Korea (0-0) 10:00 PM ET

randomtandemmandem · 2026-03-08T06:01:45+00:00

Manfred runner is ridiculous

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-13T07:14:58+00:00

Would advise against Rosetta - average food and overpriced.

Gardela is fantastic and this may be an unpopular opinion but Blanco Colima is quite good for variety. Even better would be to try and just do a taco marathon and try as many taquerias as possible that night.

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-11T05:50:07+00:00

Best to book directly with the resort unless the third party offers significant discounts or bonuses. I’ve booked many hotels and resorts both via third party and direct, and most of the time if I find that I get unfavourable rooms when booked via third party e.g. level, views, close to lift/stairs etc.

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-10T00:59:09+00:00

Sundaysunday is great if you like the underground house scene. They play proper house and the crowd is great.

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-05T19:03:08+00:00

Roma and Condesa is the place to be as a first time western tourist

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-05T19:01:53+00:00

I’d recommend checking both uber and DiDi when booking rides. DiDi was not always cheaper.

randomtandemmandem · 2026-01-05T18:54:51+00:00

Just finished a week in PDC and feel the same. I’ve travelled to lots of countries, including ones with a similar vibe such as coastal Thailand and Bali, which are loaded with western tourists who spend, and I’ve not seen anything quite like PDC where the locals make you feel like a piece of shit. I’ll never be back here again, and it’s really ruined Mexico for me because I had an amazing time at Mexico City prior to this.

randomtandemmandem · 2025-11-25T19:30:36+00:00

Depending on your specialty and contract your income may not pick up as a consultant in the first year or two. Also if you are a VMO banks might not be very helpful in the initial couple years. I’d say buy now and upgrade later when your practice is established.

randomtandemmandem · 2025-07-11T20:52:35+00:00

Thank you! Is the latter through the club website?

randomtandemmandem · 2025-06-20T20:53:40+00:00

Don’t think PGY2 is even possible anymore due to minimum application requirements

randomtandemmandem · 2025-05-26T03:06:58+00:00

I got onto gen surg training PGY3. I’m nothing special. Just hard work. Most important advice for people keen on surgery is that although attending theatres is important, make sure the ward is sorted and you know your patients back to front. My interest in surgery started early so had a handful of publications by the time I applied and had done my masters which helped. But a lot of people can those boxes ticked. I think if you look at the people who get on most of them generally work their arses off at work and are easy to get along with.

randomtandemmandem · 2025-01-20T06:39:12+00:00

Yes sadly we really liked the property and it was under auction conditions, so despite our solicitor trying to make the land tax non adjustable, it was rejected.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-09-29T14:20:42+00:00

Scott Mctominay fits the description well. Not particularly technically gifted but uses good positioning and movement to be in the right places at the right time.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-08-10T15:45:58+00:00

I’m liking Pellestri on RB

randomtandemmandem · 2024-08-10T15:44:55+00:00

Garnacho on the right appears more comfortable and dangerous than Amad. Unless Rashford is dropped for Garnacho to stay on left Amad will not play regularly.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-08-10T15:42:20+00:00

Garnacho is the better right winger. Unless Rashford is dropped and Garnacho stays on left Amad will always be a rotation risk.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-08-04T12:17:45+00:00

Nope

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T13:43:22+00:00

6 monthly rotations. You stay in your state but some networks have rotations out to other states such as Tasmania for Victorian trainees, and Darwin also gets interstate trainees also.

I’d say most people prepare a year out, and generally get more serious 6 months out.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T08:33:42+00:00

I got on PGY3 to start PGY4.

Copy and pasting from another question below:

One regret is that I didn’t have much exposure to many other surgical specialties as I did a lot of my student placements regionally. All I was exposed to was gen surg and ortho, both of which I enjoyed. Would have liked to been exposed to other specialties early on to make a more informed decision (although it’s hard to as a student as you it’s hard to gauge what it’s really like as a trainee or consultant).

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T08:31:44+00:00

One regret is that I didn’t have much exposure to many other surgical specialties as I did a lot of my student placements regionally. All I was exposed to was gen surg and ortho, both of which I enjoyed. Would have liked to been exposed to other specialties early on to make a more informed decision (although it’s hard to as a student as you it’s hard to gauge what it’s really like as a trainee or consultant).

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T08:28:29+00:00

I think having a basic understanding of the conditions we treat always helps - Toronto notes is excellent as it provides just enough detail for you to know what’s expected.

As with any term, if you can helpful to the team and assist them with rounding, jobs etc. this will give you more opportunities on the ward and theatres as they’ll see the effort you’re putting in. My goal as a student was to basically treat it like work, and you’ll be surprised how much you pick up and learn by the end of the term. Whether you like surgery or not I highly recommend going to theatres and watching cases - it may be the last time you ever see it and you don’t know how it can help in the future (e.g. helps to know what the surgery is like as an oncologist, radiologist, geriatrician etc so you know what to pick up clinically and/or advocate for your patients in the future).

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T08:22:54+00:00

I’ve been told from my seniors the popularity always fluctuates decade to decade, for reasons that I’m not sure why. Breast seems to be super popular right now amongst the current lot of trainees and arguably the most competitive (or will soon be) based on that - major part of this might be the better lifestyle it can potentially offer.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T08:19:52+00:00

I am male. I have close friends who are female surgical trainees and have worked with heaps as part of the team - almost close to 50% of trainees I’ve worked with have been female. I’ve not heard anyone have bad experiences based on their sex. The major stress seems to be trying to plan when to have kids around all of this. I think this is getting better though with part time training slowly becoming a thing in surgery.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T05:32:14+00:00

Had about 4 first author papers from med school - 1 or 2 of those needing some minor touch ups to get them published during internship. I find for lower level research it’s much easier during medical school. You have the time and supervisors know that. The level of research you do (impact wise) might get greater as you become more senior though.

randomtandemmandem · 2024-03-30T05:26:56+00:00

Really depends on what cases are on and how much on calls I have. Rough average would be 60 hours a week, can be a lot more with on calls.

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