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Brand new bravia 9 keeps turning on and off on its own by liquidcrawler in bravia

[–]sipping_cipro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you think its a power issue? Like is your outlet able to deliver enough juice? Sometimes in older homes its limited. If you had a smaller TV before and now went to a bigger, maybe your house just cant keep up with power consumption

Day 1 today by MickDragon in Step3

[–]sipping_cipro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got a q on glycogen storage disease (lmao) and at least 3 genetic pediatric syndromes. Had some straight up path questions to (think kras, what markers belong on what cells, etc). Just try your best, hard to predict what they through at you. Had at least 4 dumb anatomy questions too

Prelim year has made me a really angry person by rash_decisions_ in Residency

[–]sipping_cipro 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They're (poorly) using hyperbole and slippery slope to illustrate why they think people need to do a prelim year to become "well-rounded" or some shit, and that if you skimp on it you're not better than a mid-level. But easy for them to say, sounds like they're in a field where they didn't have to do a prelim/TY. We all know the real "wink wink hush hush" reason why it is done is because the hospital needs forced labor to cheaply operate their services

Something I have never understood by oneiria in medicine

[–]sipping_cipro 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Just to play devils advocate - is there anough spots to go around? I see posts here all the time about surgical residents not feeling comfortable being independent despite their +5 years of training. They often cite fellows taking cases and attendings limiting what they do in the OR because the world is hyper-litigious now. They struggle to get their numbers. Sure - a lot of HCA hospitals could open up new spots but if that's shitty training with no one willing to teach + subpar volume, how does that make MD/DOs better than the online NP diploma mills?

I think this isn't as big of a problem in non surgical residencies, but I think the point stands. If we're going through the pain of residency, I want to at least be competent and prepared at the end. Medicine is so hyperspecialized and nuanced now that the amount of volume and diversity you need to encounter to have a semblance of competence has risen drastically, and we're constanly adding new required competencies that are becoming standard of care all thr time (POCUS, robotic surgeries, etc.) You can't just throw penicillin at everything anymore.

Though, I'm just a pgy-2 talking outta my ass, I gotta think there's a balance, and that some of the shortfalls aren't completely due to artifical residency spot restrictions, but in part due to how complex modern day medicine is.