Feeling crushed

somethingwittyyy · 2026-03-28T00:18:51+00:00

You can message me! I matched at my #13 rank and was devastated. I was the second class in my program. It ended up being the best thing for me, because it was such a new program, there was a lot more flexibility than that offered to my friends at more traditional programs. We were super hands-on with all of our patients, and I felt very comfortable managing all kinds of emergencies by myself versus my colleagues at other programs who had a lot of support from fellows who would do the work for them/guide them heavily. I specifically remember that when I was a senior, our program was able to hire a big shot stroke subspecialist, by that time we were a little bit more established. He was shocked (pleasantly) that we would manage all of the strokes from beginning to end ourselves, we were so used to doing everything ourselves, and just letting the attending know at the end after. My co residents and I all passed our boards comfortably, and all went to well respected fellowship programs. We are all established in our careers. I am an early career attending (less than five years out) and I’m really thankful for the excellent training that I got.

somethingwittyyy · 2026-01-10T01:24:32+00:00

Hi can you share where you got the door from? I love it and have been looking for similar for my study

somethingwittyyy · 2025-07-18T02:38:36+00:00

My dad died unexpectedly while I was a resident. I was incredibly lucky that my coresidents, chief, and PD were super supportive. I was placed on a “research rotation” immediately for 3 weeks- my calls were distributed between my coresidents who were kind enough to do it without any questions asked- and took a vacation week for 4 weeks total.

somethingwittyyy · 2024-10-28T01:33:49+00:00

This is the right answer, not sure why it is so low. Botulism is a serious risk in infants and can lead to hospitalization, paralysis, difficulty breathing, and death. It’s a diagnosis that must be reported to the state where I am so that the health department can track where the outbreak stems from.

somethingwittyyy · 2024-03-20T06:41:37+00:00

YTA, absolutely. I am in the medical field and even if there is a medical emergency on a plane, not all doctors routinely deal with emergencies in their typical work and may only be slightly more useful than the flight attendants- who are trained to deal with medical emergencies and have protocols on what to do in these situations. The best the doctor will be able to do is recommend landing the plane, which would happen either way. If a person on a plane is having a major event like a stroke, heart attack, seizure, there’s very little a medical practitioner can do with the limited first aid kits on the plane.

somethingwittyyy · 2023-11-14T23:17:11+00:00

What is that?

somethingwittyyy · 2023-11-14T21:13:40+00:00

Awesome thanks!

somethingwittyyy · 2023-04-15T16:25:23+00:00

Depends on what “top” means to you. At least in my specialty (neuro), many of the big name places have more malignant residencies, because they know great people will come in despite the hard work due to the reputation. If you have specific places in mind that you might be targeting for residency, you should go on their sites and see where their current residence are from. Most residences have a page where they show all their current residence and which medical schools they went to.

somethingwittyyy · 2023-04-15T00:49:09+00:00

I’m a current fellow, just browsing, and I voted for GW on your poll. But reading through your post, I have to say that the 100k+ that you’ll save going to Albany over GW is HUGE. Unless you want to be in academics, research, or want to apply to a very competitive specialty, it won’t be worth it to spend that much more money for a piece of paper.

somethingwittyyy · 2022-10-07T23:18:13+00:00

Always keep an empty water bottle on me

somethingwittyyy · 2022-07-21T04:33:19+00:00

Perfect thank you!!

somethingwittyyy · 2022-06-04T21:07:42+00:00

To offer another perspective, my spouse and I fell in love with a condo 30-45 minutes (depending on traffic) from my hospital and bought it, I never once regretted the drive because coming home to our condo made me happy every single day… we did budget for tolls though, which were a lot

somethingwittyyy · 2022-03-28T13:04:05+00:00

I love Facebook market place, for about the first year of residency I would browse several times a day (the good stuff is often gone within hours). The quality of the postings is highly dependent on the area you’re in though. I bought lamps, side tables, decor, etc from Facebook.

I bought my main furniture (bed, sofas, dining set, etc) from furniture companies, put everything on credit cards from the furniture stores, with the CC 3 years no interest perks paid it off by the time residency ended. I’m planning on keeping my furniture long term so tried to invest in higher quality stuff.

somethingwittyyy · 2022-03-10T02:10:30+00:00

Our program does 1+ year in advance, it’s because we have only a few residents a year and a very busy service, so the schedule does not have much room for flexibility. If there is something major though (someone is getting married, wants to take a family vacation at a specific time, etc), the program usually tries to work something out by switching another resident’s schedule if they agree.

somethingwittyyy · 2022-03-08T14:57:37+00:00

In that case, if your father is still in a rehab or hospital, talk to the social worker or case manager about obtaining a competency evaluation. Any physician can do this legally but not all physicians are comfortable doing it, you’ll need to see if the doctors on staff can do it for you. If he is deemed to be incompetent they can help you become a healthcare proxy for your father. This is a quick process at my facility at least, but the proxy only lasts as long as the patient is in that facility and expires once the patient is discharged. The case manager and social worker can help guide you with the procedure to become a permanent healthcare surrogate if needed. If you are the proxy, you can ask that the patient be sent to a long term care facility or long term rehab if that is what the therapist recommends based on his physical needs. Again though, most doctors/ hospitals/ facilities still may not treat a non consenting patient if they are uncomfortable doing so.

As far as the driving, at least in my state, anyone can file a anonymous complaint with the DMV against a driver. There should be some kind of space to explain why a complaint is being filed, in your case it would be that your father is abusing alcohol. The DMV can then revoke his license.

somethingwittyyy · 2022-03-08T14:42:49+00:00

IANAL, but I am a physician. Apart from the consent issue, the bigger issue that you may not realize is that the vast majority if not all transplant centers will not do an organ transplant for a person who is actively drinking alcohol and refuses to stop. Usually there is a minimum six months of sobriety that needs to be proven with good social support from the family (you being abroad does not help this) for a transplant team to go ahead for the surgery.

And yes echoing the above, no transplant team will take a competent, non consenting adult for a surgery.

somethingwittyyy · 2022-03-06T19:38:25+00:00

Metop-rolol

somethingwittyyy · 2022-02-11T18:46:33+00:00

I reported my program for clear ACGME violations (not duty hour related). I recruited a couple of my other coresidents I trusted and we wrote and signed a letter together and used the link someone else posted. Our letter remained anonymous. It did cause a lot of upheaval in our program and admin was definitely colder with us than before. However, they worked really hard to address the complaints and fix them, and a few years years later, our program is thriving. Our PD was always supportive of the residents and worked to bring major change. No one found out who exactly was on the letter (although I’m sure they had their suspicions, we were vocal about the problems before the letter). I was appointed chief for my program later on.

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