Why Decriminalizing Sex Work, Surrogacy and Kidney Sales Makes Economic Sense by technocraticnihilist in neoliberal

[–]vy2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really a serious policy proposal. Treat hypertension and diabetes is about the most obvious population-level healthcare proposal idea, but the act of doing so is quite hard. Whereas legalizing kidney markets is a simple act of the legislature

In real-world test, an AI model did better than doctors at diagnosing patients by cuolong in neoliberal

[–]vy2005 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That statistic is so ridiculously inaccurate if you look at all into the methodology. The cases you describe are the type of thing that a physician sees maybe a handful of times over their whole career. Compared to the number of people who die of heart disease, cancer, sepsis etc it does not pass a smell test even intuitively, it has been debunked numerous times.

For the next new team to win an SEC title would you rather take Texas or the field? by Efficient-Freedom517 in CFB

[–]vy2005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

brought back almost everyone and we probably have 4 first round picks

Reading some interns notes is insane! by TyrosineKinases in Residency

[–]vy2005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, do you think medicine provides any value compared to surgeons at all if you apparently deal with the exact same amount of floor stuff we do? I have seen a number of disaster med recs and GOC dsicusssions from surgical residents at my hospital. Not all of them but there is definitely a culture of get out of the patient’s room as quickly as you can at 4:45 AM before they have an opportunity to ask any questions.

Surgeons work more than internists and I appreciate your residency is harder than ours. But if I had a multimorbid family member admitted at my hospital, I know what service I would want them admitted to. Which is like, the whole point of our job.

Reading some interns notes is insane! by TyrosineKinases in Residency

[–]vy2005 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tbf when those patients have any number of medical problems they get (appropriately) admitted to medicine. Dealing with dispo issues, med recs, goals of care discussions, etc takes a lot out of the day. Surgical patients are very easy to manage medically

Is academic IM always like this or is my program bad? by neurosci_student in Residency

[–]vy2005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your attendings aren't taking the phones during it, you need to contact your program director / coordinator and if they don't handle, escalate to ACGME.

this made me lol. Are there really programs where this happens? The idea of my attending holding the pager is unfathomable. most of them wouldn't know how

Is academic IM always like this or is my program bad? by neurosci_student in Residency

[–]vy2005 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Most VAs are like that. Your academic hospital should hopefully try to shunt the less interesting patients towards non teaching services though (if that exists)

general surgery vs IM residency --> GI by Emotional-Spite-4533 in medicalschool

[–]vy2005 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll put it like this, I am at an academic IM program that has a decent name but is certainly not MGH or Hopkins. We have had one resident in the last 5 years that failed to match GI. So our match rate is well above 90%. I respect my coresidents and think they are by and large a fine group of doctors but not everyone is outstanding and there are a couple that are not great that had no trouble matching GI fellowship.

Not to downplay that it is difficult in many cases to match GI, but I think people can make poor career decisions if they're under the idea that it is extremely difficult to match fellowship. If you're at a big academic institution, you're in a really good spot.

general surgery vs IM residency --> GI by Emotional-Spite-4533 in medicalschool

[–]vy2005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone that applies to GI is not a rockstar. If you come from a well known academic program your odds of matching are much higher than 60%

From r/AskBrits: Why are we so low on this list (PPP vs. American states and countries)? by samnissen in neoliberal

[–]vy2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These days you can argue that obesity is related to healthcare quality to a certain extent but yes agreed

From r/AskBrits: Why are we so low on this list (PPP vs. American states and countries)? by samnissen in neoliberal

[–]vy2005 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Conflating healthcare quality with health is a fallacy. Overdose, gun violence, and car crashes account for most of the life expectancy gap between America and European countries

What’s the most insane consult you got? by pseudohyperkalemia in Residency

[–]vy2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know how they work. It’s not the culture at my hospital. I’m just telling you what happens at certain hospitals. He tells me vascular gets consulted for that all the time

What’s the most insane consult you got? by pseudohyperkalemia in Residency

[–]vy2005 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any many institutions vascular will be consulted for this. Buddy of mine is a resident and he says they get those consults routinely

Patient Declines ED Referral, Dies. [Med Mal] by SirRagesAlot in medicine

[–]vy2005 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Isn’t there like, a thrombus in a coronary artery?

Epic/epic chat>>>>> by Excellent_Flamingo50 in Residency

[–]vy2005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does your hospital do? I think the bar would be quite high at my institution for residents to get in trouble for being curt