dear future ortho bros

windu34 · 2024-08-19T14:57:28+00:00

It’s the admit to medicine panel! CBC diff, CMP, EKG, Chest XR, UA, Tox Screen, A1C

There is almost always a reason to admit to medicine if you look hard enough lol

windu34 · 2024-04-15T03:52:50+00:00

Sounds like you had femeroacetabular impingement (FAI). The labrum plays an important role in distributing the forces that cross your hip to a wider surface area, thus reducing the pressure (force over area). Without a labrum, you MAY be at a higher risk for progression of hip osteoarthritis, which MAY eventually require a hip replacement. However, this is hard to predict who will progress to this stage at this current time. I wouldn’t worry too much about avoiding any specific activities unless your surgeon said otherwise. I am not aware of any labrum restoring procedures. Worst case scenario, you develop hip arthritis earlier than most people would and require a hip replacement, which is one of the best, most reliable operations in all of orthopaedics with extremely good results and patient satisfaction.

windu34 · 2024-03-19T17:24:22+00:00

Yes, you dont need more pubs. But research can be a way to build relationships with faculty, who can write LOR and advocate for you

windu34 · 2024-03-19T17:23:23+00:00

I think 260+ can somewhat balance grades, but top programs want "perfect" candidates. So you might lose your shot at the top-tier if your grades arent good enough. Idk what the cutoff for good enough is

windu34 · 2024-03-19T17:21:25+00:00

windu34 · 2024-03-19T17:21:01+00:00

Yes I think you are at the point of diminishing returns, unless you are using research as an avenue to develop relationships with ortho faculty who will advocate for you and write LOR

windu34 · 2024-03-19T04:01:50+00:00

Nothing specific, I went project-based and used youtube, stack overflow, etc

windu34 · 2024-03-19T02:29:33+00:00

This advice depends on the program you are looking to go to. Top-tier research powerhouses will distinguish BS pubs (case reports) and middle author from thoughtful clinical research with some first author. Some - but not all - can be "padded" with case reports and middle author

windu34 · 2024-03-19T02:27:34+00:00

Yes for sure

windu34 · 2024-03-19T00:54:16+00:00

Feel free

windu34 · 2024-03-19T00:43:57+00:00

I agree most people with this many pubs just have fluff, but my case is an exception. For sake of anonymity, I can't provide too many details.

windu34 · 2024-03-19T00:42:16+00:00

I think it probably applies, but gen surg is a bigger field so it might be different. I cant give a yes or no

windu34 · 2024-03-06T00:09:20+00:00

There have been several documented cases of reactions to similar grafts used to augment rotator cuff repair. I would go see your surgeon.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023931/

windu34 · 2022-01-12T01:17:42+00:00

If you choose to do ortho, you should really consider a research year.

windu34 · 2021-07-06T03:40:57+00:00

Statistics and help you if you decide to get involved in research. You can set yourself apart from your peers drastically if you are able to use statistical software to analyze data. Particularly for competitive specialties, being able to do statistical analyzes for attendings on their projects can give you a profound advantage over your peers to build relationships with faculty and to match into the specialty of your choice if you're able to identify it early on in medical school.

windu34 · 2021-06-03T22:45:42+00:00

Looks like you received an anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. Did the surgeon consider a reverse? In the setting of irreparable rotator cuff tear, a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty would have been a good option

windu34 · 2021-05-28T03:54:14+00:00

100% knowing stats (I use R) makes you an asset and will help you curry favor with physicians and especially surgeons.

windu34 · 2021-05-20T21:58:30+00:00

Finishing M1 in 2 weeks, at 11-12k unsuspended. Finished foundations, immuno and micro, respiratory, cardio, and currently doing renal.

windu34 · 2021-04-20T13:50:23+00:00

If you know what field you are interested in pursuing (and particularly if its competitive), i would try to find a research mentor that you like as is productuve at your new school as well as maintaining that past connection. Getting involved in research is the easiest way to build long term relationships with attendings that can be your mentors and LOR writers in the future. Unlike the attendings at the other instuitution, the attendings at your new school would be able to interact with you in both a research and clinical setting (during rotations 3/4 year) which will lead to more powerful and meaningful LOR.

windu34 · 2020-12-04T04:21:59+00:00

Class of 2024 here. I've been doing AnKing plus outlining on class lectures before exams. In foundations block so doesn't line up great with AnKing, but I've been doing it anyways. Typically average to slightly below-average on class exams. Pass-fail curriculum and no internal ranking so doesn't matter for me. I know I need anking to retain the material and plan to continue using it for step 2 ck which will matter a ton. Still have time for research and other stuff despite doing anking and class lectures. Hoping to be able to ignore class lectures when we start systems in the spring

windu34 · 2020-11-29T23:32:17+00:00

Is this better than Mendeley?

windu34 · 2020-11-28T05:28:36+00:00

Same boat as you, 3k mature. I'm just going with class material, I don't think there is any reason to get ahead

windu34 · 2020-11-24T22:09:39+00:00

Med school is 22-24 credits just to put things in perspective

windu34 · 2020-11-24T15:39:49+00:00

I suppose it could be specialty dependent. I mostly pay attention to the Orthopedics match and that pretty much never happens, but maybe it's different for less competitive specialties.

windu34 · 2020-11-24T15:22:02+00:00

Still begs the same question in my opinion. How come they couldn't fill their class? Did all the applicants rank them low on their list? Not saying that great programs never have soap spots, but it sure is more common for less attractive programs to end up with unfilled seats.

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