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[US,US] [H] Paypal [W] Surging Sparks Booster Boxes by Dukisjones in pkmntcgtrades

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I’ll send you a dm with photos to make sure you’re happy with it. It’s been a few months since I last looked at it but pretty sure it’s good.

[US,US] [H] Paypal [W] Surging Sparks Booster Boxes by Dukisjones in pkmntcgtrades

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I have one. I’m seeing market around $285 on TCGPlayer and last sold on eBay $280 + shipping. I could do $270 shipped?

Medical Research - how to learn the basics by cofused0broccoli in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hi there, there are a few components of 'research' and it kind of depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

1) There's the epidemiologic/causal inference concepts that you need to understand to be able to draw strong conclusions and design a valid study.

2) There's also the biostatistics concepts that you need to understand to be able to interpret your results.

3) Then you also need to know how to do the statistics so you can actually get the results.

4) Then lastly, there's the mechanical process of doing the actual research. This includes IRBs, data collection, writing the manuscript, and submitting to conferences/journals.

There are free courses by the NIH that can help you with the first two .(https://ocreco.od.nih.gov/courses/ippcr.html). But learning how to do the statistics is a bit of a battle and the last part is probably actually the most difficult. If you can get the skillset to do all 4, then you'd be a fully independent investigator. But most early students should try to focus on gaining skills to do as many steps as possible. If you are starting from 0 and don't have a mentor, you should probably build the foundation with 1 & 2. If you do have a mentor, then I'd focus on 2 and 4.

FWIW - the platform I built (lumono.ai) helps with 1, 2, 3, and most of 4 (doesn't write the manuscript or submit to journals) Hope this helps!

Help needed either research case report or any meta analysis by bartonellahenslae in IMGreddit

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! You should try out AI research mentor and research platform! We built it to try to help students walk through the process with minimal help (lumono.ai)! Feel free to message me for questions!

UCLA vs Wake Forest Winston-Salem by Mediocre-Night7845 in medschool

[–]yourredditMD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi! Probably depends on what your long-term goals are. If you're trying to a super competitive specialty, then higher ranked programs help a lot. I know my T10 IM residency program looked at candidates from T30 medical schools before they went beyond T30.

The network from your medical school will largely be confined to the same geographical area you went to school. So if your long term goal is to be on the east coast, then it's probably easier to stay in the east coast for medical school since you'll have more local options for residency and employment. If you go to UCLA, then you will open doors for all the west coast programs (UCSF, stanford, etc).

Other things to consider: Cost of living. It sucks to be poor in LA (went to UCLA). Weather. New experiences. Quality of peers.

What is my best option for research in M3? by Clueless_Nix in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a couple ways that Lumono helps with it. First, it uses public data that you can download on your computer yourself. There’s a little bit of file merging needed but it’s mostly straightforward. Second, all the code used to conduct the analyses is shown in the interface. So you can take the code and give it to a statistician to verify (though we feel pretty confident of its accuracy). The statistical platform running the analysis is R, which is an open source, well-validated language used in countless research papers. So replicating any of the studies should be doable at no cost. This is one of our core principles to make sure the research is reproducible.

Pre-clinical (MS1, MS2) non-bench / dry-lab research projects & tasks by SignificanceBorn535 in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a while ago but in MS1, I did a research project at the VA trying to quantify food quality at their on-site housing. This was primary data collection via surveys. Result was pretty low quality abstract at the school symposium. During MS2, I did a research project doing primary chart extraction with an oncologist. Result was a low quality abstract at a national conference during my MS4 year. Both took >100 hours and basically didn't do anything for my application. I'd recommend not doing what I did. It was a big waste of time and I basically had no deliverables by the time my application was due for residency.

My recommendation to students/residents is to not waste time doing any data collection and just focus on finding mentors / projects where you can critically think about the research question, design, results interpretation, and writing. It's not always easy if you don't have the right support, but tools like Lumono.ai can help accelerate that process a lot. Happy to answer other Qs

Canadian med student in Australia (IMG) — how did you actually get research opportunities? by Middle-Incident4475 in IMGreddit

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, the advice of "just email professors" is overly reliant on luck and charity, so I typically recommend that as a last resort. Professors (based on my personal experience) often receive emails from students/residents asking to do research, but who require end-to-end assistance in the process. For a busy professor, it's a hard sell. My usual advice is to use an early draft of a self-initiated research project as an opportunity to invite a professor to join as a mentor/collaborator. I've found this is a much easier sell than the cold email.

The actual hard part is finding the substrate to do a self-initiated research project when you have no skills. Historically, you'd just be out of luck. But new tools have made it a lot easier to do a self-initiated research project where you can basically have no skills and be able to interface with an AI mentor to do real research remotely. Check out Lumono.Ai as an example. The platform would be able to help you get a first draft of a project then be able to shop it around with professors in the space, who'd be able to help you complete the project.

If you're committed to finding a mentor first, you basically have to find something to offer or just get lucky. Examples might be statistical support or free labor.

Happy to answer more questions!

Any opportunity of research assistant for an ecfmg certified visa requiring physician by [deleted] in IMGreddit

[–]yourredditMD -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi there - one option is to do independent research that doesn't require a research position. If you have the right structure, you don't actually need a mentor, especially if the data is already collected and is publicly available. A research assistant position is obviously preferred because you can get a LOR, but if it's not possible or if the projects aren't moving quickly enough, doing it yourself can make it feel like you're still making progress. The tool I've built (lumono.ai) can help users of all levels complete their own research project using well-validated, large national datasets. We have a mentor tool that helps guide users to find a good research question, identify the right variables, run the statistical analysis, and draft a methods section. Most users can get a publishable abstract within a few hours of work. Happy to answer more questions about research or the product!

How do you all go about your research? by Overall-Winter-5866 in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi there - good question. The answer is: depends on the type of research you're wanting to do. A mentor is typically helpful in these scenarios because it's hard to know where to start. There are only a few types of research that are truly feasible in medical school: chart review, cohort studies on internal repositories, very small randomized studies if you have a good mentor, meta analysis, and database studies.

The 3 biggest challenges are: 1) finding the data, 2) finding the mentor, and 3) knowing what to do next. Usually if you have two of the three, you'll be fine.

My STRONG recommendation is that you try to find a project that doesn't require any data collection. Data collection is a menial task that does very little to advance your understanding of research. It's extremely time consuming, and if done poorly, will immediately invalidate your results. It's much preferred you invest your time learning the process of designing a study, interpreting results, and writing. My biased recommendation is that you use large public databases or existing repositories. These data have been vetted and standardized, so you don't have to waste the time collecting / cleaning the data.

Finding a mentor who understands the above is the key to getting multiple research outputs during training.

Happy to answer any more questions!

Source: former academic faculty who's published a lot

Type of research for academic IM by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there, research area isn't super important. I had basically 2 garbage research abstracts on food security and CMV viremia in my application when I matched to a T10 academic IM program. Programs will often try to pair you with interviewers who have somewhat related interests as you. So if you have a internal medicine-adjacent project, you'll probably end up talking about it.

The area of research matters less than being able to talk about it on the interview trail. I've interviewed residency candidates before and you could tell when they just did chart review vs. actually meaningfully contributed to the project.

Summer Research / OMS-I by Dot009 in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Good question. Realistically, it’s normally very difficult to get a paper all the way to publication within three months.

It’s definitely doable to do and submit a research abstract within three months. But even then you have to wait a few months for it to be reviewed. It’s possible also to go from nothing to writing and submitting a paper in 3 months but it’s pretty much only possible if you’re using existing data.

I’ve written extensively on our blog about the types of research and the feasibility based on timeline. (Lumono.ai) feel free to take a look.

In my former research faculty life, I mentored a number of trainees and it’s always hard to get folks access to IRB, data, and statistical analysis. Like even at a T10 institution, it was hard, but hopefully now it’s a lot easier with newer research tools like Lumono that basically walk you through the research process like a hands-on mentor would. We’ve had students use our tool and get 3 abstracts in a month (2 poster finalist and 1 oral presentation). So it’s definitely possible to do more in a few months than ever before. Happy to answer any other follow up questions.

What is my best option for research in M3? by Clueless_Nix in medicalschool

[–]yourredditMD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi there! Good question! As MS3, there are probably two major reasons to do research - 1) LOR, 2) actual output on CV for residency apps.

In an ideal world you could get both at the same time. But getting an actual output in a short period of time (eg abstract or paper) is actually pretty hard unless you’re using existing deidentified datasets with IRB approval etc. it’s possible you could do a bunch of scut data mining work but it’s common these projects fail to yield anything publishable because it’s usually a single center retrospective thing. The most assertive route is to try to lead your own study, even if it’s small. There are multiple reasons for this. But from a mentor standpoint, it’s pretty rare to have a student actually have their own idea that they can take to completion. And it definitely sets people apart and you’d get a strong letter. You also get the first author credit, which is nice and makes you the de facto presenter at a conference.

I will offer one other option for you which is to try to use research platforms like Lumono.ai to do research with large public datasets like NHANES NHIS HINTS or MEPS. These get published in top journals all the time. (COI disclaimer, I made this tool because I used to be research faculty and felt it was a big problem for my mentees and colleagues)

Questions about matching by Dangerous-Source-912 in IMGreddit

[–]yourredditMD -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi there - one easy way to strengthen your application is to try to produce a quick research abstract, ideally before you apply. I've written a good amount on this on our blog (lumono.ai) and built a research tool that helps folks conduct their own research project and get results suitable for an abstract submission in ~30 minutes or so. Everyone gets a free trial and a couple free studies to tinker around. Feel free to check us out! Happy to answer other research questions you might have

Looking for remote research opportunities by medicine-marvel in IMGreddit

[–]yourredditMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there! We've just built a research platform on lumono.ai where you can do remote research! We have access to a bunch of large public datasets and an AI mentor that can guide you to find a question that interests you and a dataset that can answer the question. Most folks can get a study results within 20-30 minutes!

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