Such a solid take. I'll add: what also makes you a doctor is your ability to problem solve when one of these procedures goes south.

no offense, but fuck off.

Holy shit the downvotes.. this seems like such a benign comment. You enjoyed rotating in what you wanted to do... how is that a bad thing?

To anyone reading this, medical school is fun. When you find something you really love sometimes it's all you wanna do. Not every day, not all the time- but sometimes it's all you wanna do.

...that's the point of it all. Some of y'all have never found true passion for something and it shows. It's easy to get lost in the moment and forget what time it is when you're working at something you love.

I love taking care of people. Am happy to stay late and check on my patients. Am happy to stick around for a serious emergency because that's what I'm there for... to take care of sick people.

u/complusivityqueen you're a rockstar.

Edit: and to the rude commenter who asked if this person had family or friends? Shame on you all for upvoting that person. I come from a fucked up family and sometimes when all of my friends are in the hospital I'd rather be there than home.

So I'll tell you what I did after micro at the end of m1. I did all of anki reviews every day for all of m1. My micro block was 3 weeks at the end of the year. I did my best to work through all of sketchy micro which was like 3k cards. The day after my final I just couldn't keep up with those cards specifically. In addition to all the rest of my cards.

1) So I moved all of them into a separate deck. 2) I set separate deck settings for this deck. I limited the number of reviews per day to 50 (idr exactly what, but I changed it often. Sometimes more sometimes less). 3) I made sure this deck was a subdeck under the AnKing head deck. 4) everyday I did all of my reviews from the AnKing head deck. This included the 50-ish cards from my backlog subdeck. 5) when I was done with my reviews- I went to the browse screen, searched within my "backlog" deck for the cards that I reviewed that day. Search "Rated:1" for cards you reviewed today. 6) I moved all of these cards from my backlog deck back into the AnKing parent deck. 7) eventually I ended up with no cards left in the backlog deck and deleted it.

Might seem a little cumbersome but this was what I found to be the optimal solution. It requires you to do some manual work on your end but it's a good way to approach this type of issue. IMO.

I have quite a few I've collected over the years. Hospital scrubs? Too many. At least a dozen, maybe more.

Nice personal scrubs- maybe 6 or 7?

Womp womp.

Awh! Maybe if you went to medical school you wouldn't need a doctor to clean up your shit. Thoughts & prayers 🥰

Edit: I was hungry when I wrote this. I have since eaten a snickers bar. I am here to say: I thought this was really creative. I see now that the noctors in the room did not appreciate my creativity. That's okay. I don't expect somebody with a community college degree, an online masters degree and the cognitive dissonance to willfully masquerade as a physician, to understand any complex creativity.

And thats no shade to community college degree holders- respect. Just don't masquerade as a doctor 🤷‍♂️.

As an aside, I see that you all appreciate the blood pressure comment. I too got a chuckle. But I will emphasize that I probably worked in bedside nursing for longer than most of you had before you went and did whatever it is you do now. Food for thought.

Peace and love and physician led medical care ☮️❤️🥼

Well- raas blockers (aceis, arbs, renin inhibitors) work to decrease the raas system effects. If your raas is already down regulated, drugs that act on this system wouldn't be useful, as the high blood pressure is coming from a different mechanism (ie- salt)

What's wrong about it?

Inc blood pressure = dec raas. Inc sodium concentration->inc bp-> downreg of raas.

Maybe not as dramatic as that but the concept appears correct.

Lmao bro I have missed sooo many vaccine deadlines, n95 deadlines; you name it. Lol. So glad my school wouldn't give us a professionalism violation for this

I would burn everything down. It's just not practical. Shelves exist as a standardized objective metric for clerkship content. Not using them is doing your students a disservice and only serving your own agenda. I'm sorry that's the case. Especially with im being a large part of medical education and understanding.

Oh. I hadn't realized you weren't US based. I didn't realize other countries used NBMEs for shelf exams as well.

Yeah that being the case- this is absolutely inappropriate. This is actually egregious, imo. I don't understand how any person thinks this is appropriate. I don't have a solution for you- it's cases like this where I wish some sort of organized student rights union could defend the student body.

Keep us updated as to anything that happens next op.

So you won't be taking a shelf exam for an m3 rotation? Idk how that makes any sense at all. And they surprised you with it? As in- they didn't tell you on day 1 of your clerkship that this was how they did it? Usually a school includes the course details on day 1. I guess I can't wrap my head around them giving you a surprise exam..

If that's the case that's fucked. Sorry man. Idk how to help. I'd complain to the dean tbh. Maybe nothing will come of it but that's just not good education.

So the reason I posted this is because I have come across a bunch of programs on VSLO where under required documents they have their own form listed. They provide you with a pdf to download, and when you download it the form says "we will not accept any alternative to this form" in some way.

Tags>decks.

AnKing deck has an ob section with subsections in it. Dunno how it's organized off the top of my head and I'm too lazy to check rn lol. But you can do it that way.

I'm being serious and not trying to be rude at all here:

What exactly would I say? If their policy says "we require our home immunization record, we will not accept any other immunization documentation."

Are you suggesting I call and ask: "hey, I don't wanna fill your form out, will you accept my form even though your policy says you won't?"

If VSLO says they require their own form, why would I reach out to them about it?

🤔🤔🤔 I hadn't thought about this. I guess I'm scared to ask bc they're legitimate medical documents technically and I don't want anyone to feel weird signing their name to it in an unofficial capacity.

Mines 3 pages with .5" margins.

Here's an awesome template: cv template

Edit: I try not to write to much, and keep mine to a few sentences per activity. Generally just state any major accomplishments as part of that activity/role, + day to day responsibilities

Edit: re: coming off like a tool. I share this sentiment. You're normal, you don't wanna be over zealous, you don't wanna come off like a try-hard, or a gunner. However, When it comes to CVs- that is the point. The point is to sell yourself. Make yourself look like you're a god, like you're the next doogie houser. Don't be scared to absolutely go off when writing your cv. Write your cv as if it's the only thing they're going to see, and it's the only thing they're going to judge you on. You wanna really sell yourself.

Hope that's helpful man

I've been planning a project like this for a while. Here's what I've found in my research: Insulation: closed cell foam. 1" thickness should be ok. Can get it from foambymail. Reflectix will provide radiant insulation which will keep some things cool for a little. But if you want to actually keep your stuff cool while you're on the beach in the hot sun you'll need some thick closed cell foam. Could line the inner or outer part with reflectix tho to reflect some heat from the outside or vice versa. But if you're just going for lunch for half a day you could get away with thinner foam.

The "liner" material that store bought bags use is peva, same material used in shower curtain liners. In fact, your best bet to getting cheap sheets of peva is literally shower curtain liners haha. I've read people mention silnylon and I think that would work also. If you're really looking to have a water proof liner you could use food safe silicon seal on the seams. But otherwise, peva is what the big companies use: you can't glue it Ive read so you have to heat seal it. You can sew it in place but just use a longer stitch length.

As for the professional materials for the outside, the fancy companies use tpu, and they heat weld it. I don't think you need that if you have a solid inner seal and good insulation. Unless you want to be able to throw your cooler bag in the ocean and not get the contents wet lol.

As for closure, the fancy cooler bags usually have roll tops. This is probably because water proof zippers are expensive. Yetis cooler bag now has a roll top I'm pretty sure, but in the past it was a zipper closure. They had issues iirc. But if you're not doing a tpu outer fabric, you could get away with a large nylon zipper I think.

Preach.

So I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this here. Wipin butt is not beneath me. I have helped clean patients on clerkships. I have also helped my patients ambulate and get dressed etc.

Obviously we have a ton of shit to do but taking a minute to help somebody out is never beneath me, and i hope that it's never beneath any of you. I'm always happy to help out when I have a minute, even during a code brown.

And also, if you help your nurses out, they'll help you out. If you take care of your nurses they will take care of you. Medicine is fun man- taking care of sick people is rewarding- and honestly, fun. The job is even more fun when your nurses are happy.

So yeah, if you got a minute, and a nurse needs a help w a code brown, throw some gloves on and help them out. That's patient care right there, and it's not beneath any of us.

Hit the $300k mark this year. 5 years of undergrad state school = $45k, masters degree = $80k, med school = ~~$57k/year.

Lmao bruh I shit the bed on every single Osce. No matter how much I prepare. No advice here- just solidarity.