WORD.So I’ve noticed on my blog and most of the other medblrs I follow that there have been a metric crapton (units= kg/crapⁿ, n=number of craps) of asks from concerned pre-meds about their grades. It’s the end of the year. You’re getting your grades. Activate freakout mode.
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May 17, 2013
Aspiring Doctors: AspDocs + ERmedicine present: Calm Your Tits, Pre-Meds. Part 1- GRADES/GPA
April 15, 2013
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The Dedicated Doctor [infographic]
No doubt about it, becoming a physician is hard work and a long road. Healthcare reform is here so…
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An inspirational infographic by the Alpha Infographicist thuc.
One not-so-inspiring comment, though: yes, more doctors are needed, yes, more spots are opening up in med schools, more jobs will be available for med school graduates, more patients are going to become insured under Obamacare — BUT since jack-squat is being done about proportionally improving reimbursement for all those doctors (new and old) and alleviating the massive debt which med students have to incur in order to become underpaid doctors, it’s still going to be tough to keep those doctors in business. Because it IS a business.
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thuc:
The Dedicated Doctor [infographic]
No doubt about it, becoming a physician is hard work and a long road. Healthcare reform is here so…
An inspirational infographic by the Alpha Infographicist thuc.
One not-so-inspiring comment, though: yes, more doctors are needed, yes, more spots are opening up in med schools, more jobs will be available for med school graduates, more patients are going to become insured under Obamacare — BUT since jack-squat is being done about proportionally improving reimbursement for all those doctors (new and old) and alleviating the massive debt which med students have to incur in order to become underpaid doctors, it’s still going to be tough to keep those doctors in business. Because it IS a business.
/rant
March 1, 2013
day 100: phenylethylamine
there’s a lot to escape from,
within these pods
and without.that which is ugly and sinister,
can hide beauty, can hold hope.
it’s perspective.those that persevere,
learn to accept
each spectrum end,
hand-in-hand.
November 10, 2012
To Treat Emotional Toll of Medical School, Physician Prescribes Shakespeare | www.ucsf.edu
“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, “The medicines of the soul.””
from Oliver Wendell Holmes (source)
:)
(via scimedonly)
September 5, 2012
is that her femoral artery?
“Is that her femoral artery?”
I met my lover late one night,
Stethoscope on my chest, BP cuff on my right,
And as he held my hand, on his resident’s command,
He summoned up all his might -
“I’m a doctor-in-training”, he said,
Resting his body against my bed
“And is it too soon to make you swoon?
Because I know we’ve just met -
But you make my heart thump so hard
That cardiac arrest is on the cards,
Fast my blood flows for my soul knows
That true love has caught me off-guard.”
What was there to say but yes?
To a lack of experience he had confessed,
Yet I was fine with the nerdy pick up lines
Because for me adoration he had professed -
But he’s rare with actual compliments
Instead choosing to thank my ‘rents
For their chromosomes, their centrosomes
…I think good will was meant?
And even when he finds the right words
It sounds completely absurd
To hear “My dear, your telomeres
They have never faltered!”
All my girlfriends think I’m single
Because I never bring him out to mingle -
He works long hours, rarely showers,
And in small talk, the only lingual
Skills he has pertain to nerves of the tongue,
And if there’s pathology he has the lungs
To speak and speak for a more than a week,
As if other meddies he were among!
Surgery sets his heart on fire
More than my wanton desire,
Causing a fuss with his bloodlust
Whenever I want my body admired,
So when he’s making love to me,
I know he’s thinking of anatomy
Not what goes where, or how he fares,
But is that her femoral artery?
“Found it!” he cries instead of my name,
As if our activity is not a game
Of take-a-peek but hide-and-seek
Where physiology is the aim!
Still I know he’ll never cheat
Because he never has the time to meet
Another girl to take for a whirl,
And besides, I know I have them beat
With my ample mitochondria, cranial hypertrophy,
A million neurotransmitters and long phalanges -
Subcutaneous tissue, it’s never an issue;
So I’ll let him study our mutual biochemistry
Because he gives me atrial fibrillation,
Ventricular contractions and palpitations,
Every single date my muscles fasciculate,
Forever he’ll be my doctor, and I, his patient.
[An old poem I had lying around. It never fails to amuse me.]
August 27, 2012
why you should wear your stethoscope out in public.
- You will look like a pretentious twit. But before you cry out, consider the model of socialisation familiar to first years and anyone cramming for final exams. Acting like a doctor is a crucial step to becoming a doctor, and House and Dr Cox are doctors who are also pretentious. Therefore, in order to become a doctor, you must wear your stethoscope out in public.
- Doctors get upgraded to business class when flying. How else will the flight attendants be aware of your pending-doctor status if you don’t wear your steth?
- There’s scope for, ahem, roleplaying.
- Think of the pick-up lines. “Excuse me miss, but you just made my heart skip a beat. Care to hear?” “I’m offering free health checks to all attractive males… and you most certainly qualify.”
- If you plan on going into surgery or psychiatry, this may be the only opportunity you get to wear your stethoscope. How many surgeons have you seen wear a stethoscope on ward rounds?
- “Stand back, I’m a doctor” sounds much more impressive if you look like one. And no one will question your doctor qualifications if you’re wearing a stethoscope.
- It’s a great party trick. In fact, the last two parties I’ve been to, I’ve whipped out my pretty little stethoscope and conducted full cardiovascular examinations on my friends. Not only do they get free healthcare, but it makes you seem super intelligent because you can tell them that their hearts are normal.
- Eavesdropping. Forget holding glasses up to walls or casting listening charms—if your friends are having a super secret conversation next door, you can simply hold your stethoscope to the wall and listen to all the dirty gossip.
- It’s great revision for clinical exams. If you’re wearing your stethoscope on a long train trip back from the country, imagine how many times you can listen to your heart and lungs. You’ll be a pro at identifying normal breath sounds by the end of it—and if you’re game, you can always practice on the other passengers. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.
- Hitting someone with a stethoscope hurts. Therefore, wearing your stethoscope on those long walks between hospitals, residential colleges, and sophisticated drinking establishments means you always have a weapon on hand should you find yourself in less-than-pleasant company.
Please note, this is an entirely facetious list. Don’t wear your stethoscope outside the hospital, please.
August 27, 2012
August 19, 2012
Medicine is not for smart people.
“Medical school is not a place for smart people but for those who are insane enough to dream of it, pray for it, work hard for it, and live for it. It is for those who are crazy enough to want the sense of purpose that fuels their veins. And if it is insanity, then let it be, for even if it means more sleepless nights, more examinations to pass, more years in the university and more sacrifices to endure, nothing will change. I will still keep choosing this path over and over again even for a hundred more days and a thousand more years. And nothing in this world can stop me from taking an adventure as worth taking as this, even for a million more lifetimes.”
Again and again..
I am made for Medicine and Medicine is made for ME..
(via blue-lights-and-tea)
August 17, 2012
Why You Should Not Go to Medical School - A Gleefully Biased Rant
An interesting and honest depiction of Ali Binazir’s experience with and opinion of this profession. The article and especially its comments are worth a read for anyone interested in medicine.
Yes, the words are harsh and take them with a grain of salt. But Ali Binazir points out some VERY key things that I see in myself now as a second year student. Many of his points, whether med students or doctors care to admit it, do or have already come true. So the most important question is: how far are you willing to go, how much are you ready to sacrifice?
Definitely some food for thought for all the pre-meds, med students, etc. out there.
August 16, 2012
The Bullying Culture of Medical School
Right of passage? Pride? Fear to make you work harder? This New York Times article discusses bullying in medical school.
How do you all feel? Thoughts from my lovely peers and already doctors?
July 20, 2012
July 19, 2012
MY LIFE AS A MED STUDENT: med school & mental health.
…I believe that we need to promote wellbeing in the medical culture. I believe that, as medical students, as healthcare students in general, we need a place where it’s okay to talk about patient experiences and the emotions they inspired. We need to make it okay to cry after a long day of observing life and death within hospitals. Self-care needs to be something that is taught alongside clinical placements, not as a tokenistic gesture in the pre-clinical years.
This paragraph from MLAAMS’ essay is so crucial to the survival of healthcare providers as individuals — and as a profession, too!
July 2, 2012
Advice to Pre-Meds, 15th Ed.: Don’t let House force you into medicine.
- For every cool medical show or funny story on a medical blog, there are hundreds of boring stories.
- Tv shows like House and even the ones on the Discovery channel are made for entertainment.
- They all have a morsel of truth (a very small morsel in the case of House), but it’s portrayed in such a way as to make it sensational so that more people will watch it.
- The boring parts like paperwork, charting, waiting for test results, dealing with insurance companies, and the tons of routine patient visits are left out because they don’t draw tv viewers (or blog followers…).
Hey, maybe we should start a t.v. show with the boring medical stuff and just see what viewer ratings we get…you know, for fun…
May 24, 2012
"All the ripped guys in our class are walking cheat sheets for the musculoskeletal exam. I demand one of them sit next to me for the final."
— O, who is not a ripped guy (via md-admissions)
May 17, 2012
Medical Students Should Study Patients’ Cultural Diversity
As the United States grows more culturally diverse and we hear more languages spoken around us, clinical medical education has had to evolve as well. And with national population growth, particularly in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, which are popular with medical students, those students must not only know their jobs, but also need to know their hospitals…
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