Very General Orthopaedist
@generalorthomd
Specializing in rural orthopedic surgery. Former injured NFL player. Skier, traveler, proud dad. FAAOS, FAAHKS. AAOS social media ambassador.
I do hundreds of surgeries a year and the few that don’t go well occupy 99% of my mind space.
Anyone have the Rosetta Stone handy? I just want to bake fish.
Work hack: filter all emails about learning modules into the trash. After 14 years of annual HIPAA, blood borne pathogens, fire safety, etc etc modules, I just stopped doing them 2 years ago. If it’s important they’ll come talk to me, which has yet to occur.
It seems some people with a mix of sunk cost, appeal to authority, and effort justification cognitive biases were put off by this. How about this, we keep the Krebs cycle, but you have to learn about musculoskeletal problems too. You see those more than isocitrate dehydrogenase.
Name 1 way in which learning about g-protein coupled receptors, endoplasmic reticulum, or the Krebs cycle has made you a better doctor. There are no correct answers.
Everyone should spend more time climbing to the tops of things.
To the top we go.
I’ve never received a bad response from a patient by saying, “I really don’t know. It’s just made up numbers. You might get a bill for $50,000 and your insurance (usually Medicare) will cover most, but I get paid around $1200 to replace your knee.”
Have you ever tried getting a straight price for surgery in this country? It’s like asking a magician to explain their trick. How much is this going to cost? Well… that depends. Do you have insurance? What kind? Is it in-network? What’s your deductible? Has Mercury…
Name 1 way in which learning about g-protein coupled receptors, endoplasmic reticulum, or the Krebs cycle has made you a better doctor. There are no correct answers.
Medical school doesn’t need to be 4 years at all. It’s a racket. And there’s no justification other than cheap labor for ortho interns to do 6 months of non ortho rotations ie vascular and general surgery where they treated us like shit and we were alone on night shifts.
No lies here. Number of traditional Medicare or Medicare + supplemental plan patients who’ve been denied a covered service (MRI, hospitalization, medication, surgery): ZERO MA: every. single. day.
Medicare advantage plans are to health insurance what whole life is to life insurance. Bottom line: don’t buy them. @olsonplanner @WCInvestor
I’m on the most vacationey vacation I’ve taken. No real itinerary. 2 days here, 2 days there. Hiking, eating, reading. My normal days of work until 4 then farm chores until 6-7, family time thereafter don’t allow much time for causing ruckus on this hell site. Arctic beach day!
I’m loving the truth serum @generalorthomd is injecting into the TL.
There is no reason for 90% of residents to do fellowships. Most of you are not going to do super complex stuff. Residencies need to do better in training ready, competent surgeons to enter practice. You can learn a lot in 5 years. @OrthoCurryMD @FixnBones
"Over 90% of orthopaedic surgery residents go into fellowship (and) for most, the fellowship match occurs in the spring of PGY-4," writes Paul Dougherty MD in his latest #CORRCurriculum column. "Why not allow more time for residents to make this important decision?" Read his…
I wasn’t expecting this humidity in the arctic. 65 here feels warmer than 85 at home.
Getting closer to the edge of the earth. I have no explanation for the rainbow in pic 3.
The fact that @humana and other #medicaredisadvantage plans grift the elderly and get billions in bonuses from taxpayers while consistently doing things like this is infuriating. There is no reason for these programs to exist. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Why is this particular dream so common? This was common in college and med school when I never went to lectures because I found them inefficient. I still get them occasionally.
Do you still get nightmares about having to appear for an exam that you haven't studied for ?