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PGY3 just trying to cope. internist to be. passionate about quality of life, health equity, and physician wellness. bi. she/her. timshel.
Medical Specialties as Dog Breeds 1. General/Trauma Surg -> German Shepherds Hardworking, sharp, and confident. Will save the day, dependable in crisis. Can be very intimidating but are friendly once you get to know them and very loyal.
I've spent years working on this and it really comes down to this: Any single tiny thing you can do to feel like you're helping build a better future is more productive than 10,000 hours of dread.
not to be barbie but how do you guys cope with the growing sense of dread that the world is legitimately going to end in our lifetimes and everything you know and love will collapse into chaos
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frantically trying to find the scrubs I got out of the machine in intern year and never used so I can “check out” from my institution just to re-onboard (at the same institution) for fellowship
boy are a lot of hit dogs hollering. this is a biological fact and nowhere in this post did Dr. Vater say no one should work nights or call, or that training shouldn’t be rigorous or that it’s realistic to aim for all of us to get ten uninterrupted hours of sleep every night
Medical students need sleep. Resident doctors need sleep. Fellows need sleep. Seasoned practitioners need sleep.
People still act like a special bell will ring signaling the arrival of Fascism. Trump just defied a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling. Fascism is here.
we need a word for the delusion that you would have been elite bc you're white, ignoring that elite status in the past was a small subsection of white anglo-saxon protestants who had generational wealth
For those who matched, just a reminder to NOT use your personal address or phone number when registering for your NPI number. That info is public domain, use your residency program's office info.
thinking of everyone heading into the match, especially amongst the stress of all the current horrors 💕
My latest for @TeenVogue explores the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A. Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it was tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars
I can imagine hospital administrators salivating at the thought of an extra year of cheap labor from all of the EM trainees.
ACGME is considering requiring all EM residency programs to be 4 years, starting in 2027. What do we think: good or bad for the specialty?
Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵
residents on ride out teams watching most of the rest of the hospital get hazard and/or overtime pay
me on day 11 of 14 straight inpatient days: idk why I’m feeling so tired and overwhelmed and like things are piling up like truly a mystery why I feel it’s hard to keep up
The one thing my ex did for me was make me immune to gaslighting which is a shockingly useful thing for healthcare
Ozempic provides a perfect window into the reactionary mind Reactionaries don’t want fewer fat people or longer lifespans; they want people who commit sin (in their eyes) to suffer. And they want them to be marked out for public humiliation
I think people low key want there to be grizzly ozempic stories down the line just so they can say “I told you so.”