moisturizer applied, pride/BLM pin on lanyard, stethoscope holstered, pager working, phone no longer set to do not disturb (🥴), caffeinated. off to my first day of intern year!
wait so LAPD officers train for 600 hours to get a gun but I need 4 years of medical school and minimum 3 years of residency to prescribe a regular diet?
the way nurses interact with my female co-residents is not the way they interact with me and my male co-residents and that’s all I’m gonna say about that
I once asked an interviewer why his program had zero (0) Black residents in a city that is 35% Black and he said it wasn't the program's mandate to reflect community demographics and that it could be attributed to a "pipeline problem"
to clarify: I’m a vaccine stan (fully vaccinated against covid, spend time volunteering as a vaccinator, and have convinced family to get vaccinated) I’m just expressing annoyance at the reductionist view that many Black Americans are skeptical because of Tuskegee alone
god I hate getting dragged back into med twitter but be SO for real you looked stupid on rotations too. you clearly work at an academic institution. teach or leave.
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correct and do you think a Harris admin or trump admin would navigate the ongoing genocides in Sudan and Yemen or were we not counting those…?
overnight intern: “I’ve seen you on Twitter”
me: “oh god”
senior: “what do you tweet about?”
me: “gay stuff and medicine”
senior: “what?”
me: “gay. stuff. and. medicine.” :)
I just learned that in Paris they can dispatch ECMO teams to out-of-hospital arrests?? And people have been cannulated in places like the métro and the Louvre??
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The pride flag, on a lanyard, for instance, is experienced as a political declaration by patients. It does not belong in a professional, ethical doctor-patient relationship. The patients, who are often hurting, terrified and anxious, should not have to deal also with our
did my empl*yer just send a union-busting email citing a JAMA study that found no difference in suicidality between unionized and non-unionized residencies…? not no
took a lukewarm shower because some Twitter dermatologist said it was better for my skin than hot water and let me tell you: that’s the last time I’m trusting a doctor. I feel like a wet rat 😩
28-hour call in the cardiac ICU can take my happiness, my sleep, and my confidence in my clinical decision making capabilities but it can’t take my skincare routine 😤😤
56 anesthesia programs (34.8%) in the United States had zero (0) black resident trainees across all four residency years in the 2021-2022 academic year
proud to announce my white roommate from H*rv*d is finally pulling his weight. which is to say I’m lounging at his cape house for the weekend and playing tennis with white people.
RESIDENCY INTERVIEW PRO-TIP FOR GMAIL USERS: set up text forwarding for emails that come from AAMC, Thalamus, and Interview Broker because this system is trash and interview invites are time sensitive! It's pretty easy with verizon but not sure about other providers
watching my fellow who’s BSN, RN, MD provide oral care care for a patient who’s s/p extubation on rounds today was a dope reminder that so much of medicine isn’t taught in med school