Tessa Oliver, MD
@tessajoliver
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psychiatry pgy1 | she/her | champion of the underdog | interests in addiction, severe mental illness, 🏳️🌈 mental health, meded, and abolition
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I submitted feedback on an AMBOSS article about the use of “IV drug users” and suggested they switch to “people who inject drugs” to be more person centered and they got back to me to tell me they are updating the article! Sometimes advocacy works and that’s pretty cool.
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I mentioned to my mom that in the future I might not always be able to come home for the holidays because of medicine and she said, “we’ll figure it out then, maybe we’ll just come to wherever you’re living at the time to celebrate when we can.” That made me feel so cared for.
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I found out today that I was chosen for a graduation award: “[this award] is bestowed upon the graduating medical student who has contributed most meaningfully to the improvement of the medical school curriculum.”
I can’t even fully begin to explain what this means to me ❤️
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My class has discovered that OnlineMedEd is no longer free and safe to say while we are all not surprised, we are extremely disappointed. The explosion, necessity, and cost of outside med school resources remains untenable.
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I matched my
#1
program!!!! I’m staying in Rochester for four more years. Could not be more ecstatic to get to stay in the city to has become my home and to finally get to move in with my incredible partner! 💙💛💙💛 Meliora!!!!
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Something that we don’t talk enough about is how the match negatively affects partners and family members of medical students going through the match. The algorithm isn’t only affecting our futures. It’s pretty unfair to expect other people to be able to drop everything and move.
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Getting pimped in the SICU as a fourth year going into psychiatry during match week should be against the law 😅
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@doctornontrad
As someone currently in step 1 dedicated, I took one look at that picture and my brain screamed "REED STERNBERG CELLS, HODGKIN LYMPHOMA, NEXT."
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med school is waking up in a panic the morning before your final biochem and genetics exam because you can’t remember which trisomy is edwards’s and which is patau’s
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Got some official photos back from graduation and this shot the professional photographer took is my favorite 💕
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How do I remember the difference between decorticate and decerebrate posturing? DEcErEbratE has four Es = four point (E)xtension
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I just had my first UWorld block where I got a 70% even though I felt horrible taking it and I could cry I’m so happy. This is probably a fluke but after not being able to get above a 50-60% for a week and a half this feels like a win.
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My hot take is that shaming med students for pirating/sharing resources that normally would cost them hundreds of dollars is a deeply uncool thing to do and if you’re gonna get mad at anyone get mad at the system that gives many of us just enough to pay rent, bills, and food
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I officially decided to study for my GI exam without anki and it worked! It tookmonths of me using it poorly to realize that 1) it’s ok for me to not study every day (I often take days off) and 2) I can learn the material in other ways that allow me do 1) without feeling guilty
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One of my medicine hot takes is that we need to do a better job screening for alcohol use disorder and chaotic drinking in our patients before the sequela catches up to them. A lot of people have no idea they are drinking too much or meet criteria for AUD.
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I got many anatomy questions wrong on my surgery clerkship but aced every med management question, was engaged and willing to help with consults, bedside procedures, etc. I honored the clerkship b/c my chief and one attending invested in me and allowed me to shine on my own terms
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Today was my white coat ceremony! This week we met in small groups to discuss our class written code of conduct and I was lucky enough to be one of 12 reps who was picked to write the code. At our ceremony, we recited the code outloud as a class and it was incredibly powerful.
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@FutureDOctorJP
For me it's more about autonomy. In adult medicine, you counsel the patient and they decide if they want to follow your advice. With peds patients, yes you counsel, but it's the parents who have to ultimately consent, not just the patient, and I find it to be a different dynamic
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you ever just study the brachial plexus and want to scream?
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I am LOVING IM. Hospital medicine is amazing and I love getting to think about multiple different organ systems and care for acutely sick patients. The amount I’ve learned in 5/8 weeks is truly incredible and I’m gonna be a bit sad when it’s over.
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@OnlineMedEd
I hate to say it…but this video manages to say so many words…without saying anything???
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@DietBlackPreMed
Feeling anxious today so I decided to hop on the spin bike to see if I can get myself focused again to study for my exam on Monday! Not usually one to take workout pics but wanted to celebrate TTT with everyone!
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@urcervix_
Doubling down is not the move here - the issue isn’t even about knowledge base, it’s that you called out a specific student on your public social media. That is 100% inappropriate no matter what your intention was and lacks substantial grace. That is the toxic part.
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If you are evaluating a med student for a clerkship, please write something (literally anything) in the narrative section. Don’t just write “agreed” or even worse “.” to bypass the required field and just give them a number. Signed, a med student who has had this happen twice.
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Today‘s my first day of med school orientation. Can’t believe it’s finally here!
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Moving to an affordable city for med school after spending most of my life in Massachusetts fundamentally changed my brain chemistry. Throughout med school people would ask me if I wanted to go back home for residency and I would just be like, no thank you ❤️
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It blows my mind that there are people already done with medical school this school year - my med school works us up until literal graduation. I still have two mandatory classes next year, a required EM clerkship, a required ICU rotation, and 2 two-week electives.
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@twtcheng
Why copy and paste this apology? As a fellow student, I’d much rather see a real apology from you acknowledging the harm you have perpetuated against fellow students and trainees. Your post just makes this apology feel like a PR stunt instead of a genuine, personal statement.
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We finally got the professional photos from match day, which means I now actually have pictures with my partner. His support throughout medical school and the residency process was truly unparalleled. I’m so grateful the match kept us together in the end ❤️
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👋🏻
#MedTwitter
, my name is Tessa & I’m a MS4 applying to
#Psychiatry
for
#Match2024
. I’m passionate about caring for patients with SUDs & justice involvement, medical education, & 🏳️🌈 mental health. Looking forward to connecting with other applicants, residents, and PDs!
#ERAS2024
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Two weeks into my EM clerkship and I now understand both why I came into med school wanting to do EM and also why I could never do this sustainably long term.
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Today was a big day!
1. I took Step 2! So excited it’s done!
2. I ended up meeting the lovely
@joshmcgoo
at the Prometric site I took my test at (turns out he is as nice in person as he is on here 😊)
3. I treated myself to 2 mochi donuts afterwards
4. Then, immediately crashed
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One of the most exciting things about match day was learning that psychiatry this year was the second most matched speciality in my school. We had 10 people match, which was behind IM who matched 15 people. The future of psychiatry is bright!
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If you are a third year interested in psychiatry, I strongly urge you to find faculty mentors who are aware of the current landscape of psychiatry residency applications. Many people are stuck in the past and have no idea how competitive the speciality has become.
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Today we received an email that one of my classmates,
@pthendzlik
, who was doing a research year, died unexpectedly. I am in total shock and totally devastated. He was a wonderful and incredibly hardworking person and would have made an amazing surgeon. May he rest easy.
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Officially sent my letter of intent to my
#1
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Just found out that I have officially been accepted into my school’s medical education pathway! For the next two years I’ll be giving the second year students a lecture on anti fungal therapies and get to learn more through this pathway about being an effective educator.
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I passed step 1! So relieved and happy to finally have some peace of mind.
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I have now visited Pennsylvania twice to see my partner’s family and I can now say that I understand the glory that is both Sheetz and Wawa.
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No ERAS photo yet, but I have a life update to share regarding residency. I will officially be applying into psychiatry for the 2024 match! My psych clerkship completely changed the trajectory of my life and I’m so thankful for the new mentors I’ve been gaining in psychiatry.
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I’m on an HIV outpatient elective & helped a fellow write a note and he gave such kind feedback. He told me my note was excellent & beyond the M4 level, that another fellow I had worked with on consults said my notes were excellent, & that it helped him get home at a decent time.
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My first week of psychiatry residency has been so affirming. I love my patients, I love the field of psychiatry, and in just one week I’ve learned more than I learned in a month of third year clerkships.
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The unbearable weight of waiting is over! I passed step 2!
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Today in zoom school of medicine one of our faculty members forgot to turn off their camera during a lecture and started working out on their stationary bike before realizing we could all see what they were doing 😂
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A program director during an interview called me a “champion for the underdog” and that made me feel very seen.
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Officially submitted ERAS today! Three years of hard work has culminated in this moment and I remain ever grateful. Psychiatry residency programs - my application is coming for you!
#Match2024
👋🏻
#MedTwitter
, my name is Tessa & I’m a MS4 applying to
#Psychiatry
for
#Match2024
. I’m passionate about caring for patients with SUDs & justice involvement, medical education, & 🏳️🌈 mental health. Looking forward to connecting with other applicants, residents, and PDs!
#ERAS2024
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Got my snacks prepped for the big test day tomorrow. Shoutout to my faves Wegmans and Trader Joe’s for these offerings.
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A match day photo with me in it was put on the front page of the hospital’s intranet and people keep recognizing me from it 😅
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My other hot take is that the popularity of said resources says a lot about how behind the curve formal medical education is when it comes to preclinical material
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This is the 2nd time a PD has told me that reading my application makes them excited about the future of psychiatry and that truly means the world to me 🥺 I’m so excited to be entering this field and have so many things I hope to do in my career!
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I’m starting to look at
#psychiatry
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#Match2024
& would love to hear from psychiatry residents, PDs, and faculty. What do you love about your program? What are your program’s values? What is the most important thing for me to know? Comments/DMs appreciated!
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Me as I try to balance anatomy, physiology, embryology, and histology all together
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Trying to explain the stress of medical school exams to non medicine is getting pretty old
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@chrissyfreeMD
I can't imagine ever doing this on any clerkship? I'm on my OB/GYN clerkship now and I have so appreciated how willing the residents are to have me engaged in care and in a short amount of time on L&D I feel like they have done more educational stuff with me than I got in surgery
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@NussbaumMD
It is people who think this is an appropriate response to a fellow physician taking their life who perpetuate the system that leads to people feeling like death is the only way out. This cycle of tragedy without real change is shameful for our profession.
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Med students are using outside resources often more than in-house resources. When will med schools as a whole come to terms with this and either innovate their lectures or switch to evidence based flipped classrooms? For a field where innovation is so important, MedEd is lagging.
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Me trying to explain The Match to dates who are not in medicine
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Now that I only have two core clerkships left in third year (psych and neuro) it’s becoming more and more clear that becoming an internist is the right path for me
#IMProud
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@joshmcgoo
All I know about nutrition comes from my good friend who is a dietician. It’s wild to me how whenever I’ve had lectures that try to tackle nutrition they’ve been by doctors and they’ve been bad. We need more education from actual dietitians in med school. They’re the experts.
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They must have seen how many of us just ended up using an activities slot for them anyway. Turns out people like them!
ERAS is bringing back the hobbies/interests section in 2025!
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When a PD says they think you would do really well at their program >>>>>>
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Me (with literally every body system pre-exam): I’m gonna take the L with embryology
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I will never stop advocating for my most vulnerable patients. Our society routinely ignores those with severe mental illness, substance use disorders, housing instability, and justice involvement. They matter too and deserve to live healthy lives with respect and dignity.
It’s going to be difficult in the coming weeks but I think clinicians should try hard to stay apolitical in the public sphere. We owe it to our patients.
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@JazmynShaw1
I worked in a GI clinic for 2 years and the ability the do colonoscopies was one of the main dividing lines in scope of practice between the physicians and NPs. From what I hear - scoping is difficult, especially when there is underlying pathology, and should be left to docs.
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Just found out I passed the last block of my first med school course. Any med student
@urochestermed
knows what a beast this course is. These past 4 months have been one of the most challenging academic periods in my life and I’m so proud of myself for getting through it!
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@ChristleNwora
I’m a big fan of body neutrality largely because it allows me to shift the time that would be spent thinking about my body (positively/negatively) to things that matter much more to me, and to focus on the things that my body allows me to do (e.g. hug loved ones, dance, etc)
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Just finished up my official last day of medical school! I can’t believe that in 8 days I will officially be Tessa Oliver, MD 😊
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First interview ✅
It was incredibly affirming that psychiatry is the right field for me and I’m so excited to continue this process 🤩
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I just got an interview for a program I signaled and sent an LOI to as well. Psych folks - there’s still hope 🤩
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Finding out during one of my interviews that there are still places that use paper charts blew my mind. In 2023?!
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Just finished taking my EM shelf which means I am officially done with medical school exams!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Truly don’t remember the last time I felt this terrible without being sick. Turns out the combo of not sleeping due to match anxiety and having to get up at 5 am for my SICU rotation is not good for my body or my mental health 🥴
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The fact that med schools will only give you loans for 10 months of school during M1 is insane to me. Do I just stop existing and needing to live for two months just because I’m not in school? I’m lucky to have research funding for the summer, but I don’t get paid until July.
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I recently reached 1k followers and I still can’t believe this many people on the internet care about what I have to say. I am so grateful for the med twitter community and for all the support you have all given me as a medical student. Thanks for helping me on my journey ❤️
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Tomorrow is my first anatomy lab and it’s in person. My roommates and I are feeling a lot of emotions, including excitement and gratitude, but also apprehension and anxiety. Anyone have any tips or pearls for the first lab?
#MedStudentTwitter
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Received a very kind handwritten note from a PD I interviewed with today immediately followed by a rejection. And that’s on balance 😌
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Crazy to think that in ~5 months I’ll be starting clinical rotations. I’m probably more excited than nervous, which feels like a good sign.
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Post exam weekends are the best. Went on the most gorgeous hike today at a NY State Park.
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Looks like I found two research mentors for this summer in adolescent medicine who work with trans and gender nonconforming teens and I couldn’t be more excited to work with them on a project.
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Something that I believe never gets talked enough in medicine is the role of the physician as a witness to suffering.
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@CSWhiteMD
Also quiet is so subjective. I got called quiet in one eval (which was otherwise very positive) and I’m not really quiet. This evaluator was just super extroverted and instead of engaging in a lot of small talk I spent our down time looking into patients, looking stuff up, etc.
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@londyloo
@choo_ek
@BriChristophers
@pedsmd2b
@MollieMarr
While I don’t have a full bikini pic, here’s a bikini selfie
#MedBikini
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@HKalodimos
Relatable. Maybe in some ironic way, being aware of suffering makes me feel a moral obligation to bear witness to it and to do all that I can to reduce suffering in our world.
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I remain fascinated by the Ivies discourse as someone who grew up in MA and ended up going to a state university. People would say “well at least I’m not going to *insert my school*” out loud to console themselves about not getting into an Ivy. I still got into med school 🤷🏻♀️
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I have officially moved into my new home and my first day of med school is officially in one week. Words can’t explain just how I’m excited to begin this next chapter of my life.
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Much has changed, but the bangs remain the same. Can’t believe today is the day that programs begin reviewing our ERAS applications. I can’t wait to see how this unfolds and I’m so excited to be a future psychiatrist!
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Exciting news - I was officially elected to class council as one of two curriculum representatives for my class :)
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I had a date night with my partner on Friday and I actually put on makeup for the first time in months 😅
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@sylv_lane
The palliative care docs I’ve met thus far in medical school have been some of the most thoughtful and skilled when it comes to talking to patients. Joining them is to join a great line of amazing and talented physicians and no one should laugh at that!
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People keep asking me if I’m doing anything exciting before graduation, and every time I have to be like no 😐 some of us have no money
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I recently started dating again and I'm finding it difficult to even begin to explain my life as a medical student on dates without trivializing it too much or - on the other side of the spectrum- coming off as mildly unhinged.
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