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Pretty confident about matching into surgery this round and would like to start reading things that will help me hit the ground running intern year....after the needed 1-2 months tune out period where the last thing I am going to do is think about medicine. Questions for those who went before...

The two options I have on my rank list at the moment are a categorical position at Brookdale hospital in Brooklyn and a preliminary position at case western reserve in Cleveland. I need any input I can get if any one has any experience with the surgery programs in either place? How does CW treat...

Hi There, I am very interested in Surgical Prosthodontics. Does anyone know which Pros programs incorporate a heavy surgical emphasis? Thank you.

Hi All, Could anybody give any insight into the differences between Columbia and Cornell, in terms of prestige, case load etc for specialities like neurosurgery, ent, plastics etc. Not as residency, but as departments in general. Because rankings always seem to rank NYP as a whole and not the...

Hi All, Could people please explain to me what sub-internships are exactly. How many do you do? Home many at your institution, how many at another? Do you only do ones in your chosen speciality? How do you chose? Institution or Faculty Chair? Sub-Internships at the institution you want to do...

Hello Everyone, I have read many many posts and forums regarding this whole topic of DO school and residency. I do fully understand that MD vs. DO, the title is not everything. It is how the student does in school, board exams, interaction with your faculty, etc. With my stats, I am more fitted...

Hello to anyone who reads this. I am a Dominican (from Dominican Republic, caribbean, central america) med students who will end her training at the end of 2018 and wants to go to Sweden on 2019. I have my eyes set on Reconstructive Surgery/Plastics as a speciality and I was wondering if any...

Year 3 med student doing a surgical rotation. We are rotated to one team every two weeks (E.g. colorectal, upper GI, endocrine etc) and have to ask the consultants to fill up a form to rate us, which will go into our final grade. The form rates us on how well we performed as part of the ward...

Does anyone know if the lye soap used for scrubbing into surgery will affect/damage a tattoo? EDIT: After reading some comments I realize that no one uses lye for scrubbing. For some reason I must have misheard the vet at the practice I volunteer at when he told me the type of soap they used. I...

Hi, My name is Barbara Friend, and I am the Director of Medical Research at the television show Grey's Anatomy on ABC. Grey's is offering a Medical Communications Fellowship for surgical Residents. The fellowship mostly entails medical consulting on the show, in the writers' room and...

Hi guys I am Vito a medical student who like to be a surgeon in next years But I have an issue My feet are very flat Does it make any problem for me during my career or not? Do you know another surgeon with flat feet? Thanks

Which one of these paths would make you the most amount of money by the age of 40? (Assuming you're finishing medical school at 24/25) A. Psychiatry Choosing a psychiatrist residency (starting at the age of 25), in which you do the most moonlighting you can legally do (~80-100 dollars per hour)...

Hi, My name is Bruno Martins and I'm a Portuguese Emigrant in the USA. At the moment I'm importing this kit that was created by a good friend of mine and I really think this is a great tool for every student/professional in the Medical area. My childhood friend Dr. David Serrano (...

I'm an MS-2 interested in Cardiothoracic surgery. The aorta and aortic valve fascinate me and I want to specialize in aortic surgery (like Allan stewart or Leonard Girardi). How much longer is training and what is the pay and lifestyle difference compared to general CT?

I'm an MS-2 interested in Cardiothoracic surgery. The aorta and aortic valve fascinate me and I want to specialize in aortic surgery (like Allan stewart or Leonard Girardi). How much longer is training and what is the pay and lifestyle difference compared to general CT?

Dear Surgical Trainees, I just wanted to ask when does a surgical trainee start to operate, and when can they do independent operations. I am happy to hear from all surgical specialties. Best,

The eoSurgical 2017 Student Essay Competition is now open medical students worldwide. Title: 'How will the 'internet of things' impact delivery and training of surgery? Are we heading for a global surgical reticulum?’ Prizes: 1st: eoStudent Sim take-home laparoscopic surgical simulator (RRP...

Hey all. I'm an MS3 who has been very undecided all throughout medical so far about deciding which specialty I will apply for in the match. I've always shied away from surgery because my marriage and my mental sanity are my highest priorities and I need balance in my life outside of work. I...

Please don't accuse me of being naive for positing this question, but I had a question about Match lists. So I'm applying to the following BS/MD Program Medical schools and I was doing some simple statistical analysis. I am only interested in surgery, so I compiled data on matches into surgical...

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With residency programs not having a lot of information online what role do you think the Doximity Rank lists should have on rank lists? Of course interactions with residents would cary a lot of weight but is Dox good for determining "prestige" for programs (like surgery)? It seems like the...

In the past, there has been a thread for trading interviews. I thought I would go ahead and do the same since I saw some people requesting trades on the General Surgery Residency Interview Invitation thread. Feel free to start posting requests for trades here.

hi guys ive posted a few times here. need to keep my options open. im a canadian citizen, in a medical college outside of canada, outside north and south america. if i want to come to america and obtain a surgical residency program, how would i go about doing so? usmle scores? extra curricular...

Hi people so im in medschool right now. 4th year to be precise. i want to move to germany and live there. my status currently is from canada - citizenship holder. but im in a medical college outside of canada. german course is being provided near where i reside. and im aware that i may need a...

Hi everyone I am a canadian citizen. i left canada to come study at a medical college abroad. here the course is 5 years long and students get in right after highschool. also there is a 1 year of internship which the foreign students are not obligated to take (im considered a foreign student...

I was wondering if (hypothetically) I enter medical school with the mindset that I want to specialize in surgery, will I most likely have to switch to an easier speciality? And if so, then is it because surgical residencies only accept the cream of the crop of medical students? Or is it because...

Trans urethral resection of prostate is a procedure for BHP where the urologist approaches the prostate through a catheter in the urethra and chips of pieces of the enlarged prostate. I am still MS2, so please correct me if wrong. My question is, while chipping off the prostate, the prostatic...

Alright, so I'm one of those students who has just kind of continued with life in the midst of medical school. I am, in my truest form, a bit of a jack of all trades (well, Jill, I guess). I have LOVED nearly all of my rotations, have gotten along with everyone (preceptors, patients, other...

Any pgy 2 gen surg categorical residents (preferably at a level 1 trauma center) wanna swap for R1 radiology spot at a great hospital in New York?

I guessing Some surgeons are pretty bad at when it comes to abandoning patients in the ICU, and leaving all the work with the intensivists. I guess it buys them time for other work .I am going with ortho, I feel like plastics keeps an eye on their patients . Esp burns patients .Spill thy Tea

What's the story on UT Southwestern's Gen Surg program. I've heard from residents there the following things, all a bit red flags for me. Lots of issues with the New (2013) Chair New PD (Brian Williams) as of this summer. I googled him and it was like he almost didn't exist. Anyone know who...

I have a question about matching into a spouses residency program. My fiance in a surgical residency as a PGY2 . I am applying to pediatrics and would like to match into his hospital/university. The peds program there is not really competitive. I was wondering how much weight the program will...

Hello, I am medical student in the 5th year. I will finish Med School in 2 years in Romania and would like to go for Residency in Austria. I have studied German for 8 years in school, so can resume this in the remaining 2 years. I joined a student sociecty and have done numerous surgery...

I am sure I want to go into surgery. All my experiences have led me to this (experiencing sickness myself and in the family, extensive shadowing of surgeons, emergency docs, family physicians, pathologists, research projects, etc etc) However I don't want the admissions committee to exclude me...

I just graduated and am currently applying to medical school. In the last year I published two review articles together with a surgeon on surgical techniques. He just asked me to write another review article which just was approved through presubmission at a major surgical journal (impact factor...

Hi - Thanks in advance to any answers and comments; much appreciated!!! I'm new to the forum, and I had a look around, but didn't find as much information for us European vets. I am a non-Irish vet in Ireland, looking to specialize at some point. I am just 8 months in practice at the moment, so...

Hello! I am a current high school student and was really interested in shadowing a surgeon. Particularly a neurosurgeon. Currently, I have shadowed an Internal Medicine doctor and a Cardiologist. Would a neurosurgeon (assuming they aren't busy) allow me to shadow them for even a day if I am...

I hope you don't mind us posting this, but it's very relevant to people on this forum. UCL Press have just released an open access textbook, Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, that can be downloaded for free in both PDF and app format (print is also available for sale). It can be...

Hi I'm wondering how the outlook for a vascular surgery or orthopedic surgery ST spot be like in rural locations in Sweden and in Sweden in general?