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Ok... for the needs access form I feel like I am just randomly making up stuff...
I don't know how much I expect to earn this summer... but probably nothing! and how much it will cost me to live? who knows... and literally everything I'm inputting for expected earnings is zero... is that right?
 
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anybody else ever had a positive TB test?

I got my first one back in june for my job (in healthcare). chest xray was clean, but I'm guessing I picked it up while in el Salvador on mission trips.


my school is making me get the blood draw test for it and was wondering if anyone has gotten that before. just wonderin
 
baxt1412 said:
anybody else ever had a positive TB test?

I got my first one back in june for my job (in healthcare). chest xray was clean, but I'm guessing I picked it up while in el Salvador on mission trips.


my school is making me get the blood draw test for it and was wondering if anyone has gotten that before. just wonderin
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Nope! But on the bright side if your TB test is positive and you get your chest x-rayed you usually don't have to take the TB test every year...
 
dechristine said:
Nope! But on the bright side if your TB test is positive and you get your chest x-rayed you usually don't have to take the TB test every year...
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Tman90 said:
10 points for finding the silver lining! 👍👍
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lol. well I already had a positive back in june. I suppose I should call them and ask if they really want another test or if they just want an xray.
 
baxt1412 said:
lol. well I already had a positive back in june. I suppose I should call them and ask if they really want another test or if they just want an xray.
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If you get a positive TB skin test, its always going to be positive after that. They might just ask for your last chest x-ray if it's within a specific time frame.
 
redshortshorts said:
If you get a positive TB skin test, its always going to be positive after that. They might just ask for your last chest x-ray if it's within a specific time frame.
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figured this as well but my previous school (before I was accepted to univ. Nebraska) still wanted a round of skin tests I guess lol.... sitting on hold now with univ. Nebraska to see what they want me to do
 
baxt1412 said:
figured this as well but my previous school (before I was accepted to univ. Nebraska) still wanted a round of skin tests I guess lol.... sitting on hold now with univ. Nebraska to see what they want me to do
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I tested positive eons ago (in the 90s) and I was recently told that a skin test could generate a bad reaction (although unlikely). Perhaps they're referring to a different type of skin test?
 
I don't even know if there are other kinds of skin PPD tests? who knows, I called admissions and they didn't know so I called student health and then I sat on hold for almost 10 minutes waiting for a nurse just for her to tell me to follow up with my PCP and get referred to infectious disease. I left a message for the head of student health so I guess i'll wait for her call tomorrow for clarification.
 
@baxt1412 Yeah, that sounds about right. I had to go through that in order to get cleared to volunteer in the hospital. I think they just want to have it on record that you indeed tested positive. Or at least, that's what they told me...

EDIT: Btw I still have a mark from that TB test lol...and I took it back in like July. :/
 
ProbablyAPenguin said:
Ok... for the needs access form I feel like I am just randomly making up stuff...
I don't know how much I expect to earn this summer... but probably nothing! and how much it will cost me to live? who knows... and literally everything I'm inputting for expected earnings is zero... is that right?
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+1 and then it just feel so unsettling that we have to swear at the end that everything we wrote was "true".
 
baxt1412 said:
I don't even know if there are other kinds of skin PPD tests? who knows, I called admissions and they didn't know so I called student health and then I sat on hold for almost 10 minutes waiting for a nurse just for her to tell me to follow up with my PCP and get referred to infectious disease. I left a message for the head of student health so I guess i'll wait for her call tomorrow for clarification.
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I shadowed a physician in a hospital that has one of the lowest infection rates in the country and they only asked for a chest X-ray. I'm not sure why that won't suffice in your case. :shrug:
 
Likely a quant I guess, pretty sure it's more accurate because it isn't sensitive to the bcg while you could be ppd positive after a bcg. But tb tests and treatment is my weak spot
 
f4reignbeauty said:
@baxt1412 Yeah, that sounds about right. I had to go through that in order to get cleared to volunteer in the hospital. I think they just want to have it on record that you indeed tested positive. Or at least, that's what they told me...

EDIT: Btw I still have a mark from that TB test lol...and I took it back in like July. :/
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I thought my mark was bad from a few weeks ago!!
 
Pretty sure a friend had to go on izoniazid for months after she tested positive after working in India for a while. No active infection, but they made her go through the full course...
 
ridethecliche said:
Pretty sure a friend had to go on izoniazid for months after she tested positive after working in India for a while. No active infection, but they made her go through the full course...
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Had to do that as well when I initially tested positive.
 
So I've been vaccinated with BCG so I always test positive on the PPD. you'll have to get the IGRA blood test from now on which is just a simple blood draw. If you get the PPD test again you'll scar.

Oh and you can go on treatment if you choose. I had a choice to go on treatment when I tested positive a few years back because I would be working in a lab with TB and BCG but it's not required. Only if you think you're at risk for getting exposed to TB
 
baxt1412 said:
anybody else ever had a positive TB test?

I got my first one back in june for my job (in healthcare). chest xray was clean, but I'm guessing I picked it up while in el Salvador on mission trips.


my school is making me get the blood draw test for it and was wondering if anyone has gotten that before. just wonderin
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this makes me nervous bc I had a 'positive' skin test one time (I didn't agree with the nurse, there was a tiny redness not even 5 mm) so they made me get the chest x-ray which was clear. I didn't do anything else no pills just went on my way. I later did a gig in a hospital and showed them the x-ray which cleared me from doing the skin test again... they told me I was clear for like 5 years.

BTW how do you know what you are supposed to do vaccine-wise for schools? All schools I've been accepted at basically just said don't fail your classes see you in the fall...
 
So I was just talking about this with a friend of mine reapplying next cycle to try and relieve some of her stress..do y'all think next cycle is gonna be a little less competitive than this one based on how all these schools are telling us they are getting a "record number of applications?"

I just feel like the relative difficulty of getting in this year is not truly indicative of how it's going to be next year/in future years.

Thoughts?
 
DirkN said:
So I was just talking about this with a friend of mine reapplying next cycle to try and relieve some of her stress..do y'all think next cycle is gonna be a little less competitive than this one based on how all these schools are telling us they are getting a "record number of applications?"

I just feel like the relative difficulty of getting in this year is not truly indicative of how it's going to be next year/in future years.

Thoughts?
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Our cycle turned out to be only slightly more competitive. The schools saw only about 10% increase in applicants in the end while it looked to everyone at first that it could have been a much much greater increase. That really doesn't affect the end result for each individual's all that much.

The top schools will remain as competitive as they ever have been. Schools might see a drop in numbers of early applicants since people who are taking the new MCAT might not want to take it in the first couple months.

In the end, as long as one does a good job on his or her individual application, regardless some fluctuation in the application pool from year to year, fortune will come knocking.
 
FriendlyFH said:
Our cycle turned out to be only slightly more competitive. The schools saw only about 10% increase in applicants in the end while it looked to everyone at first that it could have been a much much greater increase. That really doesn't affect the end result for each individual's all that much.

The top schools will remain as competitive as they ever have been. Schools might see a drop in numbers of early applicants since people who are taking the new MCAT might not want to take it in the first couple months.

In the end, as long as one does a good job on his or her individual application, regardless some fluctuation in the application pool from year to year, fortune will come knocking.
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I agree.... basically those small differences (in comparison to total number of applications) aren't going to be earth-shattering IMO. a good app is a good app. apply first week and have secondaries ready.
 
amad01 said:
this makes me nervous bc I had a 'positive' skin test one time (I didn't agree with the nurse, there was a tiny redness not even 5 mm) so they made me get the chest x-ray which was clear. I didn't do anything else no pills just went on my way. I later did a gig in a hospital and showed them the x-ray which cleared me from doing the skin test again... they told me I was clear for like 5 years.

BTW how do you know what you are supposed to do vaccine-wise for schools? All schools I've been accepted at basically just said don't fail your classes see you in the fall...
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I think some schools give you the information about immunizations with your acceptance letter, but others might wait until the summer? I'm not 100% sure. It also depends on the school for TB testing. The school I go to now requires a TB screening within 6 months of starting school if you've had a positive PPD (or something like that) and then you have to do an annual screening once you start. I think every school is a little different. I'm sure there is information on the school websites, under student health or something. Not sure if that was helpful at all haha.
 
M12B said:
Woo! Finally an II for my state school! :happy:
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There's nothing like icing on the cake!
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London tickets for march: Bought.

PI just suggested turning an abstract we did last week into a paper and working with the dataset to get a couple more things out of it as well.

I was going to try to coast for the next few months and just do the basics, but there's a possibility that I'll be able to get out 1 paper for every full month I'm here (march, april, and may). What say you, SDN? Challenge accepted?
 
ridethecliche said:
London tickets for march: Bought.

PI just suggested turning an abstract we did last week into a paper and working with the dataset to get a couple more things out of it as well.

I was going to try to coast for the next few months and just do the basics, but there's a possibility that I'll be able to get out 1 paper for every full month I'm here (march, april, and may). What say you, SDN? Challenge accepted?
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Naw bro, coast it lol.
 
ridethecliche said:
So tempting :/

I came in to work like 3 hrs late today because we didn't have patients. A year ago, I would have caught up on everything research related.

I need to find a reset button for myself :/
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Meh I am skating by lol.
 
For those who have filed the needaccess, was there a $28 fee?

I'm on a waitlist at a school that asks for needaccess for need-based loans/grants/institutional aid... my parents made 100k+ last year, is it even worth the time and fee to fill this out if I happen to get off the waitlist?
 
ridethecliche said:
Hmmmmm, but pubs now means more time for fun later! I'll try getting atleast 2 lol. I've kinda signed up for them.

I'm still at work doing chart reviews. Yay research!
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Are pubs really gonna help in terms of residency? I'm asking because idk. There was no way anyone was getting pub'd at my tiny school
 
baxt1412 said:
Are pubs really gonna help in terms of residency? I'm asking because idk. There was no way anyone was getting pub'd at my tiny school
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I think it's really research/publications during med school that matters for residency. I'm sure (or at least I hope) residency programs understand that we all have very different lives prior to med school and that getting published might be harder for some than others.
 
baxt1412 said:
Are pubs really gonna help in terms of residency? I'm asking because idk. There was no way anyone was getting pub'd at my tiny school
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Depends on the residency, but regardless, having pubs does help over not having them. Board scores matter more, but good scores + good pubs, can help you get your pick of program even in 'non-competitive' residencies.

TxC said:
I think it's really research/publications during med school that matters for residency. I'm sure (or at least I hope) residency programs understand that we all have very different lives prior to med school and that getting published might be harder for some than others.
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This is incorrect. Why would a residency program hold it against someone for being more involved in research for a longer period of time? What you see when you pubmed your name is what counts... it's not like that stuff expires.
I'm not in undergrad (graduated 2010) and my current job is in clinical research, so I'm just milking the experience for what it's worth!

I should have one first author, a few second authors, and a third author publication that made significant alterations to standard of care in a subspecialty.

I'm hoping this stuff gives me a leg up when I try starting research in med school, but it might allow me to concentrate more fully on classes for a bit since I'll already have a head start. Lets see how it goes. I'd like to stay involved in this stuff because I do enjoy it!
 
ridethecliche said:
Depends on the residency, but regardless, having pubs does help over not having them. Board scores matter more, but good scores + good pubs, can help you get your pick of program even in 'non-competitive' residencies.



This is incorrect. Why would a residency program hold it against someone for being more involved in research for a longer period of time? What you see when you pubmed your name is what counts... it's not like that stuff expires.
I'm not in undergrad (graduated 2010) and my current job is in clinical research, so I'm just milking the experience for what it's worth!

I should have one first author, a few second authors, and a third author publication that made significant alterations to standard of care in a subspecialty.

I'm hoping this stuff gives me a leg up when I try starting research in med school, but it might allow me to concentrate more fully on classes for a bit since I'll already have a head start. Lets see how it goes. I'd like to stay involved in this stuff because I do enjoy it!
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lol "hold it against someone"... that sounds a little too extreme.

I'm glad that you're doing helpful things during your gap years! It's good to think ahead.

For me, as a traditional applicant, it is pretty hard to get published though, or maybe I'm just not ambitious enough haha.
 
Honestly, I'm insanely lucky to have this job. Im only here because health issues made me miss out on working abroad in Ethiopia for a year doing tb/hiv research. All the same, I think I've done a lot here, but could have done more.

The few projects I'm starting work on now to finish up my time are in areas I've been interested in a while. One is on infection rates after surgery and risk factors and the other is on how patients make healthcare decisions. The second could potentially be multiple projects depending on how I play it off and whom I choose to include. But as far as things go, these are pretty easy since it's an analysis of an existing dataset.

This is the kind of stuff I want to do long term anyway, so it makes sense to pursue it and not be a bum.
 
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