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can I use it as an EC? is it clinical experience, volunteering, or shadowing?
can I use it as an EC? is it clinical experience, volunteering, or shadowing?
I asked about local instead of general anesthesia but they wouldn't let me stay awake for it.'I was going to ask if you were awake during the surgery. Then it would be shadowing. But since you could 'smell yourself' I think it could be clinical as well. Tough choice...
I asked about local instead of general anesthesia but they wouldn't let me stay awake for it.'
you learn A LOT about the process and fears/nervousness from being a patient though. very interesting experience.
I was just kidding about using it as an EC. but it was a good learning experience. it's always good to see the other side of medicine, it helps you relate to your patients.
I'd just list it as one, "Maintains good health practices" or "Practices preventive medicine"Another question: should I lump all of my medical stuff into one EC or keep them separate? I was thinking of lumping them together, but I don't want to confound the adcom by having too much in one EC. You know: the APRN giving me the tetanus booster, the DDS extracting my wisdom teeth, the complete physical with my MD, etc. Of course, I wouldn't list any of my well-child-checks, because AMCAS specifically says post-highschool experiences, but seriously -- any advice? I'm so confused! 😕
I was just kidding about using it as an EC. but it was a good learning experience. it's always good to see the other side of medicine, it helps you relate to your patients.
total circumcision. sex change, to be exact.may i ask what type of surgery it was?
circumcision?
ok let's not get too personal here. there are some things you just don't mention in public forums.
that's hardcoreDang it, I totally missed out on adding another EC to my app last year! 🙂
Had a little "mishap" with a drill while working a few years ago and ended up having two surgeries to reattach and fix a finger. And technically they woke me up during one of the surgeries so that I could flex the finger.......so.....couldn't I have said that I actually participated in a surgical procedure? 😉
Dang it, I totally missed out on adding another EC to my app last year! 🙂
Had a little "mishap" with a drill while working a few years ago and ended up having two surgeries to reattach and fix a finger. And technically they woke me up during one of the surgeries so that I could flex the finger.......so.....couldn't I have said that I actually participated in a surgical procedure? 😉
wow, that's intense.
I would totally freak out if one of my fingers got cut off. a neighbor of mine cut off four of them in a lawnmower accident, and was remarkably calm. I would be the idiot screaming and babbling incoherently.
I hope your finger healed fully!![]()
can I use it as an EC? is it clinical experience, volunteering, or shadowing?
I tried, but once the anesthesia kicked in...Sorry, if you were totally serious about medicine you would have wisened up and performed it on yourself. There's a missed opportunity, bud 😀
I tried, but once the anesthesia kicked in...
can I use it as an EC? is it clinical experience, volunteering, or shadowing?
do what?you'd be the first one to complain if it hadn't, too 🙄
I'm really just kidding about using it as an EC. I did have surgery this morning though, and it was a good experience as far as seeing it from the patient's point of view. I'd never try to use it as an EC though.Aren't you already finished with your app? How could you use it?
As a person with a chronic disease that requires weekly surgeries, I find it extremely insulting that anyone would suggest that there is a positive side (ie - getting an EC on your app) to debilitating medical procedures. You have insulted every ill person out there, and it is obvious to me that none of you will make good doctors. I plan to report this thread to the mods and have all of you banned.
i had just typed out a response to this, before recognizing the sarcasm. Close call.
I had (have) a rare chronic disease, and I have been through numerous ERCP's, liver bx's, and a major surgery (at my med school of choice I might add) about four months ago. This disease forced me to take a year off between high school and college (and took a good amount of time out of high school, however I still graduated on time) but I'm hoping I can use it to my advantage when I apply to medical school.
Whats cool is that my doc said she can get me a job in research at the school, and maybe even a research grant. I also plan on shadowing my endoscopist this year (I have gotten to know the endoscopy staff very well in my city)
So all of this kind of puts a "sugar coating" on a very bad expierence.
Anyways, I'm new... so hello!
the "weekly surgeries" tipped me off.
but it did take a second. my sarcasm meter is off kilter this week.
I had (have) a rare chronic disease, and I have been through numerous ERCP's, liver bx's, and a major surgery (at my med school of choice I might add) about four months ago. This disease forced me to take a year off between high school and college (and took a good amount of time out of high school, however I still graduated on time) but I'm hoping I can use it to my advantage when I apply to medical school.
Whats cool is that my doc said she can get me a job in research at the school, and maybe even a research grant. I also plan on shadowing my endoscopist this year (I have gotten to know the endoscopy staff very well in my city)
So all of this kind of puts a "sugar coating" on a very bad expierence.
Anyways, I'm new... so hello!
in all honesty, I had a pilonidal cyst excised. it does not feel good.
Glad to hear someone knows what it's like! Though I'm not too glad, because I know how painful it is and would not wish it on anyone else.I had one of those about, um, ten years ago. Having it surgically excised under general anesthesia wasn't as bad as having it drained in the ER with a local. They evacuated the room! As the last nurse left the exam room, I heard her say to everyone outside, "Whatever you do, don't go in there!"
A couple minutes later the doctor made the incision and I understood her remark. It was um, rather fragrant. Anaerobic bacteria, and lots of it. (3-4cm deep? I don't quite remember.)
I would have asked the doc more questions about the cauterizing scalpel he was using, but at the time I was running a fever of 104 so my curiosity was dampened a little bit. Apparently he'd never used one before, but he'd called another surgeon about my case, and the other guy had recommended this particular scalpel, which seemed to be cordless. My guy said it worked "really good".
I had to wear maxi-pads "backwards" for several weeks to absorb the drainage. That was weird.
They excised it in the OR some weeks later, after the infection was under control.
Hope yours heals up soon, armybound!
Miss D.