Inservice posts: Proof that SDN EM is DEAD

[TraumaCheers]

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WHAT? Almost no inservice comments from the 'old guard' except Bulge, Veers, and the obligartory warning (yearly) from Appolyon.

I can't believe the proportion of this board that has become all about the match. This board used to be a great source of interaction and knowledge sharing -- now it's just a primary school playground for anxoius MS to use as Xanax.

What a waste of a formerly good resource that was properly balanced between medical students, residents, attendings and even PDs.

Peace out. --

 

[WallowaWanderer]

Well at least there's people like you who have contributed so many posts.

Now where's my Xanax . . .

 

[vtucci]

 

[theCamel]

WHAT? Almost no inservice comments from the 'old guard' except Bulge, Veers, and the obligartory warning (yearly) from Appolyon.

I can't believe the proportion of this board that has become all about the match. This board used to be a great source of interaction and knowledge sharing -- now it's just a primary school playground for anxoius MS to use as Xanax.

What a waste of a formerly good resource that was properly balanced between medical students, residents, attendings and even PDs.

Peace out. --

you will be sorely missed i assure you

 

[docB]

If there's a lack of interest in the inservice it probably because most consider it an annoyance rather than a huge issue. I know I did.

 

[GeneralVeers]

If there's a lack of interest in the inservice it probably because most consider it an annoyance rather than a huge issue. I know I did.

Definitely an annoyance. Very few of the questions related to clinical practice, and those that did were either out of date, or clearly subjective.

To the OP: The SDN gets like this every year towards match time. Anxious medical students around the country want to find out if they matched. There's nothing wrong with that, however I do like the suggestion of Xanax for everyone.

 

[lucky_deadman]

Definitely an annoyance. Very few of the questions related to clinical practice, and those that did were either out of date, or clearly subjective.

To the OP: The SDN gets like this every year towards match time. Anxious medical students around the country want to find out if they matched. There's nothing wrong with that, however I do like the suggestion of Xanax for everyone.

I've found that matchitis responds much better to Haldol by itself or in the B52 combo.

But like most things in life, this too shall pass on its own.

 

[TraumaCheers]

Well at least there's people like you who have contributed so many posts.

Now where's my Xanax . . .

Better to be thought a fool then to open one's mouth and remove all doubt 🙂

 

[Dr. Dukes]

Better to be thought a fool then to open one's mouth and remove all doubt 🙂

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[lucky_deadman]

Pot, meet kettle.

Can't we all just get along? 😀

 

[Apollyon]

WHAT? Almost no inservice comments from the 'old guard' except Bulge, Veers, and the obligartory warning (yearly) from Appolyon.

Ask Veers what it's like with ABEM breathing down your program's neck.

You make a violation, and they can easily bar you from eligibility for the EM boards. Although you are so erudite that you obviously know that, some people can get in a real bind unintentionally.

 

[SoCuteMD]

WHAT? Almost no inservice comments from the 'old guard' except Bulge, Veers, and the obligartory warning (yearly) from Appolyon.

I can't believe the proportion of this board that has become all about the match. This board used to be a great source of interaction and knowledge sharing -- now it's just a primary school playground for anxoius MS to use as Xanax.

What a waste of a formerly good resource that was properly balanced between medical students, residents, attendings and even PDs.

Peace out. --

We'll miss your prolific posting.

 

[BADMD]

I can't believe the proportion of this board that has become all about the match. This board used to be a great source of interaction and knowledge sharing -- now it's just a primary school playground for anxoius MS to use as Xanax.

Post an interesting case you have seen and lead a case discussion...

 

[roja]

Yah.

 

[leorl]

the same thing happens every year around this time. yah just have to :smile: and bear it

 

[crewmaster1]

If I remember correctly the inservice post was made on the day of or the day before the inservice....so by the time we read it we had already taken the inservice. And once you take it, there isn't much that should be said about it.

I do agree that it is pretty funny that some dude starts bitching about the lack of posts when he barely has any! Funny.

 

[TraumaCheers]

Post an interesting case you have seen and lead a case discussion...

Ok. Point well taken.

One thing that I thought was interesting about the inservice was the lack of utilization of the LLSA series. It may be because the exam lags several years in terms of relevance (see other threads with comments about relevancy to EM) but it would be an easy area for ABEM to improve upon. Then again, perhaps the reason is just as simple as the LLSA essentially provides a scaffold for lots of real questions on the boards.

By the way, for those of you who haven't noticed but have ACEP membership (probably most of the residents, anyway) you can currently download not only a significant number of the LLSA articles from ABEM, but also two summary articles corresponding to LLSA 2005 and 2006. Plus, they're promising more (and they're actually published yearly in February in Annals, I think, so it isn't too difficult to get 2007 and 2008 if you want them. Not a substitute for reading the articles yourself, but a good start nonetheless.

Yes, I know it gets like this every year around this time. It just seems to be a little more lonely this year than past in terms of other old guard (sniff). Frequent posters or not. Infrequent posting doesn't mean lack of participation (think private messages etc.) nor does frequent posting indicate contribution if the vast majority of your posts are p'pads and one liners about the difficulty of choosing between your 6th and 7th choice in your ROL.

Good luck on the match to you all nonetheless. You might see what I mean next year if you choose to still lurk after matching, and hopefully you will as I think SDN has been, for me, a good resource in the past and I hope it regains its top form.

Oh, Appol - no offence on my comment to your "obligatory" post. Poor choice of words.

 

[Apollyon]

It's all good, dude!

 

[Hercules]

It just seems to be a little more lonely this year than past in terms of other old guard (sniff). Frequent posters or not. Infrequent posting doesn't mean lack of participation (think private messages etc.) nor does frequent posting indicate contribution if the vast majority of your posts are p'pads and one liners about the difficulty of choosing between your 6th and 7th choice in your ROL.

Good luck on the match to you all nonetheless. You might see what I mean next year if you choose to still lurk after matching, and hopefully you will as I think SDN has been, for me, a good resource in the past and I hope it regains its top form.

Agreed. I think I've been here on SDN just about as long as anyone here, and its always sad to see fewer posts from the members you have grown so used to reading. I haven't posted prolifically over the past 8 years, but I read a lot and chime in occasionally. SDN has been a great resource for me in all phases of my training, and I hope to check back in as an attending eventually and contribute as several of our posters do now.

 

[TysonCook]

I'm in the same boat, I was using a different username back around 2000-2001'ish when applying for med school (lost the log in, so I just used my real name after that).

It is sad seeing some people leave, but others come around.

What is more interesting is seeing people whom we posted with during undergrad or during med school posting on the pre-allo, or allo thread, that now are in different specialties that flame on EM 🙄

Funny how you can have the same perspective for 5,6, or even 8 years, but then be the village idiot once you start to work in the ED 🙂

 

[JackBauERfan]

Agreed. I think I've been here on SDN just about as long as anyone here, and its always sad to see fewer posts from the members you have grown so used to reading. I haven't posted prolifically over the past 8 years, but I read a lot and chime in occasionally. SDN has been a great resource for me in all phases of my training, and I hope to check back in as an attending eventually and contribute as several of our posters do now.

about when do the scores come out? i'm guessing month to 6 weeks. I know doesn't matter but you still want to do good haah.

 

[GeneralVeers]

about when do the scores come out? i'm guessing month to 6 weeks. I know doesn't matter but you still want to do good haah.

Typically the end of April. Get your moonlighting in while you can....