Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

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I'll be your Huckleberry. One schedule possibility coming to a sexy student near you:

J: Peds Cards
A: Peds Sub-I
S: MICU
O: Int Selective (ranked Master Clinician highest, I think)
N: Vacation
D: Peds Rads (or any other rads)
J: Vacation
F: Surg Sub-I (hopefully Peds ENT or peds ortho, but I ranked a crap-ton in Feb)
M: Derm or ER
A: Vacation (a real one!)
M: PFI
 
Ashers said:
My ideal 😉

July -- EM
August -- Anesthesia sub-i
Sept -- Peds sub-i
Oct -- derm HI
Nov -- vacation
Dec -- ambulatory
Jan -- vacation
Feb -- master clinician
March -- vacation
April -- Anesthesia England
May -- PFI
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does that include a spot of tea after rounds?
 
What's with all the peds sub-Is? Those things are brutal... in a good way, of course.
 
Xandie said:
What's with all the peds sub-Is? Those things are brutal... in a good way, of course.
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That's not what you said last night!!!

or maybe it was. i dunno. i only remembered the important stuff.
 
I was slightly distracted by all of Stringbean's peds, I think...

Two days left. Of school.
 
Xandie said:
I was slightly distracted by all of Stringbean's peds, I think...

Two days left. Of school.
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For some reason, he's switched over to peds. He'll be similar to my pediatrician who played rugby in college. Tall dude, looks better suited for ortho. 😉

Have fun with your 2 days left... btw, are we still planning on doing some celebratory dinner with you and Don before you guys graduate? (You suggested April or May... I like April better.)
 
indo said:
I had a friend who read palms. She read mine then refused to tell me what she saw. yikes
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Simian crease?

TheProwler said:
does that include a spot of tea after rounds?
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Ha! Don't be silly - an anesthesiologist wouldn't be caught dead rounding! (Actually, not true...but they avoid it when possible.)

Ashers said:
For some reason, he's switched over to peds.
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For reals? Funk, I'm interested in hearing about the impetus behind this. I also see you'll be joining me in the Xandie-patented Nov/Jan/April vacation scheme. I'll hopefully be someplace in the Caribbean in April.
 
i didn't have a super specific schedule in mind, but here's the general idea...

July, August, September: Emergency, MICU, Med Sub I, also willing to have the MICU and Sub I in October. An elective or integrated selective in October is preferred, though.

November: Vacation, Step 2.
December: Vacation, buy winter tires
January: Elective, hoping for Forensic Path, ambulatory ortho, or emergency psychiatry. Blood bank and hyperbaric were high on my list for January also.
Feb/March: Surg Sub I, preferably Joe's, Trauma, or Transplant, alternate month with an elective or integrated selective.
April: Sheepherding with Doctor Funk in Wyoming. Probably doing some fishing as well.

Oh, and PFI in may. Obviously.
 
DoctorFunk said:
I'll be your Huckleberry. One schedule possibility coming to a sexy student near you:

J: Peds Cards
A: Peds Sub-I
S: MICU
O: Int Selective (ranked Master Clinician highest, I think)
N: Vacation
D: Peds Rads (or any other rads)
J: Vacation
F: Surg Sub-I (hopefully Peds ENT or peds ortho, but I ranked a crap-ton in Feb)
M: Derm or ER
A: Vacation (a real one!)
M: PFI
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so you're thinking pediatrics?
 
TheProwler said:
so you're thinking pediatrics?
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Quite so. Probably some peds subspecialty (critical care, cards, neonatology or pulm at this point). I've found that I have little patience for the indecipherably long past medical histories for most Gomer adult patients, as well as our seeming inability to do anything to help them anyways. I get along just fine with adult patients, but between those two factors and the gross-*** smell of hospitalized adults, I just don't think I could do an internal med residency. (Not to mention the endless rounding on K+ levels).

Plus, kids make me smile and I can't imagine ever getting pissed off about getting called into the hospital at 3 AM to help one out. They can be sick as dogs but the vast majority bounce back good as new. Parents can be a pain in the ***, to be sure, but I can deal with that.

Edit: Seriously, they censor a$s these days? What has this place come to?
 
Yay Xandie patenting anything. Woohoo.

I'm leaving for Delaware on Tuesday. Yay for that also.

Woohoo. I'm sleepy. And of my two days left, one is call. So boo hiss.
 
Xandie said:
I'm leaving for Delaware on Tuesday. Yay for that also.
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And some people claim that there is nothing in the English language that has not been said before...
 
Hey Stringbean, have you looked outside lately?
 
Xandie said:
Hey Stringbean, have you looked outside lately?
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If by outside you mean the bottom of a beer bottle and/or Case Files Family Medicine, then the answer is yes.
 
Ah. Well that explains your ridiculous disdain for Delaware when you live in the snow globe from Hades. (Clearly I'm having issues with the weather currently).
 
DoctorFunk said:
Quite so. Probably some peds subspecialty (critical care, cards, neonatology or pulm at this point). I've found that I have little patience for the indecipherably long past medical histories for most Gomer adult patients, as well as our seeming inability to do anything to help them anyways. I get along just fine with adult patients, but between those two factors and the gross-*** smell of hospitalized adults, I just don't think I could do an internal med residency. (Not to mention the endless rounding on K+ levels).

Plus, kids make me smile and I can't imagine ever getting pissed off about getting called into the hospital at 3 AM to help one out. They can be sick as dogs but the vast majority bounce back good as new. Parents can be a pain in the ***, to be sure, but I can deal with that.

Edit: Seriously, they censor a$s these days? What has this place come to?
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That's awesome for you, Funk. I've been super impressed by the pediatric critical care guys this month, and definitely agree that Peds would be infinitely more tolerable than Medicine.
 
Hey Splat, you were in the Children's ED in July, right? Do you remember an intern by the name of Burrows?
 
Gimlet said:
Hey Splat, you were in the Children's ED in July, right? Do you remember an intern by the name of Burrows?
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Yes. and Yes. She was very sweet. I remember her fondly even though I never really worked up any patients with her.
 
Agent Splat said:
I think of George Warshington, heroically crossing the river on his pontoon boat to do bloodly battle with the scurvy Vikings.
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I also think of my granddaddy Hosmer playing the ukelele.
 
I think of me being a doctor and living 800 miles closer to a very dear friend. These two things both make me happy.
 
Xandie said:
I think of me being a doctor and living 800 miles closer to a very dear friend. These two things both make me happy.
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Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears beats Battlestar Galactica.
 
I don't watch "The Office". 🙁
 
Question: Which bears are best?



I also think of Wayne's World. "I mean ... Delaware." j/k Xandie.😉


Ashleigh, I think a lot of the advice we got at the AOA thing was very similar to what you'll find on SDN or orthogate. Some of the guys asked questions about 4th year scheduling, but since I have my sub-I in June I didn't really pay attention. They also talked about which programs they liked and which the really didn't like. I could pm you those if you want. They also recommended applying to every school in the Midwest and then add on all the other places you'd like to be.

I wanted to try to get to the anesthesia table that night too, but it just wasn't gonna work out. I was still there until 7:30 in spite of only talking to one specialty.
 
there are 2 schools of though on that issue
 
DoctorFunk said:
Quite so. Probably some peds subspecialty (critical care, cards, neonatology or pulm at this point). I've found that I have little patience for the indecipherably long past medical histories for most Gomer adult patients, as well as our seeming inability to do anything to help them anyways. I get along just fine with adult patients, but between those two factors and the gross-*** smell of hospitalized adults, I just don't think I could do an internal med residency. (Not to mention the endless rounding on K+ levels).

Plus, kids make me smile and I can't imagine ever getting pissed off about getting called into the hospital at 3 AM to help one out. They can be sick as dogs but the vast majority bounce back good as new. Parents can be a pain in the ***, to be sure, but I can deal with that.

Edit: Seriously, they censor a$s these days? What has this place come to?
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very cool.
 
I thought bears went after picinic baskets.

I never got into the office. I tried watching it here. I watched it in England (I think in its 2nd season there, but there's a really creepy actor on it).

Thanks, April. Mark Wendling told me a little bit from the AOA stuff, like some of the programs they didn't like that much. Next time I see you, I'll bug you for info too.

Last day of peds call!!!! Just post-call tomorrow, and Monday left of inpatient. Then on to pedscation.
 
zOMG it's so time for the most fun game EVERRRRR!!!!!

First: Name the actual elective, whether you ranked it or not, that you would LEAST want.


Second: Invent an elective that would be absolutely horrible. Be as creative as you like.
 
Yeah. It turns out there has never been a day when I haven't seen him in the library's computer area. Dedicated.


Where is Asher's secret desk? When did they build doors between the near end of the library and the far end of the libarary (toward the research building)?
 
1. Hematopathology

2a. History of diabetes: perfecting your urine-tasting skills
2b. Hematopathology night float
 
I don't think I'll ever look at Super Mario the same way

51dm37.jpg
 
Happy Birthday, Splat! Look up there! Prowler sent you a card!
 
Random question: When do we apply for the residency relocation loan? As soon as 4th year starts so we have it for interviews? Or can't you get it til later.


Edit: Oh, another random question for any m4s out there still. How flexible are elective rotations here when it comes to the end of the month? I've been accepted to go to Belize for April 2009, and the application for that was by calendar months. But now that I got my official acceptance today, they say they want me there by 5pm Sunday, March 29. I'd rather get out of my March elective early than show up in Belize late. I'm shooting for electives in March such as derm, endocrine-metabolism, radiology, and I listed like 10 others on my lottery list.


Thanks!!!

Oh, and when are we having a party? I'm always in the mood to party!
 
Ashers said:
So apparently there's a special "Scrubs" night for Body worlds where you can get a discounted admission by wearing scrubs on I think 10 April.
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It's a sting operation to catch people that are stealing hospital scrubs and keeping them.
 
And a well thought sting!

I'm out East... it's warm here. Yay.

PS: Splat... did you get my text message?
 
Xandie said:
And a well thought sting!

I'm out East... it's warm here. Yay.

PS: Splat... did you get my text message?
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I did, thanks! I'm sorry. it was OB/gyn orientation day and everything was sort of a blur.

On call at Joe's last night. Freaking baby factory. Babies everywhere.



........BAAAAYYYYBEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
are you going to keep a OB/Gyn Blog about your feelings while on that service?

gynblog.splatthoughts.gov.www\splatthoughts
 
Real possession by devil not that common, exorcists say during lesson

By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service


ROME (CNS) -- The devil is real and can possess people, but it does not happen as often as many people think, said two Italian exorcists...


http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0500960.htm
 
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