Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[yeasterbunny]

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Total butt liquid as opposed to partial butt liquid?

Honestly, I don't remember what those letters mean, but I do remember that they represent a waste of time.

I'm not very excited about today being my last day off this month, by the way.

 

[45408]

I'm not very excited about today being my last day off this month, by the way.

if it makes you feel any better, I'm in the middle of a two week stretch with no days off.

 

[Agent Splat]

if it makes you feel any better, I'm in the middle of a two week stretch with no days off.

at least you have patients that usually survive.

 

[Agent Splat]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwrmp5X3q4[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Agent Splat]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4v1hAnfy1I[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Ashers]

^ The band was obviously evil. What kind of marching band marches around the docks with 3 members. He should've put the bomb into the Sousaphone.

 

[45408]

at least you have patients that usually survive.

Well, doesn't that absolve you of discharge summaries?

 

[samenewme]

Well, doesn't that absolve you of discharge summaries?

That's it. Always look on the bright side.

 

[630670]

can you get WI residency status (in order to get a tuition break for state residents) after your first year of med school?

 

[DoctorFunk]

can you get WI residency status (in order to get a tuition break for state residents) after your first year of med school?

Nope. The only way you can get resident status is to buy property or live and work here for (I think) a year or more while paying taxes before starting school. I got married to a lifetime WI resident (while living in WI several months) before starting school at MCW and when I asked about the possibility that I was a WI resident at that point through marriage they almost laughed in my face.

So yeah. They don't like giving folks the WI residency break round these parts.

 

[yeasterbunny]

Well, doesn't that absolve you of discharge summaries?

Actually death summaries are just as much work, if not more.

 

[Agent Splat]

yes. a celestial discharge summary must still be dictated.

 

[45408]

yes. a celestial discharge summary must still be dictated.

do you at least save time by not giving discharge meds with prescriptions?

 

[Agent Splat]

do you at least save time by not giving discharge meds with prescriptions?

one ICU bonus is most patients are transferred to the floor before getting discharged. so we rarely even do the discharge summaries.

when I was on neuro, we had a resident that kept making us dictate discharge summaries for his patients....which we never saw....and were actually discharged before we actually came on service. Never did this to me, but the other two students got that. totally not cool. They had to sift through 4 inch thick charts to weed everything out.

 

[yeasterbunny]

do you at least save time by not giving discharge meds with prescriptions?

Yes, of course that is one plus. Of course, it shouldn't be any different, but most people do take extra time to be a lot more complete and precise when doing a summary that includes a bad outcome, because you never know if this will be the one that gets reviewed for litigation or other such things.

 

[Agent Splat]

Yes, of course that is one plus. Of course, it shouldn't be any different, but most people do take extra time to be a lot more complete and precise when doing a summary that includes a bad outcome, because you never know if this will be the one that gets reviewed for litigation or other such things.

Yeah. I love M&Ms, but only the kind with a candy shell.

 

[akpete]

Yay, it looks like I'm gonna get my away rotation at Minnesota! Peds ortho in September.

Today, I was considering just applying for anesthesiology, then I got an email about the rotation, and am super excited.

Sigh.

 

[indo]

sooooo, did anyone actually get a decent evaluation at St Mary's for ob/gyn?

 

[akpete]

sooooo, did anyone actually get a decent evaluation at St Mary's for ob/gyn?

yes

 

[Ashers]

sooooo, did anyone actually get a decent evaluation at St Mary's for ob/gyn?

It's more dependent on your chief than hospital. Tan is gone. She was awful. She hated me because I didn't want to read the horrible text.

 

[indo]

okay, good. The chiefs there now seem pretty mellow. Thanks.

What are you all currently on nowadays?

 

[Ashers]

okay, good. The chiefs there now seem pretty mellow. Thanks.

What are you all currently on nowadays?

If Dr. Post is one of your chief's that's awesome; she's really nice.

Finished derm on Maui, and now I'm on ortho at UCI with a gunner! Yay! I managed to talk him down from q3 to q4 call. We have to take in house call and preround. There are 3 students, so this guy wanted to do q3, not be gone for >1 day (he didn't like the idea of a "Golden Weekend), and he wants to stay and operate post-call.

We also had that earthquake today. Kinda cool, since I basically slept through that Illinois one. Most people were freaking out.

 

[akpete]

Have a good time on your away Ashleigh. Don't worry about the gunner, just do your best.

Prerounding? Ick.

I will go in everyday for 3 weeks at MN if I can just have Sept 21 off. It's my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party and they might cry if I'm not there. Conveniently, I'll be rotating at a hospital 35 minutes from my mom's house.

Is that too long of a commute? I'm thinking about staying at home during that time.

Anyway...


Indo, the best way to go about 3rd year is to do your best, get what you want out of the rotation, and be yourself. Don't worry about the grades cuz there's no real correlation from one rotation to the next. Do what your told and don't complain.

I liked all my residents on Ob, so it's all about luck at times too.

 

[indo]

I really don't have anything to complain about. I just wondered if it was one of these deals where you think you are bustin' your butt and having a good rotation and then you find out that you are "not reading enough" or "aren't enthusiastic" or whatever. Sounds like it is hit or miss... Hopefully the JMS team-based butt kickin' comes into play here because I have a pretty sweet team of people I work with.

Ashers, UCI= Irvine, right? Is Irvine near San Francisco?

 

[akpete]

Hopefully the JMS team-based butt kickin' comes into play here because I have a pretty sweet team of people I work with.

It might. My group in Ob was complimented several times by our residents about how well we worked together as a team, made sure everything was covered, and helped each other out whether it was our patient or not.

 

[Agent Splat]

I will go in everyday for 3 weeks at MN if I can just have Sept 21 off. It's my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party and they might cry if I'm not there. Conveniently, I'll be rotating at a hospital 35 minutes from my mom's house.

Is that too long of a commute? I'm thinking about staying at home during that time.

I've been doing the 35-45 minute commute since August of last year. It's doable but you'll be more tired and have less study time. It also depends on how the traffic and route is during the times you'll be driving. But I haven't died doing it yet.

 

[Agent Splat]

This just in!! I picked up my psychiatry grade today. As usual, the individual grading criteria (patient interaction, medical assessment, report writing, etc) are seemingly arbitrarily graded.

The one that really blows my mind is "Interaction with patients and families," which was checked off as "not observed." (on psych?) Then later, under "Technical Skills," a 7 out of 9. What technical skills? It's psychiatry. I didn't realize there were that many invasive procedures involved.



.....Maybe it was my poor performance at keeping the patient list updated (which I thought I did okay at).

 

[medking]

I really don't have anything to complain about. I just wondered if it was one of these deals where you think you are bustin' your butt and having a good rotation and then you find out that you are "not reading enough" or "aren't enthusiastic" or whatever. Sounds like it is hit or miss... Hopefully the JMS team-based butt kickin' comes into play here because I have a pretty sweet team of people I work with.

Ashers, UCI= Irvine, right? Is Irvine near San Francisco?

Irvine is in Southern California so it's not near San Francisco. Irvine is in Orange County (between Los Angeles and San Diego)

 

[medking]

If Dr. Post is one of your chief's that's awesome; she's really nice.

Finished derm on Maui, and now I'm on ortho at UCI with a gunner! Yay! I managed to talk him down from q3 to q4 call. We have to take in house call and preround. There are 3 students, so this guy wanted to do q3, not be gone for >1 day (he didn't like the idea of a "Golden Weekend), and he wants to stay and operate post-call.

We also had that earthquake today. Kinda cool, since I basically slept through that Illinois one. Most people were freaking out.

I know it's a bit premature, but I was looking into doing externships in California during 4th year. I see that you're doing some externships outside of Wisconsin.

I'm looking into doing externships at UCI and UCLA. Was it hard to get into the UCI program? Do many students from MCW do externships? How competitive are these externships in general?

Thanks!

 

[DoctorFunk]

I know it's a bit premature, but I was looking into doing externships in California during 4th year. I see that you're doing some externships outside of Wisconsin.

I'm looking into doing externships at UCI and UCLA. Was it hard to get into the UCI program? Do many students from MCW do externships? How competitive are these externships in general?

Thanks!

M0, right? I would worry more about biochemistry at this point. By the time you get into 4th year there is a new away rotation organization system that may or may not be handling these details for you. Heck, by that time we may be roaming the country Mad Max style searching for oil drums instead of practicing medicine.

 

[Agent Splat]

Heck, by that time we may be roaming the country Mad Max style searching for oil drums instead of practicing medicine.

I hereby declare that all pertinent discussions regarding medical school can now be suspended in favor of a response to this post that will initiate an inflammatory political debate!!!

 

[DoctorFunk]

Heck, by that time we may be roaming the country Mad Max style searching for oil drums instead of practicing medicine.

I hereby declare that all pertinent discussions regarding medical school can now be suspended in favor of a response to this post that will initiate an inflammatory political debate!!!

Cripes, what an idiot. Everyone knows that by opening up alternative oil drilling reserves off the Alaskan coastline the United States will be able to sustain the current level of energy use indefinitely.

 

[akpete]

Cripes, what an idiot. Everyone knows that by opening up alternative oil drilling reserves off the Alaskan coastline the United States will be able to sustain the current level of energy use indefinitely.

 

[medking]

M0, right? I would worry more about biochemistry at this point. By the time you get into 4th year there is a new away rotation organization system that may or may not be handling these details for you. Heck, by that time we may be roaming the country Mad Max style searching for oil drums instead of practicing medicine.

Oh no, I'm not worried about externships at all. I am just wondering about them. Just trying to see if I can just get a gist of the whole externship thing right now because I may want to do it in the future.

 

[Agent Splat]

as an M4, I am still personally very worried about M1 biochemistry.

 

[Ashers]

UC Irvine is in Orange old Orange County Hospital. It's weird cuz for the first time in 15 years I just have to say "Im originally from Orange," and people will ask where in Orange as opposed to where? Some people first asked why I didn't have the Wisconsin accent before asking where I'm from. Heh.

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[Agent Splat]

It was a hard month, but I highly recommend an ICU rotation (more specifically MICU). The patients on my medicine sub-I should hopefully be cake compared to these train wrecks.

 

[Ashers]

It was a hard month, but I highly recommend an ICU rotation (more specifically MICU). The patients on my medicine sub-I should hopefully be cake compared to these train wrecks.

Totally. ICU patient's suck.

I have an SICU pt at the moment, and I have to say all the vitals in ranges instead of "AVSS." Sad patient complete C3 after a motorcycle accident -- dude hit a person, then a fire hydrant, then a brick wall.

 

[Agent Splat]

Totally. ICU patient's suck.

I have an SICU pt at the moment, and I have to say all the vitals in ranges instead of "AVSS." Sad patient complete C3 after a motorcycle accident -- dude hit a person, then a fire hydrant, then a brick wall.

If you like sepsis, the MICU is the place to be! all we care about are ranges of pressures...everything from CVP to MAP to PAP to PCWP.

 

[Ashers]

If you like sepsis, the MICU is the place to be! all we care about are ranges of pressures...everything from CVP to MAP to PAP to PCWP.

I like things like ORIF, WBAT (or NWB), AVSS.

 

[Agent Splat]

I like things like ORIF, WBAT (or NWB), AVSS.

i do agree that surgery progress notes are near impossible to beat in awesomeness.

doing well. no events. no c/p, sob, n/v/c/d. +bm

 

[Ashers]

i do agree that surgery progress notes are near impossible to beat in awesomeness.

doing well. no events. no c/p, sob, n/v/c/d. +bm

Dude, surgery's are long and required carrying a stethoscope for the PEx. Ortho's are perfect

S: comf
O: AVSS
-LLE: NVI (or actually writing out the sensory, motor, and pulse is OK too)
A/P: 32 yo s/p ORIF L tibia POD #2
-Pain control
-DVT proph
-PT/OT

 

[indo]

I always write +BM as large as the space will allow. Pooing is good because if you +BM I won't see you tomorrow at 0530. woo

 

[indo]

also, oral herpes is up 650% at colleges due to beer pong. hah. The CDC recommends replacing beer pong with flip cup. I'm serious.

 

[Gimlet]

also, oral herpes is up 650% at colleges due to beer pong. hah. The CDC recommends replacing beer pong with flip cup. I'm serious.

Source, please?

 

[indo]

Popularity of Beer Pong Leads to Cold Sore Transmission

July 21, 2008


(AP ATLANTA) A new report today from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores is on the rise for beer pong players aged 17-21. The precipitous jump (up 230% from 2007) has caused concern for a number of school officials and parents.

"This epidemic is something we should pay close attention to. We're aware that we cannot outright prevent [beer pong], so we have provided new red cups available to all students in the dorms," said President of Arizona State University, Michael M. Crow.

President Crow supported prohibition-only alcohol education before his term but has since changed his position.

Adding, "As young adults, the responsibility falls on their shoulders to make the best possible decisions. At the end of the day, we hope they take a long look before playing."


Janet Henderson, whose son Jake is a sophomore at Harvard, wants him to think long and hard.

"Ideally, I'd love for my son to wait until he gets his diploma before playing, but kids will be kids. I did all I could to teach him the consequences of unprotected beer pong play, but he needs to make the decision for himself."

Janet recalled, "His father and I met after he made a double bounce to send it to three cup overtime. I fell in love with his smooth, quick release . It was perfectly timed and he could hit his target when the pressure was on."

Dr. Cole Desorio, a CDC spokesman, urges students to find new games to play,

"Flip cup is great because each individual has their own cup. If it's absolutely necessary to play beer pong, use the waterfall method. Many young adults, when asked if they practice safe pong, responded that they rinse the ball after it bounces off the table. CDC statistics have shown that rinsing has a negligible effect on the prevention of HSV transmission." He went on the record, "We're here to educate students on the dangers of [beer] pong and other casual drinking games. If we can get just one person to abstain, we've done our job."

CDC Safe Pong Tips:

-Discard cups after every use, reusing cups can compromise their protective integrity
-Get tested regularly
-Stacking cups can spread the risk of transmission of HSV
-Beirut is not a safer alternative to beer pong
-Remember! Alcohol may impair the ability to practice pong safely

 

[indo]

it says 230% but believe me, it is 600%.

 

[Gimlet]

Let's do an M3/M4 roll call:

I'm doing my Neurosurgery Sub-I at Froedtert this month.
I saw Splat in the FMLH ED at an ungodly early hour this AM.
Sounds like Ashers is in the OC doing...ortho, I assume?
Where is everybody else?

 

[samenewme]

I finished family med and am in PM&R, Spinal Cord Injury. No ungodly hours here.

 

[pratik7]

Are you with Dr. Sep at the VA for PMR??? I heart him. Im on sleepology...i mean radiology 😴😴😴😴