which procedures do you most often perform?

[DrVan Nostrand]

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and if you could please write out the names instead of the abbreviations, that would greatly help my subsequent google searches 🙂

 

[deleted185747]

E&M, LESI, BDSM, PRP, etc

 

[Ducttape]

Who are you? Why did you just join this forum?

 

[geauxg8rs]

and if you could please write out the names instead of the abbreviations, that would greatly help my subsequent google searches 🙂

P2P
SSDI Eval
PDMP eval

 

[DrVan Nostrand]

Who are you? Why did you just join this forum?

just someone anxiously waiting to start med school this summer. and also researching possible future specialties. pain seems interesting, and I was curious what types of procedures you guys often do. sorry if this question doesn't fit the forum, couldn't think of a better place to ask

 

[DrVan Nostrand]

E&M, LESI, BDSM, PRP, etc

at first glance, one of these is not like the others...

 

[Ferrismonk]

just someone anxiously waiting to start med school this summer. and also researching possible future specialties. pain seems interesting, and I was curious what types of procedures you guys often do. sorry if this question doesn't fit the forum, couldn't think of a better place to ask

Honestly, the best advice I can give you is DON'T think about medical school or your future right now. Relax while you can.

 

[callmeanesthesia]

Keep an open mind and focus on your general studies - you never know what will be useful and relevant later. 80% chance you will change specialty plans during med school. Try to approach every specialty during med school as your potential future. I was dead set on neurology pre-med through MS3, until I did my neurology rotation and realized I did not enjoy the clinical practice of neurology (or at least the parts of it that I was exposed to).

 

[Orin]

I agree though, just relax. You're looking too far ahead.

 

[pmrmd]

Change your career aspirations before it’s too late.

 

[Ducttape]

what is being done now has a fairly high likelihood of not being what you will be spending your career doing.

agree with going in to medicine with an open mind. at least the first 2 years, just approach every specialty as one you will want to do.

even what you choose do to for residency has a good probability of not being what you do for your career.

 

[geauxg8rs]

what is being done now has a fairly high likelihood of not being what you will be spending your career doing.

agree with going in to medicine with an open mind. at least the first 2 years, just approach every specialty as one you will want to do.

even what you choose do to for residency has a good probability of not being what you do for your career.

Except for ob and peds. Do not even try to like those rotations.

 

[DrSpine]

Focus on passing Anatomy and Histology right now.

 

[RaceCanyon]

Hilarious how we are 13 answers into the thread and no one has actually addressed the question.

Some of the most common procedures are as follows:
Lumbar epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac joint injections, medial branch blocks of the lumbar and cervical spine, radio frequency ablation of the lumbar and cervical spine, cervical epidural steroid injections, hip injections, and trigger point injections.

As others have said, a lot of these procedures will be different or may not even exist in the future.

 

[Ducttape]

Hilarious how we are 13 answers into the thread and no one has actually addressed the question.

Some of the most common procedures are as follows:
Lumbar epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac joint injections, medial branch blocks of the lumbar and cervical spine, radio frequency ablation of the lumbar and cervical spine, cervical epidural steroid injections, hip injections, and trigger point injections.

As others have said, a lot of these procedures will be different or may not even exist in the future.

because at this point in his career, that information is irrelevant.

on this forum, as you may have noticed, we constantly diverge to discuss tangential existential questions...



Spinebound did answer his question.

 

[RaceCanyon]

The kid asked us to not use abbreviations. Also, who are we to say what is most important for their career?

 

[Ducttape]

if he wants advice from us as to what injections we do, because he ostensibly wants to become one of us, then his is granting us the appropriate venue to advise him to focus on what is really important, and that is not what injections we do.

 

[DrVan Nostrand]

didnt mean to cause a stir. i appreciate all the responses, seriously. sometimes having a future vision of the cool stuff I could be doing as a doctor gives me extra motivation to work/study, and I know ill need a lot of that during med school. so, sometimes I like to research what different specialties do. but yes, I will try to relax as much as I can before school starts. thanks again

 

[lobelsteve]

didnt mean to cause a stir. i appreciate all the responses, seriously. sometimes having a future vision of the cool stuff I could be doing as a doctor gives me extra motivation to work/study, and I know ill need a lot of that during med school. so, sometimes I like to research what different specialties do. but yes, I will try to relax as much as I can before school starts. thanks again

Just go out and shadow someone and see what a day in the office looks like. I do not know any docs that would say no to that.

 

[Pain Applicant1]

didnt mean to cause a stir. i appreciate all the responses, seriously. sometimes having a future vision of the cool stuff I could be doing as a doctor gives me extra motivation to work/study, and I know ill need a lot of that during med school. so, sometimes I like to research what different specialties do. but yes, I will try to relax as much as I can before school starts. thanks again

Don't give a negative connotation to causing a stir. It's a good thing and helps the workday move forward. Thank you for causing it and please feel free to do so again.

Below is right. I would add knee and shoulder injections too.

Lumbar epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac joint injections, medial branch blocks of the lumbar and cervical spine, radio frequency ablation of the lumbar and cervical spine, cervical epidural steroid injections, hip injections, and trigger point injections.

As others have said, a lot of these procedures will be different or may not even exist in the future.