Can DPMs perform Electromyography (EMG/NCS) studies in Virginia?
Is it within their scope of practice for DPMs perform Electromyography (EMG/NCS) studies in Virginia? Realize it's uncommon but is it legal? I see the Code of Virginia medicine seems to lump MD,DO, and DPM together for what that's worth. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: greco13 Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
Harvard Medical School Withdraws From U.S. News Ranking
Big news!
Harvard Medical School Withdraws From U.S. News Ranking
Medical school dean says he was compelled to act after top schools pulled out of the law school ranking.
www.wsj.com
HMS Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Dean announces decision in letter to campus community
hms.harvard.edu (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lawpy Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Quantitative TOF monitoring
Just got around to reading the new ASA Guidelines, that STRONGLY recommend use of quantitative TOF monitors.
We don’t even have these monitors in our ORs and with standard TOF twitch monitors and sugamadex we have essentially eliminated PACU issues directly attributable to residual motor weakness.
Why is the ASA arming lawyers with this stuff? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: caligas Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Unionization in Residency
Worth a read
Medical Residents Unionize Over Pay, Working Conditions
The largest group representing doctors in residency and fellowship programs added chapters at five teaching hospitals last year, up from a prepandemic pace of roughly one a year.
www.wsj.com
Inflation and worker shortage are two reasons of many motivating residents to unionize.
The article talks about unionization efforts happening at Stanford
Thoughts? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lawpy Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Reapplying to biomed after disliking medicine
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Source: The Student Room - January 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Scienceisgood Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
🤔 Lawsuit
Texas Admissions Lawsuit
Only plaintiff's metrics, no mention of his extracurriculars... (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SpoiledMilk Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Subpoenas
I hate these. Is there any way anyone has found to make it less easy to waste a day of a doctor’s life.
The most common source of these is law enforcement. I get one, sometimes two, of these a year. Usually, they demand I show up in court, offering less than two weeks notice, always way after our scheduled is published. After switching or giving away a shift, or wasting days waiting to be called for testimony, I probably average a thousand dollar loss just making myself available. What’s...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: medninja Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
For those who do inpatient quickly - how?
I'm not asking how, as in, how is it possible? Just wondering how you do it. I know a lot of people can do it. But I'm out here moonlighting and it's taking me forever to get through a patient panel of 12. Like a full work day of 7-8 hours. What are you guys doing who see 15 patients then bounce to get to PP by noon? Between court, nurses stopping you, etc I just can't get myself to move faster. Any tips? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: yanks26dmb Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
HOPD with In-office lab?
Lets say a private practice Urology group with an in-house AP POD lab merges with a large hospital and becomes a Hospital Out-Patient Department. Would this affect the legality and/or billing allowances for their existing Path lab? Could they still operate their Path lab? I'm just not sure I know the answer to this. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ucp1980 Tags: Pathology Source Type: forums
Negligence accusation story.
Inspired by a recent ED forum post, I thought I would share my experience of negligence accusation. It never progressed to a lawsuit thankfully but took a lot of time and emotional toll. This occurred shortly after I finished residency.
Working inpatient psych, our team was consulted to see a woman in her early 50s who appeared frankly psychotic/manic. History from her husband notable for depression, and unclear history of possible hypomanic episodes on a few occasions over their 30-year...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: nexus73 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
My Last Lawsuit - OR - RustedFox and Morty.
I just got a letter from the Board of Health. What follows is a summary:
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-- Dear DR. RUSTEDFOX
Do you remember that med-mal lawsuit in 2020? You know; that one where BOTH the patient AND her husband told you that she WASN'T allergic to IV contrast dye despite what the chart said, so you totally did the right thing and double-checked with them before you gave it to her and then she died two weeks later...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RustedFox Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Least conservative/traditional specialties?
Hello,
I have a nontraditional background - I worked in finance/IB and management consulting in LA/SF/Vegas (including: companies in entertainment, technology, gaming/gambling, porn, marijuana) before moving into medicine. I had an academic administrator recently express "disgust" that I helped these sorts of "immoral" companies. (I personally have NO problem with these industries & think sex work should be completely legalized and most drugs). Any who -- I have porn star friends, friends...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MrArmstrong Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Laws should be enforced to ensure research findings are appropriately communicated through peer-reviewed journals before ‘press releases’ to protect our common humanity
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - January 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Pursuing JD, then MD?
So I need someone to tell me if this possible plan is crazy, or whether it actually makes sense. TL;DR: I want to pursue the MD/JD route, but instead of a combined program, I want to do JD, then work for a couple years, then MD.
I came into college wanting to be a physician. I then worked as a scribe in a Level I Trauma Center, and that opened my eyes to some of the legal aspects of medicine that I found interesting - insurance, charting, differing practice scope between mid-levels and...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 4, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MasqueOfMagnus Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Formula milk companies are exploiting loopholes in national laws that are not even ‘substantially code-compliant’ or strictly enforced
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - January 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
