WAMC? Do I need to do a post bacc?
Hello, looking for advice on what schools I should consider applying to this cycle. DO only or should I try shooting my shot with MD? Should I also consider doing a post-bacc now in case I need to reapply?
cGPA: 3.4 sGPA: 3.18
MCAT: 506
State of residence: California
Asian
UC school
Clinical experience: 1.5 years scribe, 1 year ER volunteer
Research: 1.5 years. No pubs or posters.
100+ hours shadowing in pediatrics, orthopedic surgery, general surgery (MD and DO)...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: trueblue8 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
$111 million malpractice verdict
Minnesota orthopedic group hit with $111M negligence verdict
A jury awarded a man more than $111 million as a result of negligent care provided by St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates in relation to surgery on his left leg.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: nimbus Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
WSOA conference slanders podiatry - Seattle, WA
Conference is run by a Swedish Medical Physician yet he gives no credit to the historically strong Swedish Medical Center podiatry program which literally handles all the foot and ankle trauma at two Swedish medical campuses in downtown Seattle.
Then they bring up a female orthopedic foot and ankle doc who spreads a lot of misinformation about podiatry. ACFAS and APMA will do nothing. These ortho MDs continue to bring up the skewed articles we have talked about before...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 14, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CutsWithFury Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
School List advice
cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
cGPA: 3.8x (low)
AMCAS sGPA: 3.6x (high), AACOMAS sGPA: 3.7x (low)
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
507 (125/127/127/128)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Connecticut resident
Ethnicity and/or race
White guy
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
MA for orthopedic private practice, ~1400 hours...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 8, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jsmith48483922 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List 3.85 516 ORM
1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
3.85 for both cGPA and sGPA
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
MCAT: 516 (130/128/128/130) (2021), 513 (2019)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Alaska
4. Ethnicity and/or race
White
5. Undergraduate institution or category
Solid small Jesuit liberal arts school
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
4000+ hrs medical assistant at an orthopedic clinic
900 hrs...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hxcdAK Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
USUHS - Core Clerkships - Rotations
For optimal "breath/depth" exposure, Military base locations recommended for each "bold" listed below, with reasons why:
Block 1: Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Selective (Radiology)
Block 2: Internal Medicine - Inpatient, Internal Medicine - Outpatient/Ambulatory, Psychiatry
Block 3: Obstetrics/Gynecology, General Surgery, Surgery Core Subspecialties (Orthopedic, Urology, Vascular, Cardiothoracic...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: JHClassof2017 Tags: Military Medicine Source Type: forums
(WAMC/School List) IL, 3.83 cGPA, 3.9 sGPA, 512
Hello I am trying to narrow my school list for this upcoming cycle to a good 15 and add a few DO schools as well, any help would be appreciated.
cGPA: 3.83, sGPA 3.9 upward trend
MCAT: 512
IL
White
Marquette University
Volunteer Clinical: about 100 hours
Research: none (yeah I know not the best thing, I am hoping I am able to convey myself as service/care oriented)
Shadowing: about 50 hours with pediatric subspecialties, anesthesiologist, orthopedics...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: benn10 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
[WAMC/School list]MD resident|ORM|3.48 cGPA|3.52 GPA|521
Hi all just looking for some feedback and mainly help with school lists.
GPA: 3.48 cGPA and 3.52 sGPA. Strong upward trend from 3.00 first semester to 3.92 last semester and somewhat linear throughout
MCAT: 521{132/127/130/132}
State: Maryland.
Ethnicity: White (also native but with no tribal id, so only using white)
Undergrad: Johnny Hopkins
Clinical experience/shadowing: Scribing -1000 hours in emergency, 200 in Orthopedics, 100 in Pediatric clinic; 400 in Oncology/Breast surgery...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chocoloto Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Please Help Me Decide BUSM vs UT San Antonio (Long)
Hey guys, I am a California applicant that is currently deciding between either attending BUSM or UT San Antonio. I'm considering going into either orthopedics or dermatology, but to be honest, I'm uncertain and am open to exploring different specialties.
UT San Antonio is really behind on releasing financial aid packages and have told me that there is no way that I will be given it before I have to make the decision. I estimate that It will at least cover tuition because my family's...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CyrusGolshi Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School (2021-2022) Source Type: forums
Adductor/ipack local dose
Hi all, my orthopod uses a cocktail of local which includes 30ml of 0.5% Bupi for total knees.Then I do adductor with 10-12 ml of 0.2 ropi and ipack with 12-15ml of 0.2 ropi in the PACU. I am concerned about toxicity in very thin patients. I understand the absorption is poor and gradual. Can some regional guys shed some light on this? How much higher can I go after the surgeon uses 30ml of 0.5% Bupi? Thanks. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 23, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: residency2010 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Orthopaedics and Research??
Is having little to no research experience an absolute killer for matching into orthopaedics? I will give a little background on my situation. Let me start off by saying that I have absolutely no interest in research. I will read papers that I find interesting, but otherwise I have no interest or passion in conducting research myself. I want to be a clinician, not a research scientist. As of right now my top two choices are either orthopaedics or anesthesiology because I know I want to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dr. Anonymouss Tags: Orthopaedic Surgery Source Type: forums
Duke vs Tri-I
Already posted in the MSTP forum but was looking for any additional advice!
Wanted to preface this by saying I am incredibly grateful to have these options, first one in my family to finish college and this has been a dream of mine for so long that it hasn’t even sunk in yet it’s come true.
General background: lived in Manhattan for past three years doing research at various labs in Weill Cornell, looking to do orthopedics as a clinical specialty and research can fall anywhere from...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 18, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mickmars51 Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School (2021-2022) Source Type: forums
MUSC (full-tuition scholarship) vs. Wake Forest (Full-CoA scholarship)
If this is of any relevance, as of now I’m interested in orthopaedics, maybe dermatology, and psychiatry.
Wake Forest
Pros
Obviously, full-coa scholarship would mean I graduate with virtually zero debt.
Facilities are amazing
True pass/fail pre-clinicals
Can rotate in Charlotte (I love Charlotte)
Cons
Not a huge fan of Winston-Salem
Am looking to purchase a home during med school to build equity (especially with a housing stipend. However, 1. I don’t...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 16, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: 2MinuteWarning Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School (2021-2022) Source Type: forums
Here we go again, another hit piece on pods
Increased Complication Rate Associated with Podiatric Surgery - PubMed
Surgical treatment of multiple types of foot and ankle conditions by orthopaedic surgeons was associated with lower complication rates when compared with podiatrists. The reasons for these differences are likely multifactorial, but warrants further investigation. Our findings have important...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increased Complication Rate Associated with Podiatric Surgery
LOL here is the best part they literally say in the cohort that there was a 3x higher rate of P...
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: air bud Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
What do you guys think? is ortho really THAT BAD in terms of EBM? will we see less surgeries in the future?
Summary of the video:
The first study looked at the top 30 most commonly performed procedures in ortho found 3 low risk of bias RCTS ONLY
The second was for MSK pain procedures - no LRB RCTs
So most of orthopedic procedures taken as standard nowadays have a very weak evidence base, does that mean that we will see far less ortho procedures in the future with far more stringent indications? especially if insurance companies catch up and stop reimbursing procedures that...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 26, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Doc mu Tags: Orthopaedic Surgery Source Type: forums
