Re: Caring is the invisible piece of the stroke recovery puzzle
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Non Traditional WAMC/School List Feedback
Looking for all feedback on list or app! Looking to apply this cycle
28 Male (Caucasian) Non Trad
Colorado Resident
Undergrad (2018) 3.1 GPA
Post BAC with majority of BCPM Requirements: 4.0 GPA
Clinical: 4500 Hours as EMT in busy Trauma Center (IVs, EKG, Splinting, Strokes, MI's)
MCAT: 514 (130,128,129,127).
Research: Starting at Cardiometabolic Research Lab at Medical School as Student Assistant
Volunteering: Starting Volunteering at Clinic for underserved as EMT
Volunteered to teach...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 25, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: marobb Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Deciding between NCC and Stroke
Hey all
I am a current PGY2 and struggling to decide between neuro-critical care and stroke. I would ideally practice both but would preferably avoid doing both fellowships. My interest in stroke initially propelled me into neurology. I've realized though that stroke also often deals with a high number of functional patients which I don't enjoy as much, and being in the neuro ICU has the satisfaction of dealing with patients that are all very truly ill.
I think another pro of NCC is that...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: slavicman Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
VIV TMVR with Sapien 3
80 y/o s/p cabg 20 years ago. Redo sternotomy for severe Mitral regurgitaiton 15 years ago.
Other hx: Bil Fem-pop bypass, h/o stroke, severe COPD and severe pulm htn on ATC O2.
Chronic pain, CKD, etc.
Presented at valve conference for failure of mitral bpv. Mean gradient of 15 mmHg.
It was decided that we would proceed with VIV TMVR with a Sapien 3.
On paper, it sounded like a bad idea. Once I met the patient, it was clear to me she wanted this done as her severe MS was going to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 12, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sevoflurane Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Illness trajectory in major stroke
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
how much do you consult
so question for the community.
I trained somewhere that we consulted the relevant fields for 'interesting' cases, largely so the residents could get a head start on seeing the case. OBVIOUSLY we consulted for strokes and STEMI and such that needed immediate admission and intervention.... but also would consult on cool stuff. Otherwise, we would most just admit and let the inpatient team do consultology. But because there were lots of residents who would benefit from seeing all the random...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 8, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DocEspana Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
I wish patients knew what the ER was for
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I'm on shift, and this nice lady kept on asking me about bumps on her neck. I told her several times that I'm here just to make sure she didn't have a stroke (she came in dizzy). Finally her husband said "HONEY....he's not going to figure that out!"
"Ohhhh...honey you don't have to be mean about it. I was just asking."
Non stop today...people asking me about crap that I will never know the answer. It just gets so tiresome.
"If I had to know everything about everything in...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 18, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thegenius Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
vascular neurology fellowship applicants for 2025 thread
Hi all! I don't know any other applicants from my residency program so I thought I would post to connect with others in the same boat for support! When do people generally start hearing about interviews and when do interviews happen? What are they interview vibes? I've heard from prior applicants in other sub-specialities that they are trying to woo you and that it is overall more casual than residency interviews but I'm not sure if it is the same for stroke. Good luck everyone! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 7, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bobsazeema Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
Standard mid-cycle silence panic post
lol not to add to this string of similar posts, but I've somehow made it thus far with 3 MD IIs (which I'm very excited about / think the interviews went okay!) but also have not heard from,,,, the other 23 MD schools I applied to. No rejections no updates, just silence. am I sunk at those schools? I know most IIs have probably been sent, but is it possible that it's just an odd stroke of randomness/unluckiness that I haven't heard anything from anyone? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: riolustan Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Tele companies experience?
I am looking into possible teleneuro opportunities. I have contacted 1 company so far ( specialist telemed ). Would like to know if you have any experiences with any companies and if you may tell me what it’s like and if you have any recommendations. I am interested in tele-stroke or acute tele neurology positions.
For example, with the above company, they have 12 hr shifts acute inpatient and I get put into a “pod” system. Am I going to be stuck infront of a screen the whole 12 hours? What...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 21, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dramw Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
What subspecialties can have a week on, week off schedule in academia?
I’ve realised a week on, week off schedule is the most valuable thing for me in terms of being able to visit my family in another country more often. At the same time, I do want to remain in academia (and the low salary isn’t a problem for me as I do have another source of income and don’t have loans). I know stroke and NCC are doable, but are other specialties like epilepsy also possible? At my residency, the epileptologists have a normal clinic schedule and not a week on week off schedule...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Aldertonghen Tags: Neurology Source Type: forums
So state caps on malpractice awards are …useless? ER doc lost in state with $400K cap, $13.5M given to patient
Idaho awards second-largest medical malpractice settlement after a patient has a stroke in the ER | MDLinx
An Idaho man was awarded $13.5 million after a local hospital failed to diagnose his stroke for over 12 hours.
www.mdlinx.com
Did a search and didn’t see this posted here but this seems…horrific. Like what did the ER doc actually do wrong…?
“A jury in Ada County, Idaho, has awarded $13.5 million, the second-largest medical malpractice award in the state’s history, to a stroke survivor in a case against a physician from Emergency Med...
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: wamcp Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Wamc: 3.96 gpa, 522 mcat
cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
cGPA: 3.98; sGPA: 3.96
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
522 (131/128/131/132)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
California
Ethnicity and/or race
Vietnamese
Undergraduate institution or category
T20, #1 Public
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
200 hours basic volunteering in a hospital
150 hours volunteering with stroke patients at a different...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: capybaracarbonara Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Am I the dingus?
60 y/o F pops on the board with cc of "possible stroke".
I go to the room, the patient is in CT, I speak with the husband. She just received a call from her sister and daughter who hate her, and as of 3.75hrs ago she has been having "memory problems" but he denies any other neuro symptoms. I explain his wife will be back from CT soon.
Wife comes back. I do a quick exam. I cannot identify a single subjective or objective focal deficit. I explain that the neurologist will speak with her...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Throwaway20205 Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
