Uro vs Obgyn?
Hi, I'm starting my clinical years in medical school soon and applying for match in a little over a year. I've recently been second-guessing my choice of ob/gyn as a future specialty for a couple of reasons. The reputation of malignant residency, call hours, and realizing that if I wanted to stay in an urban area I likely wouldnt be able to do a great mix of clinic and surgery due to subspecialization. I was interested in urology as well, however didn't really consider it too heavily until...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: goldmirror Tags: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Starting MS3 on uro
Starting MS3 with a surgical subspecialty elective I am interested in matching in - urology. Had hoped I would have some time to get up to speed with clerkships before this elective, but such is life. Any specific tips for doing well on a urology elective? I have already started on the anking step2 deck for surgery and knocked out all the urology tagged cards (there weren't that many). (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Billiam95 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Medication monitoring
We have been having some discussions about what type of labs are needed and how often for medications. I am curious what if any labs do you do and how often for certain medications. Obviously if the patient has underlying medical issues this will change.
Amitriptyline: We do not check anything
Duloxetine/Venlafaxine: Do not check anything
Gabapentin/Lyrica: Right now we are being asked to check yearly kidney function, I don't really see the need to do this unless underlying kidney issues...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: kstarm Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Cornell Nephrology Fellowship
Anyone here able to offer opinions on the Cornell Nephrology fellowship. It's obviously not held in the same regard as Columbia but what is the general reputation for the program and how it treats residents? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: jonathanlikes Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
WAMC: School List (3.83, 508)
Hey everyone! How does my application look?
White male nontraditional Illinois resident
Bachelors in Nursing
GPA: 3.83 (4.0 Postbacc I did 1 year of classes extra for prereqs)
sGPA: 4.0
MCAT:508
5000 hours clinical work CVICU nurse
1000 hours non clinical volunteering at a church over 3 years
1000 hours clinical volunteering in a internal medicine clinic over 3.5 years
200 hours shadowing 2 doctors (IM and Urology)
8 months research Andrology Laboratory
6 LORs 2 docs 3 professors 1 lab...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Peanut255 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
UK Urology resident looking to move to the US for family reasons
Hi guys. I am a year 2 Urology resident in the UK. My field of interest is Female and male reconstructive surgery. Academically, I am currently in the last few months of my PhD in biomaterials engineering, I have a masters in surgical sciences from the University of Edinburgh and I have a few book chapters and 6 first author papers (functional and reconstructive themed) in good journals. Due to family circumstances, I might need to move to the US which is why I have started looking at the US...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ss259 Tags: Urology Source Type: forums
Is kidney volume associated with kidney function?
Hallo,
I am wondering if there is an association between kidney function/eGFR and kidney volume. (other than in the case of polycystic kidney disease). I could imagine that decreased kidney volume could be associated with decreased kidney function because of the loss of nephrons.
But so far I could not find a scientific article about this. Does anybody know more about this subject? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: aioo Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties 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
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Source: The Student Room - April 29, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bunbunbun Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Only Surgeons should be cancelling (or transferring) cases
I don't know if the discussion got moved to the private forum, or deleted. But there was a thread about a huge pediatric liver resection that had absolutely no business being done anywhere but a tertiary medical center.
I can find no fault in how the anesthesiologists handled the case. As a department, it sounded like they did their best to convince the surgeon to refer the case to Stanford.
For anybody coming to the forum looking for evidence that the anesthesiologists were to blame...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mr.Golf Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
GPA: 3.73 & MCAT: 512 -- WAMC/School List
***PLEASE DON'T QUOTE***
cGPA and sGPA
cGPA:
3.73
sGPA:
3.51
MCAT score(s)
512
State of Residence:
Utah
Ethnicity and/or Race
ORM, White
Undergraduate Institution or Category
BYU
Clinical Experience:
920 hours as PCT in LTAC facility (Paid)
1200 hours as MA in Urology (Paid)
Research Experience and Productivity:
400 hours in SEA-PHAGES Research:
1...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lost_Mountain_Man Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Summer Research at Home Institution vs Away (SRTP)
Hi everyone! Would love some advice!
For context, I am an M1 at a top 50 medical school in the US. I am very interested in cardiology (so internal medicine). But I just recently developed an interest in dermatology too. I have been trying to decide what would be best for my upcoming summer so would love some advice!
I was accepted to the Vanderbilt Summer Research Training Program in Kidney Disease to do hypertension research for the summer. I'm not sure how selective this experience is but...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: frazzledmeatball Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Simulect vs Campath vs thymo induction
For kidney txp, why one chosen over another? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: coffeebythelake Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Lawsuit for not checking labs
Mesalamine Kidney Failure
Case #95
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28 year old with UC given mesalamine for 8 years by GI doc which the drug caused CKD IV and eventually he got a renal transplant.
Lawsuit filed against GI and PCP for not checking labs in the 8 year period.
Here is the thing: GI was controlling the management of UC with mesalamine. They never checked labs in the interim. The PCP also was not visited for 5 years prior to CKD discovery. In fact CKD was...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: wamcp Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Complex peds liver resection case in community hospital goes horribly wrong - patient dies
Gut-wrenching and hard to read. Sad what the corporatization of medicine and these hospitals chasing after the almighty $ leads to.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 8, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Taco Time Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
