Ali Buckwalter

If a potato can become vodka, then I can become a doctor

Super important for graduating med students with federal student loans:

Happy Monday from my 7yo niece who has been working on her spelling lately (she still needs some practice 😂)

Let me be clear about what an Osteopathic Physician (DO) is, as I am an osteopathic physician myself: @TheView @sunny 1) 2 degrees lead to the practice of medicine in the US- DO’s and MD’s (@AmerMedicalAssn) 2) DO’s are not inferior to MD’s. We work together & train together

Did this with KB a few years ago so let’s try again. Here’s Christopher Morel after hitting a walk off homer as golden retrievers. A thread:

Emergency medicine consults

Escape room for physicians where you have to… - Turn off (and on) the bed alarm - Boost a patient in bed - Pull tray table over the bed - Troubleshoot a beeping infusion pump - Silence and adjust alarm parameters on patient monitor - Disconnect tube from an IV What else?

"I'll do uworld when I get home" me immediately once I get home:

this can’t be the same brain that took step 1

@mattyfred_ Yay!! Congrats Matt!! 🎉

Literally a dream come true. Can’t wait to see which team drafted me #orthomatch2023

@meesnathan04 @blwagdo Not @RtbuckT explaining it to me now 😂

today @blwagdo asked me to explain the selena/hailey drama and now he’s fully invested.

Online med Ed getting ready to tell everyone it isn’t free after saying it always would be

Currently 🥴

3 is the only correct answer

Being part of the 0% on Uworld really makes you think about the direction life is headed 😂

Ok hear me out

If you're a medical student pursuing #ortho, you will almost certainly end up doing #awayrotations... For M3s, that process is right around the corner! But for us M4s, aways are over, and now I have nothing but time on my hands 😌 So let's do a thread on away applications 🧵1/

UpToDate wrapped just dropped

my family at thanksgiving: so how's med school going? me:

Tell me you’re an orthopaedic surgeon without telling me you’re an orthopaedic surgeon. #orthotwitter #MedTwitter