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TIPS FOR NEW INTERNS CALLING CONSULTS: -Never ever apologize. Especially at night there’s a tendency to lead with “Sorry to bother you.” You can be polite without setting the tone of the conversation immediately on the defensive. “Thank you for taking my call.” 1/x

We begin reviewing apps for rotation in March. Direct apply (not on vslo), no fee's, details on the website. We provide: - Housing - Meal stipend - SLOEs (always on time) - Application mentorship gme.conemaugh.org/emergency-medi…

I told my boyfriend I’ll be home in an hour 4 hours ago and that’s what being a doctor is all about- time management

@MedicalMewtwo @GamerEMDoc @GamerEMDoc My interview was in January 😉! @MedicalMewtwo A bunch of my med school classmates did a postmortem and couldn’t find any correlation in any specialty to interview dates vs likelihood to match

@GamerEMDoc Makes sense. The whole dance is exhausting but at least Ill have a bunch of reps in before meeting with a program of that caliber (at least initially, I dont really feel any different once they start lol)

If anyone is still hoping to net late IVs at this point, a general tip. I highly doubt many programs interview from Dec 20 to Jan 1st (though obviously this is speculation). And anyone who would have cancelled for an IV before Dec 20 prob already did so based on NRMP rules. So if you plan on sending one last LOI to try to net a last ditch IV, Id suggest doing so after Christmas or right after the new year. IVs will be picking back up, and typically January sees the most cancellations.

@drkeithsiau No it’s not.

Is this a never event?

Why do academic hospitals put residents on call for OSH EDs but then “can’t give advice” because they are residents? Honest question that seems to happen at a lot of tertiary/quaternary care places.

We live in a wild world where laypeople on X argue with medical professionals about whether or not VFib is a lethal rhythm… #wild

@brad_loomis Not “I’m sorry to bother you.” Go with “Thank you for taking my call.”

at what point during intern year do i stop saying “im so sorry” after calling a consult

@NotoriousS1Q3T3 Rooting for you!

Manifesting plenty of EM interview invites this time around 😭🤞🏻

Teaching in EM isn’t a lecture hall. It’s a nod, a question, a quiet correction at 2am.

@drrdemon Just wait until you are talking to the same people as an attending that you talked to as a resident. Why are we this way

Having MD on my badge means people are waaaaaaay fucking nicer to me and I hate that. It is not hard to be nice to everyone

The reason we MANDATE vaccines to attend school is because while it is certainly your right to put your own children’s health/lives at risk for your own stupid anti-scientific reasons, you do not have the right to ENDANGER the health/lives of EVERYONE ELSE. This isn’t complicated

We agree with Charlie Kirk on basically nothing. Except that he deserves the right, as every human does, to speak freely without the threat of violence.

@KurteL10 How do I ❤️ this several times?

Call your surgeon first for any surgical complications unless you believe there is an active emergency. When you do, ask which hospital(s) they practice at and go to that hospital.

I'm sure at least one of you needs to hear this today.

“Doing a good job at work is great until you're expected to take on extra responsibilities without getting paid anything extra for it….”

@drrdemon @GamerEMDoc ?

Soooo if I’m reapplying to the specialty I didn’t match into, is it frowned upon to re-use a couple LORs from last year or do I need to get entirely new ones

@GamerEMDoc Come visit Stephen King’s neighborhood 😉

I have never once reread a book. But lately Ive gotten the urge to re-read my favorite novels of adolescence again bc I barely remember them 30 years later. Stephen King’s It and The Stand. Seems like a good idea…

My door is open, my phone is on, and my heart is with you. Always. @ConemaughEMres

doctors who can handle whatever is needed. And this week, I had the privilege of passing them on again-to a new class of graduates who now carry the legacy forward. To our newest graduates- I'm so proud of you. You've earned every bit of this.

A year ago, I began a small tradition —words and a coin to honor how strangers became family in the hardest, most beautiful way. What started with my own class has grown. Last summer, I gave coins to the faculty who (sometimes against our will) shaped us into emergency medicine