
Dr. Emil Schaffhausen III
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Dr. Emil Schaffhausen III
@XrayDFS
No clowns allowed










Jim Thorpe, PA (named for the Native American mega-athlete of the 1910s): small-town Pennsylvania trying its absolute, locked-in hardest...and completely succeeding.


Any ACC school can submit a withdraw tomorrow if they wanted to. In the case of California and Stanford, it is about a federal bill that would prevent both schools from joining with USC/UCLA/WA/OR. It doesn't make sense for something like that to be put into federal law.




𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗦𝗠𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗞 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲: I completely agree with Dr. Conrad Fischer. He is one of the few educators and Program Directors who gives applicants honest, practical advice instead of false reassurance. The idea that "Step 2 CK doesn't matter much" is simply not true, especially for IMGs. With Step 1 now pass/fail, USMLE Step 2 CK has become the single most objective metric in your residency application. Strong letters of recommendation, research, personal statements, networking, and extracurriculars certainly matter, but in most cases they come after your CK score gets your application noticed. Community Internal Medicine programs in major cities often receive 5,000-8,000 applications for a handful of positions. It is simply impossible to perform a truly holistic review on every applicant. If even 1,500+ applicants have a Step 2 CK score of 250 or above, and I believe that's a conservative estimate, programs have little choice but to use objective screening metrics before reviewing applications in detail. Program Directors often cannot openly say that Step 2 CK carries enormous weight because residency selection is expected to be holistic. But the reality for most IMG applicants is that a genuine holistic review of thousands of applications is simply not feasible. A strong CK score is often what gets your application through the initial screening and onto someone's desk. My advice to IMGs is simple: make Step 2 CK your top priority. The race to accumulate more USCE, research, and publications is important, but it should never come at the expense of your exam preparation. A stellar CK score opens doors that are otherwise very difficult to unlock. 2 Pics Courtesy @malkeasaad #Match2027 #USMLE #MedTwitter

Slotkin told me Pittsburgh is Midwestern.


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Realignment junkies… Explain to me how all this “projected movement” is going to happen BEFORE the PCSA becomes law? Yes, the PCSA still has a ways to go: Senate floor ➡️ House ➡️ House floor ➡️ Senate & House (assuming any changes made by House) ➡️ President ➡️ 📝✅ Assuming the 19-team cap & 5-year independent for P4 to P4 transition sticks… How are all these moves I’m seeing discussed going to happen before it becomes law with existing GOR’s in place (among other contractual agreements)? If the PCSA becomes law and I do mean “IF” — it’s not going to be some 5-year process












