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Many will probably be this week. But not all.

You may have preferred that, but the patient wouldn’t have. It sucks having a drain hanging out your side. Its disfiguring, can be painful, get infected, fall out etc. Often the cystic duct in these cases isn’t COMPLETELY occluded, such that it could also decompress the main bile duct too...

Anyone know how many applicants didn’t match?

Not sure. I heard UT San Antonio signed someone outside the match but ASGE says they still have one spot.

If you go on the ASGE match website and search for programs like how you did to apply it will show how many positions they offered and how many are unfilled. Not sure how accurate that is though if places just signed people outside of the match. Penn is one of those listed like that but didn’t...

What are some of the places you’ve heard didn’t fill? I was guessing that would be the case for more than average this year because it seemed programs were interviewing the same number of applicants but because we didn’t have to fly anywhere it was just SO EASY to interview at more places as an...

Yes, this is what I mean. Also in county systems where you aren’t really worried about maintaining a referral base you can see referrals outright denied for silly reasons, like abdominal pain with an A1C in the 14s or GERD without trying any acid suppression and no red flags. The message would...

To add another level to this, you CAN technically “order” an outpatient endoscopy. This prompts scheduling of said scope, but if the indication isn’t valid or if a procedure that is valid wasn’t ordered then what scope is actually done can and will change. This even transfers to clinic visits...

The impression I got from UC Irvine was similar to that. Not sure how accurate that info is as it’s all word of mouth.

Is it the pictures or video he’s threatening to send (as opposed to something else entirely)? I don’t know the specifics and it probably depends on the state but I think that is illegal. Also this sounds like blackmail. Does he want something from you or just trying to hurt you? I can’t imagine...

I think PayPal works too.

Great question and thanks for asking, rather than just guess. Sorry you were met with bad responses when you asked someone in person, that’s not usual. I’m a medicine resident so that’s your context - when I ask that question I’m more or less asking if there were any events overnight (like got...

Ya I disagree with the other poster. As I mentioned several attendings at my program list things like this in their Educator Portfolio, it’s a way to quantify how you contribute to academics outside of research articles. Not everyone is a researcher. People wouldn’t list chalk talks, but they...

I was in a similar position and put them on. My rationale was that it showed an interest in a different part of academic medicine, being concrete contributions to education. That kind of stuff is commonly what makes up a part of a clinical educator CV.

If you’re worried about the financial cost of buying I’d suggest using this: Is It Better to Rent or Buy? You can change a lot of details even including how long you will live there. The thought that rent is “throwing your money away” while paying a mortgage keeps the money with you is...