Recent content by Butterfly23

I am so sorry to say this. I am aware that I have made myself impression as a very sarcastic dark negative pessimistic participant of sdn pm&r thread. Unless, some physiatrists do miraculous stem cell implant to corticospinal tract to enable the T12 ASIA A pt to walk, our rankings will not...

It depends on your goals in your life. If you want to be an academian I totally understand gunning for top ranked residencies. If you are interested in pain medicine as your career, I see more and more residents matching into pain fellowship with acgme accredation! you know why? I feel like...

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I also heard that those examiners do not even get paid and they do them voluntarily. Why would you volunteer to fail people? Why would you volunteer for abpmr while all of those guys are paying dues to abpmr. But I thank abpmr for being easier on maintaining board certification. I just...

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Once again i want to be wrong But a lot of your claims are just anecdotes “he says she says” I hope that applicant numbers more than 1000 came from reliable sources. I will trust that number when all pmr residency coordinators in the country gathered together and analyzed the number together ...

Where did u get 1092 applicant # come from? According to advanced table from NRMP 745 for pgy1 position and 788 for pgy2 positions . Approximately 788 applicants for 531 spots(68 percent) Trust me! I want to be wrong with glory. Tbh, we are no where near competitive field. Also family med 6927...

phenol is made by compound pharmacies or hospital pharmacies but Ethanol or dehydrated alcohol really depends on how willing the hospital is trying to buy for you Ablysinol can cost upto 10000 dollars I used to to ablysionol which is ethanol basically but I find that 6 percent phenol to be more...

Or academic dildo haha and i egged/vexed a lot of people on this forum My apology for politically incorrect I have to say though, we all know there is big gap between academic vs non academic practice but our field has bigger gap between academic vs non academic practices

Well how many folks out there really cover sports team. Sports pm&r under ortho practice is literally side kicks to ortho. pm&r has been trying to look legit by using ultrasound guided injections and at aapmr workshop is all ultrasound work shop that is not that special. In ortho practice...

I do not regret choosing PM&R but I would not recommend to those with egos We are not glorious specialty tbh and you will always be viewed as sidekick specialty with jack of trades

There has been increases popularity with pedi pm&r and if you want to work at big cities in california or other places, you will still face competitions. And many pediatricians do not trust pm&r trained only physicians. But i also think that many academic places hire too many pedi rehab...

Really?There are several derm attendings I know who did not get paid during the residency and finished osteopathic OGME Derm residency. his process of becoming a dermatologist was paid off. What makes you think that our Osteopathic society was ever moral and followed the standards who makes...

i am not a part of academia chill out folks. I am just throwing ideas! How are you going to evaluate applicants that fit to each unique specialty thinking processes.? I will never go into Genetics (for example) not good at explaining unknowns to parents etc How are you going to evaluate...