Recent content by chicamedica

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Agreed. anyone who says anesthesia is a lifestyle specialty is lying or MAJORLY deluded.

My friend is doing hospitalist at a community hospital and she is burning out, just a year out of residency. She is doing a 7-on 7-off type of thing. Maybe it depends on the hospital, dont know. . .

I'm a little broke right now to buy MKSAP15, especially considering that I have a BRAND NEW set of MKSAP14 books that I bought off of a former resident in my program. I've been studying from them so far, thinking they can't be THAT different. But now sort of am worried about whether there are...

I'm using MKSAP14, a little broke at the moment to buy MKSAP15. Are there any major differences between the two?

I agree with whoever said "Do what you like". I switched out of anesthesia to IM and have no regrets whatsoever, never looked back and never will. Money is not even a part of the equation for me. I ended up being so miserable in anesthesia, you could not PAY me enough to want do it. that...

Anyone know what kind of a program this is? Friendly? Collegial? Is the PD a supportive person? Would love to talk to any current fellows in the program.

That's what i'm wondering too. . .is that possible to do?

You are not alone in your feelings. The same thing happened to me and 4 other anesthesia CA-1s that I know of this year (from different programs) and went back to medicine. Anesthesiology is a field where it's hard to get an accurate perspective as a med student. During my intern year, I fell in...

You know, this was awesome advice given to me as an MS3 by my intern on my very first rotation which happened to be medicine. I've followed this ever since. It's a huge pet peeve of mine when I see other people's PMH without relevant info, because it's entirely unhelpful to yourself as well as...

Sorry, but to compare firefighters, SWAT officers, and CT surgeons operating on patients with someone electively intubating oneself for the hell of it, is COMPLETELY inappropriate. The former 3 categories are risking their lives to perform a service to others in need of their help. Whereas the...

If he doesn't have a gag reflex, he would get far enough to mess with his larynx. I'd think that could hypothetically cause laryngospasm, no? someone not in stage 2 can still get laryngospasm if you stimulate the larynx enough, I thought. Anyway, it's a paradox -- having no gag reflex without...

I refuse to read HOG because I dont want to jade myself. Maybe I'll read it when i retire.

Maybe you dont have a gag reflex? :confused: Watch out about inducing laryngospasm too. Weird. :rolleyes:

I am one of those people who is actually enjoying residency but, true, I am in one of those non-malignant programs. Yes, i agree with the person who said it's crucial to pick wisely. A collegial working and learning environment makes all the difference in the world. The way I'd say any...