Recent content by IlDestriero

A good question is why are you being evaluated by a PA? But a better question is wby are you being taught by a PA? Ridiculous. While a PA or NP or CRNA can teach you things, they really should not be instructing you. In our anesthesia program the only interactions the CRNAs have with the...

The advice I gave my own kids was not to pursue biology. It’s a a bit of a dead end if you don’t go to medical school. You can take the prerequisite classes in any major, even if you have to add an additional semester or a summer of classes along the way. Finance/econ/business focus or...

Some hospitals or individual departments in those hospitals are affiliated with major medical centers and/or medical schools but are financially separate from them. In my case I’m a real professor at the medical school down the street, and the university pays me, gives me benefits, etc. but...

This is the answer! Look outside the classroom and you’ll be happier and healthier for it. I used to work out every day. I never once went running with or worked out with a med school classmate. I went out often, also often without my classmates. Maybe I’d meet up with them later if I...

Ding Ding Ding!! Harvard Medical School 1982.

Clark was terminated by Northbank for “protected behavior which was taken for the purpose of protecting public safety,” according to the suit, which seeks $1.63 million in damages.

It sounds like he made a series of bad decisions and then decided to double down on them and then triple down and escalate to the state oversight level, which put the facility at risk. So firing seemed a reasonable expectation to me. Having said that, he may have a real case for retaliation...

Some academic jobs are pretty good. At our place you can be on an academic or a clinical track. Academic has no publication requirements. No more than 1:2. Full time academic track gets 2 non clinical days a month minimum. Everyone can go to 80% whenever they want with full benefits, or per...

I read some additional responses and it’s absurd to expect students to determine what they are not being taught that’s actually important and then expect that they will also seek out 3rd party resources to learn that material when they’re not being tested on it. They don’t know what they don’t...

Condensing the pre clinical 2 years into 18 months sounded bad enough. Trying to learn the 2 years of material I did in 1 year is impossible, truly impossible. When you combine that with changing step 1 and many pre clinical programs to pass/fail, that’s a recipe for disaster. Making things...

Not all academic jobs are terrible. I’m in a hybrid anesthesia group, high income, low call, nice gig. They’re out there, and they all have different expectations and tracks. Having said that, if you don’t like teaching, research, etc. maybe private practice is a better fit. Being a partner...

Quit now. You don’t need that aggravation in your life, and you’re already accepted. It sounds like the PI is a dope and will torpedo their own career soon enough. Don’t give any reason, just 2 weeks notice. If they give you a hard time, offer to stop work effectively immediately if that will...

Where I am, the ICU would much rather have the patient come intubated to tune them up than roll the dice and have to reintubate in a couple of hours when they fail even for easy airways. Cultures may be the opposite elsewhere.

Why does it take 6 hours to do a robotic nephrectomy? With 400 ebl I’m guessing it was a partial, and he really sucks with the robot?

Not the Rock, not a doc, enjoy those 20 years. Seems a bit harsh, but his pill mill probably killed and ruined the lives of many.