Recent content by noshie

Jarafernando, did you actually even do tox? It is true that there are some that haven’t been able to make a full-time career out of Toxicology. But some do (I know plenty, and I personally do 80% tox, and no I don’t work in a poison center). And if they do, they may make less than their EM...

Well, I guess I am going to be the first one to post about this since I couldn't locate any other threads about failing the medical toxicology boards... I took the med tox boards in 2020, and I got a 70 on my test. Unfortunately, a 72 was passing. I will be retaking the exam in October 2022...

These are still great reasons to do a medical toxicology fellowship. The way I see it, the tox training will make you a better EM physician if you decide to just do that after you're done. There are plenty of those that do the fellowship and dont go into significant tox work, but the depth of...

I am so sorry you haven't received any replies yet! I am a newly minted tox fellow, so I will try to answer your questions. I will have to agree with you, EM is amazing but emotionally difficult over a long career. This was one of the big factors that brought me to tox. I also feel that it can...

First, I should say that I am an EM resident and thus know very little about radiology programs or fellowships. However, I have a rotation in May next year and have an interest in doing a visiting rotation at an emergency radiology facility that has a fellowship (I feel that a place having a...

Figs. Hands down. Feels like softness. Its especially good for women, with one pocket tops that are fitted.

I rotated and interviewed there during the 2014-2015 cycle, so my review is relatively recent. UAMS gets a lot of ortho and blunt trauma, and residents do their own splints (which is great, but can get annoying when its really busy). Their ED runs on a pod system, and if I remember correctly...

Just tacking on to this discussion... Anyone else have cool ideas for elective opportunities that they may have done or heard of? I have a two week elective in May, and I want to do something semi tox related (though not necessarily a full on toxicology rotation). I looked up the CDC, but the...

Im sorry to hear about how your match went. If I were you, I would apply to literally 100+ EM programs since you have two things that are going to limit you (your IMG status and your step 1). Personally, Im a DO, and applied to almost 130 ACGME programs that historically have taken DOs in the...

I ended up buying the Ultimate EM Guide a few months ago. It is literally the best EM book I own. Hands down. Its very easy to read and is super high yield. Before conference almost every week, I read the sections of the book that are related to one or two of the topics in our lectures. The...

I get what you are trying to say, but I disagree. There were plenty of times last cycle that I would see someone posting about interviews being given out at a particular program and about half of the time it did change my actions. If I saw that a lot of people were getting interviews already...

Thanks for all the helpful feedback guys! I checked out the Ultimate EM Guide book on Amazon, and I am definitely going to get it. I did see the electronic Hippo EM notes that they give out with the videos, but the one I looked at so far is black and white without any pictures (though the...

I used DIT and Step-up to Step 1 and 2 for both COMLEX and USMLE boards, so I know that I work well as a visual learner, but my memory sucks so I always need to write extensive and detailed notes as I watch videos. I am planning on getting Hippo EM, but I can't figure out what book will work...

One of the things that I have not seen mentioned much on these forums is the fact that a lot of the programs in the northeast are very DO friendly, and some of them actually accept people through the ACGME match with only COMLEX scores every year. My program actually has a few people in the two...

I got into residency with a 212 on step one and a 227 on step 2. Both below average, but it didn't really seem to matter much as far as getting interviews went. The best advice I can give you is to apply to a lot of places, and apply broadly in many different areas of the country. I totally...