Recent content by praying4MD

Passed! YAY! Anyone know what the pass rate was this year?

bump. any news on when results will come out this year?

Hi all, Is there anyone in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area that would like to meet up to review topics and start a study group here? I just moved here and I think it would be really great to have friends to go through this tough experience together, and also to motivate each other. Please...

Hi all, I am looking for a study partner for the Pedi Boards 2013, preferably in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area, but if not, a Skype partner would be great too. Please private message me for a study partner. Hopefully we can keep each other motivated and get moving on this. Good luck to...

I think you just knock on their door with home-baked cookies and they're game.

Thank God someone else out there has also caught on to the Vast Liberal Left Wing Medical Conspiracy that I have tried to draw attention to my entire life. It is out there, people. It is out there. It's time we stop detoxing those crack addicts. It is time to encourage a woman who has...

I spent my MS1 Summer at a friend's house in the South of France, then in Paris for Bastille Day, then visiting with family in London. I spent the last several months of my fourth year traveling to Turkey, the Middle East, Italy, and Eastern Europe. My colleague spent her MS1 summer doing...

Most small businesses do not, repeat, do not provide a health insurance plan for their employees; this includes gas station owners, convenience store owners and other such small businesses. Health insurance for a family of four costs approximately $1200/month. The average income of an...

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So sad. So, so true. We have so much work ahead of us to become the progressive, forward-thinking, promising, thriving nation we once were. :( How depressing.

Love this post. :thumbup:

My 4th year treat to myself was a month in Turkey (AMAZING!! And stunningly beautiful!) plus two and a half weeks in Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and outlying cities. Then a month with family in London. It was the best. Fourth year rocks. Re: advice for Prague, Vienna, etc. You MUST go to...

Second of all - please read the rest of my posts where I already addressed the fact that I am already a physician and already defended and addressed the various points you mentioned, including a huge learning experience I had on call regarding this very subject.

First off, I'm a PGY-1. Second of all, I never said, "I *never* perform rectals." I have re-stated the same thing three times on this thread. Jeez. I just said that we do it LESS frequently than Medicine or Surgery does. I have done my fair share of pelvics, believe me. That essentially...

Please tell me they were under some sort of conscious sedation or something. Please? :eek: I guess if it is warranted, then by all means... All I'm saying is that it is, in general, less warranted in Peds than in Medicine or Surgery, and for that, I'm happy. :)