Recent content by Student3322

It may be worth it to extend fellowship by a 3-6 months instead of cramming things in alongside having a newborn. You can talk with your PD about this option.

I see a lot of variety in critical care billing practices. For example, I see some docs are routinely billing critical care time for anyone in the ICU even if stable and going to floor or home that day or totally hemodynamically stable just there for q1h glucose checks for DKA with insulin gtt...

If comparing tier 1 to lower tier academic programs, the only upsides other than prestige that I can think of are perhaps being more likely to get research grants when applying from a more prestigious place and maybe marginally better residents/fellows. Pay is quite low (I know one of those...

I see LDH/haptoglobin ordered a lot in ICUs and was wondering how much of this is truly necessary. Does normal bilirubin pretty much rule out significant hemolysis or is there additional utility in ordering LDH/haptoglobin?

Kaiser around SF was offering ~380k when I asked around, academics was ~200k

Thanks this is helpful. I guess one thing that I'm unsure about is just how much is expected to be run by the surgeon for these patients vs. what the intensivist is supposed to do. Are things like fluid boluses, starting/changing antibiotics, or sending someone to the floor all things that are...

I'm finishing a pccm fellowship which has been MICU heavy but took a job in a multidisciplinary critical care setting where attendings rotate through surgical (including post-cardiac) and neuro ICU in addition to MICU, all closed units. We spent limited time in neuro/sicu/cardiothoracic icu in...

why is unemployment of your dental school location that important to you? crime?

Yeah I agree but all I'm saying is you have to be able to think and draw a line where the rules are just irrational (as your grade being determined by attendance). Obviously going at extreme speeds on a highway is dangerous and most people can agree that for the good of society speeding laws...

Lol what exactly are these ways around privacy settings? You'd think if these ways were such common knowledge that adcoms could find out about them and use them we'd have quite a controversy and facebook would be in deep ****... Just ridiculous. You guys need to stop trying to pat yourselves on...

You might be honest but you also show a lack of empathy and critical thinking skills which is a big concern. If you really believe the OP "got what he deserved" you truly lack both. They will probably not get into dental school because of this, because they helped out a friend (showing empathy)...

Yeah and grade inflation is known about by adcoms. It's almost unheard of for a Harvard grad to have less than a 3.3 GPA so adcoms weight the GPA accordingly. This screws over the Harvard grads because I am sure they worked their butt off to get that GPA, it's just that everyone at Harvard is...

The ignorance in this topic is really astounding. It's a shame that so many of you who justify clicking a friend in as lacking integrity and a just cause for a academic dishonesty citation are going to be joining this profession. I assume that most of you are gunners, and it really shows by the...

Unless the chances of getting caught are high I would definitely help my patient and if you disagree then you are the unethical and unreasonable one. How could you have that little sympathy especially in the second case when it is your offices fault. You would sit tidy and watch the patient...

I wouldn't question anyone's integrity for clicking a friend in; in fact I would question their integrity if they refused to help out the friend. What happened to the OP is like getting a $300 fine and a misdemeanor for jaywalking across a completely empty street. If the rule or law you are...