Recent content by UncleMinnie

Also interested in this as a resident going into general practice. I feel like It's not bad for laryngology to use the scope eyepiece. However, when I'm debriding or doing small procedures for rhinology patients, I would prefer to not have my face directly in front of their nostril looking in an...

I'm an ENT resident in the job search, and just wanted to ask out of curiosity, what is it like working with a first assist? As I do thyroids, parotids, and neck dissections these days, I recognize that my attendings are very often retracting perfectly to make my life easy. I'm interested to...

3rd year resident here. I would imagine that most physicians who see patients to work up a symptoms are going to have countless examples of being able to make a cool diagnosis with physical exam, procedures/scopes, or imaging. Probably the better question is, what fields are less likely to be...

I was at a job fair recently and started to talk to some recruiters and doctors present that were working for rural practices and rural hospitals. I left the experience feeling decently sold about potentially going a bit rural (3-4 hours from a large airport) after residecny. It seems like the...

I'm a junior resident who loves checking out the ENT job listings when I'm bored. A few questions have come to mind recently when I do this that I'm hoping some people might wanna take a stab at. When is the earliest that a practice might like to hear from a resident if the resident is very...

Put it in perspective, getting some papers will do a lot more for residency application than a couple points more on Step 1 by preparing intensely. I took 3-4 days off during dedicated to get some abstracts and a grant in, and after all was said and done I am very glad that I did that. Sent...

The only other question I used were from a FA Q&A I found laying around my medical school. I wish I had heard of B/B before Step study, I like that guys style a lot (he still geeks out on organic chemistry stuff, how great!). Yes, I don’t think any medical student does pre clinicals without...

After looking up one and seeing that it was wrong, I couldn’t stomach looking up any others. I’m a wuss with stuff like that. Sent from my iPhone using SDN mobile

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Same resources as everyone except that I used Boards and Beyond for all videos on material in First Aid not covered by Pathoma or sketchy Micro/Pharm. Goal score was to break 260. Regardless of my goal, I just dedicated 12-14 hours a day to study for 6 weeks. Top 25 medical school with a 40 mcat...

I know of one question that I absolutely got wrong. There were plenty of what felt like 50/50 guesses (at least 3 per section). I’m assuming that I got lucky on most of them given my score. Sent from my iPhone using SDN mobile

Actual Step score: >270 I did half of uworld in the semester leading up to my dedicated time, and I did it randomly. Final uworld was 80%, then I did it all again in the 90’s NBME 13 at beginning of study period: 250 UWSA1 4 weeks out, 272 UWSA2 3 weeks out: 262 NBME 15 few weeks out: 260 Final...

Checking out programs while preparing to apply this coming cycle, and some advertise moonlighting for upper level residents. I have a stay at home spouse with kids at home, so the idea of bringing home a little more cash to meet family finances sounds nice. Can anyone comment on whether or not...

I’m a third year med student. I think I’ll follow this advice, thanks! Sent from my iPhone using SDN mobile

Hi guys, I’m set on trying to match into ENT and still have never purchased an otoscope. Is it worth buying a personal one? If so, does anyone have any recommendations, or should I just go with the basic Welch allyn? I feel inclined to get one so that I can practice at home because I have very...