Recent content by WuMedic

An independent medical staff, if truly independent, is invaluable in this day and age. Story time: Plenty of hospitals, especially as part of bigger hospital "networks" now allow midlevels to see patients somewhat independently (full independent practice is still not allowed in my state, but...

I'm sure it makes more sense if you are a native speaker and can pick up on context clues. The old orchestral conductor in me would have to do more research on the piece the first time I saw it if there were more than one direction in the vicinity of it. I'm imagining myself sitting at my desk...

I think you two hit the nail on the head. Assuming this trend does not reverse, we will hit a point where wages will stagnate or have downward pressure on them because 1) Increased supply to demand ratio (even if the ratio is still in our favor for a few more years, altering the ratio will...

It's been a while since I've touched a musical instrument, but I can't say I've ever seen it that way. I think "poco" needs to modify something. I've seen "allegro ma non troppo" meaning allegro, but not too allegro, but while poco is presumably modifying "more" as in poco piu ma non troppo...

Numbers should have come out about a half hour ago, anyone hear anything yet?

It's a feature, not a bug. Econ, from the business perspective, wants to optimize cost, aka, pay as little as possible (decrease cost) to make as much as possible (increase profit). Can't increase reimbursements, so the suits need to decrease cost. So either increase the supply of physicians...

I agree that what's needed for a massive change is for there to be hundreds if not over 1k spots unfilled after the scramble, but the reality of the situation is that will never happen. There are enough foreign docs who see a US residency as a way to punch their golden ticket into a high paying...

Slow shift tonight in my ER, and my partner and I are chatting about the Match (if it stays like this for another hour, I'm probably gonna cut him loose). On Monday morning, we will learn how many spots are unfilled for the SOAP. On Thursday evening, we will learn how many spots are left for...

How old are you? Any experience doing 24 hour shifts? What’s the nursing culture there? I went into fire/EMS at age 18, so I had a lot of experience working 24/48’s. I started as an ER doc at almost exactly age 30. Now at 35, i still do 24 hour shifts occasionally, but even with a slow night, I...

Their society is very different from ours stateside. Gun violence is literally a foreign concept to them. I believe there was one gun related death in the year 2021. Their worst year it i recall had less than a dozen. This is a country of about 120 million people. Combine that with the fact that...

Real answer: I do a few 24 hour shifts in the boonies each month and the best advice I got for there was to spend some decent money on a good pillow and nice blanket. I have an overnight bag now that has a nice memory foam pillow and a couple of fluffy blankets. Sure beats using the hospital...

1. In my healthcare system, the inner city EDs have metal detectors as do some of the suburban ones. At this time Freestandings may or may not have metal detectors or even security depending on where they are located. Some smaller country club hospital EDs do not have metal detectors but those...

I had something similar in one of my contracts (contingent position where I'm at very rarely) that my attorney who reviewed the contract told me was not enforceable. There are a lot of non-enforceable clauses depending on state law. One of the hazards of CMGs using boilerplate contracts in...

Anyone got some good recommendations for the EM NBME Shelf? My school just started using it so not a lot of advice is out there for us. I'm not talking about the rotation--we've got some guidance on that (though suggestions are still appreciated!), but in particular, for the shelf exam. I am...

An update for anyone else following along at home: There was quite a bit of movement last week for me. Granted I had to call 3 programs, but after last week I received 2 VSAS offers and 2 rejections (both said they were full). This was for July.