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SAMOA! I had an email message that this ancient thread was bumped, haven't been here in ages. Hope you are well! This thread brings back happy memories of being an young lab tech dutifully applying to med school 10 years ago. I wonder if the kids applying these days are as neurotic about it...

Hello everyone, does anyone know of any good audiobook/podcast type things they would recommend for a FP resident? I have a reasonable long drive to work and would like something to listen too. DW

I am leaving NYC this summer and our FANTASTIC live out nanny will be looking for work in June. She is super dependable, knows CPR, and is phenomenal with our 18 month daughter. If I could take her with us, I would. If you are interested in a NYC area live out come this summer, please PM me for...

Hello everyone, I happened on this thread. I am finishing my residency and leaving NYC in June. We have an EXCELLENT live out nanny who will be looking for work come late may, early june or even july. She is never late, does some light cleaning, and has been amazing with our daughter from when...

Depends on how you define "working". I include reading at the hospital and spending extra time looking articles in how much I work (often here 12+ hours), but if I just wanted to get my work done and survive, it would be about 40 hours, sometimes even less. I think how much and what you gross is...

I just got my results back today (less than 3 weeks after I took it). I did 100 percent of usmleworld in 48 question timed random blocks in a week. This is the only thing I did to prepare (I didn't buy any of the review books). I finished with an average of 52 percent, and got a 203/84 on...

I'm glad to see the petty Cornell-Columbia rivalry doesn't just stop with medical school, but extends into the postgraduate medical education realm. Peace, DW Graduate of "The worst medical school on the planet according to everyone at Columbia", 2007 :p

Sorry if it seemed like I was jumping down your throat about lifestyle. Just seems like a lot of people think path is going to be some 9-5 fairyland, and I am at a pretty benign program and thats just not the case. Not only is it a lot of work, but I think for any possible specialty I could have...

I'd third that. Maybe you have grown to hate operating on eyeballs or you really love looking at slides, but you would have to be out of your ever lovin' mind to drop optho for path for lifestyle reasons. Same schedule, much better job prospects as I understand.

Another thing I HATE about the elevator is when I'm waiting in the lobby, and by the time it comes and there is a massive crowd waiting to get on, the people still in the elevator stare at you blankly for ~10 second before saying to themsevles "Duhhhhh, I should get off the elevator". Get off...

I will seventh or however many responses there are saying TAKE IT EARLY. I took in January and I didn't get my score back until late March. I passed it, like the overwhelming majority of med students do, but if I had failed it I would have been absolutely screwed as there pretty much no spots...

I tend to agree you should space them out by a day or two. Which one are you taking first? If you're doing CK first, then I REALLY think you need to space those out. CK is 9 hours sitting in front of a computer screen reading 3 paragraph long questions, and it is painfully exhausting. I would...

the worst was getting that email last week about the instructions for the scramble. I immediately took that as a sign i needed to start looking for FP positions in Wyoming before I read the email:laugh:

does anyone know what the filled rate was this year? supposedly this was a very competitive year for path. congrats on matching everyone! Lets all have a good thursday too!

The thing that pisses me off about CS the most (well,many things piss me off actually) is the fact you can't go back into the room and ask more questions. How is this supposed to simulate real medicine exactly? Pretty frequently I, along with intern, residents, fellows, and attendings, go back...