January 2012
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Admission #30: Orthopedic Surgery
4th year: Yeah, I want to go into ortho. We do all these cool surgeries, and when we're not, we play video games
N: Where has this specialty been all my life.
-N, born to be in ortho, babe; 4th year, knows how to sell it
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Admission #29: Ophthalmoscope
D: I bought an ophthalmoscope!
B: The cheap one on Amazon I showed you?
D: No, the $500+ one from the bookstore.
B: Why? It's so expensive!
D: I want to be an ENT!
B: So do I, but the chance I destroy my $500 ophthalmoscope is greater than the chance of me being an ENT.
D, future ENT; B, realistic future ENT
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Admission #28: Hematological Pathologies
O: Come to the gym with me! Girls-time bonding!
P: I don't think so, I'm feeling pretty anemic today.
O: Is your retic count high or low?
P: Anemia with cramps...if you catch my drift
O: Gastrointestinal bleed? Iron deficiency caused by antibiotics?
P: It happens once a month.
O: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria?
P: Dammit, O. I'm on my period.
-O, probably not going to be a hematologist; P, trying to be subtle
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Admission #27: Public Health
Me: You're giving flu shots today at the health fair, right?
E: Yep. I'll be stabbing people tonight.
E: I'll be Jack the Ripper, giving you Pneumovax.
-E, serial vaccinator; Me, making posters about STDs
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Admission #26: Doctor-Patient Relationship
N: The patient I saw on Tuesday emailed me, thanking me!
Me: That's so awesome!
N: Yeah, AND he gave me the phone number of the cute nurse who talked to me when I was interviewing him.
J: What?! All I got was a hyperlink to his journal articles on PubMed!
-N, establishing patient rapport; J, failing to earn points with the nursing staff; Me, failing to avoid these conversations like I ought to
AND NOW CRANQUIS?
:0
Oh damn.
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Oh Holy Crap
I went from 7 to 23 followers in one day. And I love you all.
And seriously, @wayfaringmd. I love you. Like, woah. A whole lot.
Did I mention that I am a terrible fan of Will Ferrell?
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Admission #25: My dad and I are nerds
Me: Today I saw a patient with pemphigus foliaceus! I feel very very lucky, my physician mentor says he's practiced for over 40 years and never saw a case until now!
Dad: Totally! I've only seen one in my 30-year career. Lucky girl!
Me: I am so happy we are nerding out about this
Dad: Agreed, love nerd dad
-Me, geek jr, not MD; Dad, geek sr, MD/PhD
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“Doc, this patient doesn’t need antibiotics. He has gram negatives and gram...”
– Question from a nurse (who obviously doesn’t have much infectious disease experience), overheard by one of my classmates. (via wayfaringmd)
@wayfaringmd, I think I love you.
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“I love the messiness of biology. That a+b doesn’t always equal c....”
– J, describing biology (and his worldview of sorts) in a nutshell.
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Admission #24: Physical Exam
This morning I:
-shaved my legs
-put on lotion
-swiped on some lip gloss
-spritzed perfume
-washed my hair and a long, long shower
….all so that when my group and I practice physical exams on each other, I would look like a semi-decent human being.
I haven’t even put this much effort into a first date.
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“Everyone has to raise their hand at least once. If you don’t, I’m...”
– Dr. O, the nerd queen
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“It’s like the platelet shot its wad early”
– Dr. O, who clearly knows how to keep med students awake
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Admission #23: Lunar New Year
Dad: Oh, this year you'll be traveling a lot. And you'll be very social...you're going to have luck with the opposite sex
Me: YES!!!
Mom (to me): Let's not be so desperate in front of the guys, okay honey?
-Dad, family fortune teller; Mom, keepin' it real; Me, not going to be desperate in front of guys
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Admission #21: Peer Interviews
Today I learned two things: 1. One of my classmates has an online dating profile. It is adorable. And I laughed a lot. 2. Everyone, no matter what they tell you, studied today. After all, we’re med students, not talented liars.
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Admission #20: Emergency Medicine
Me: Dude, I went back to the West Unit and saw like the biggest hernia EVER in a guy's scrotum!!
K: Cool! We got a belligerent patient who liked to spit on people [in the resuscitation wing]
Me: Coooolllll
K: And I think a police officer just gave me his number
Me: Bow chicka bow wow
Me: What has medical school done to us?
--K, surgical speciality hopeful and sassy-sweet senorita; Me, probably going to into internal medicine
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“I’ve only been in medical school for five months, but I can assure you...”
– DW to fake patient. This needs no further addendum.
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“My patient was a champagne and cocaine, high-class Beverly Hills call girl...”
– Dr. W, clearly a hematologist
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Admission #19: Gynecological Soliloquies
So somehow…I am now going to be my medical school’s production of the Vagina Monologues.
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Admission #18: Phlebotomy
JM: Um, I've never drawn blood before
DW: Don't worry, I have good veins and drank a lot of water beforehand. It'll be fine.
JM: Good. Awesome. Okay, uh, I'm going to--
DW: I wouldn't stick the needle there though. That's a birthmark. On my elbow.
-DW, favorite son of the Red Cross; JM, not the brightest crayon in the box
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“Wouldn’t alcohol sanitize your throat? So you SHOULD go drinking tonight!”
– D, on how to get rid of a sore throat
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“Ecthyma is just eczema for people with a lisp”
– D, sandwich stylist and melodic metal man
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“Worry about stupid dudes later; suppress your ovaries!!!”
– O, Girls’ school gamine
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