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Rapid Response To End The Rotation We capped of 8S with some excitement. Couldn’t have gotten through it without my team of interns who all stayed late and helped me out. Team work is great. We discuss this and other topics during this episode.

Consultant Woes and DNRs DNRs and sick patients are the norm for 8S. We discuss the conversations that need with family and the some of what DNR means. Additionally, we discuss some challenges with coordinating with consulting services.

Stepdown Revisited and M&M Thoughts Sorry for the late episode. We are back on floor rotations and back on 8S so Stepdown. We discuss GDMT and coordinating with consulting teams and MINOCA and whether Plavix is needed afterwards (its not). Lastly we discuss some takeaways from an M&M conference

Exam Efficacy and Grade 3 Recommendations Another week of infectious disease with light days heavy on studying. We talk about rectal exams, breast exams, and HOCM. There may have been some colorful commentary on the pros and cons of performing these exams and some pitfalls.

Infectious Disease Week 1 Wrapped up another week of continuity clinic and started a new rotation: infectious disease. Additionally, we went to an apple orchard and the kids had thoughts. Our youngest is in the room during this episode so excuse the extra distraction.

Sepsis Sim Lab Takeaways Continuity Clinic week with procedure training, Ultrasound, and high fidelity sim lab. We go over some pearls that Eric learned during the sim lab related to Sepsis and treating cholangitis. Additionally, we talk about the family plans for trips and exploration of our new state.

DKA, ITE and ERAS Busy week with a late recording. This week we did the ITE exam and worked on a CHF presentation. Additionally, there was some food poisoning. Still working through Admission Team and wanted to talk about ERAS and DKA.

From the Dentist and Into a Hurricane Last minute dental appointment throws the start of this week into chaos. We go over another week of admit team and things we’ve learned plus we discuss the topic on Reddit about efficiency vs writing a detailed note vs writing nothing worth reading.

Concerning WBC Count on Body Fluid or Traumatic Tap This is the second week of admit team. Learned how to look at body fluid cell counts and how to do a medical decision making documentation. Sorry that the sound quality wasn’t the best on the last episode, we are working to improve it since moving […]

Admit Team Week 1 The kids started homeschooling this week and Eric started Admit team. A new flow and different system of managing patient inflow. Some tough lessons are learned and ideas developed.

Continuity Clinic Week Sorry about last week’s episode’s posting error. This week we have Continuity Clinic in the AM and PM extra activities. Working towards Step 3 and getting home earlier than previous weeks.

Interns Who Write Everything Down and Interns Who Mess Up The Final Week of Step Down Internal Medicine Wards. What is the Triad for Cholangitis? Why do you give antibiotics to a patient with possible esophageal varices? Acute patients and lots of learning. Thanks for sticking with us. 

And Remember the AM Labs Another week on Inpatient Service. Between trying to remember everything about the patients, placing all the orders, and talking to the patient’s and their family, Interns need to have some idea what they are doing and why. This episode we talk about presentation, tricks to anticipate some questions during the […]

Why Aren’t the Daily Lab Orders In? Finished Neurology and Starting Step Down Inpatient. Day one: Disaster, and I Knew Nothing. Day 2, improved from playing with crayons. We talk about the struggles of making that transition from medical student to being the patient’s doctor. How that can be intimidating and how many you shouldn’t […]

Neurology Wrap Up and Non-Textbook Cases We wrap up this week on Neurology service and talk about some of the lessons we’ve learned and how we are taking advantage of the days off. Additionally, we talk about Eric planning on when to take Step 3. 

Starting Inpatient Neurology: What Would a Jury Think We’re back this week for an update. We started Residency this week with inpatient neurology. Eric and Karen go over what the rotation entails and the bits of wisdom given to us from the attendings. 

Special Episode With Dylan Thomas Pt. 2: The Better Side of Medical School This is our part 2 with Dylan Thomas. We discuss all things post Step 1. If you didn’t get a chance to listen to part 1, please go back and listen. Again a huge THANK YOU to Dylan Thomas for taking the […]

Special Episode: Dylan Thomas Interview Pt. I – The Origins and Pre-Step 1 Finally a special episode is coming out. Part 1 with Dylan Thomas, Trinity Student and soon to be doctor. In part one we talk about his journey to medical school and his pre-clinical years. Part 2 will be out next week!

Post Moving and Moving to SVG Advice It has been a few weeks since our last episode so here’s us catching you up. We accomplished the move and have most of our stuff in the new house. We traveled to Atlanta for Graduation, and hosted some family for a few days. Lastly, we wanted to […]

Moving Prep and NRMP Statistics Quick update on the moving progress and plans. We discuss also some NRMP statistics from the last match, looking at trends, and some urging to start working on your personal statement now if you are considering the MATCH process for 2024. 

Like Picking 4th Year Electives But With Less Prep Quick update on the week’s events and finally a little bit of medical life information! It’s not much but we submitted time off preferences and intern year elective preferences. Eric will share the advice he got from other interns and how he applied that advice in […]

Professional Loan for Residents This week we became home owners again, so lets talk about the loan and home buying process for future residents. Everything is covered in some fashion from the pre-approval to the counter offers.

Interview Questions Quick update on the week’s events and a discussion on the topic of Interview questions. Some review of what Eric found that worked well and what didn’t. Free advice, talk to your preceptors now for ideas. 

Part 2 of Rank Order List: The Last 5 Quick catch up on the weeks happenings and onto part 2 of our rank order list. Each program brought something different to the table and we had a system we used to rank. It may be different than others but yours should be based on what […]

Rank Order List Part 1- The Top 5 This is part 1 of a dive into our rank order list. We discuss the top 5 programs and why we ranked them were we did, what was good and what was not so good about each. The programs are Creighton AZ, Cape Fear NC, Magnolia MS, […]