Daisy Proksch, MD

Gen Surg Resident TTU El Paso | Surgery Prelim @RushSurgery | MD'21 @EVMSedu | Rock Climber |

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

Surgery residency interview season survivors! (Attendings, fellows, residents, PGY-0s, etc.)
What is something you learned during interview season that is important to you in a program - other than location and vibe?

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@BMGodinich Congratulations!!! I’m so excited for you!

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@MultilingualMD @Stephanie_C21 If every time you had to ask 1 question it took 20 minutes, would you avoid talking to the patient or do it every time? Most people eventually go to the first option
I understand the main point but I disagree that refusing to interpret a short Q provides the patients better care

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@MultilingualMD @Stephanie_C21 As someone who randomly matched in a place where 50% of my patient speak a language I don’t, I appreciate those who help me talk to my patients. It’s often just a quick Q
I’m already breaking duty hours by a lot, the interpreter iPad is across the unit and out of charge.

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@medburnbook From what I’ve seen, these doctors get plenty of ‘WTF feedback’ from various hospital staff (maybe less from their residents) they just chose to push through thinking they know better

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@TweetingDrE @JoseA_Rodr @airfrance I’m sure (if the patient was aware) they were *thrilled* to be denied medical care due to an employee’s sexism.
Seriously do better for your passengers @Delta @airfrance

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@Noelle2Jamie Sign out your patients/pager THEN finish your notes and other tasks. Otherwise you will never leave

[Roxana Daneshjou MD/PhD @RoxanaDaneshjou]

Our attitude in medicine absolutely needs to stop being, “I went through this terrible thing so the next generation should too” and instead be, “I went through this terrible thing and want no one to ever have to experience it again.”

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@londyloo Sure some things would go faster without us, but if that was entirely true we wouldn’t be returning from (theoretically covered) didactics with a mountain of “boring” non urgent tasks (floor work, consults, etc) pending - EVERY week

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@AndreaLMerrill @taylorswift13 Is that a custom cap or is it available online somewhere?

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@ClementineY_MD @sarayu_sub I’m so ready to finally be a pgy-2 but also so not…
But 24 months is more than sufficient time to prepare 😂

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@sebrewington We had a horribly battered toddler that would enjoy snuggling up to the hospital staff then suddenly freak out 30 seconds later because he was so conditioned to associate loved ones with fear and pain. 💔

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@jhnysuzuki @FullyMeMD Behind the knife! (Also buy the book) @BehindTheKnife

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@ClementineY_MD @sammypav @calzuroshoes @Leatherman It’s only $20 more on Amazon to put your name on them (much cheaper than inevitably replacing them)

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

There is so much lying in the SOAP from both sides, it what is necessary to survive.
Awful, terrible, dehumanizing system, 0/10 would not recommend
#soap2023

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@JordyGrewal I gave up explaining it to people not familiar to the residency process. I told them I would be working for my first year in Chicago and it was still TBD where I would be for the later years.

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@mfnicholson1 @TowerHealthNow Congratulations! I’m so excited for you! Your hard work and persistence has paid off!

[Daisy Proksch, MD @ClimbingMD]

@DGlaucomflecken When I didn’t match, your “like” supported me. When I triumphantly matched the following year, your “like” congratulated me. I appreciate your continuity of care.

Seriously though, thank you for your support and reminding us ‘you are not a failure.’

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

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That was supposed to be us, man.

So. . . . if you didn't match? Or you love someone who didn't match? Know that I see you, okay? I feel you, too.

But also know that the love that gets us to this point sustains us, too. Through this week and the ones to come.

Okay?