Future doc

rural medicine, coffee, art | MS4 | BN Scholar @DukeU '17 | MPH ‘23 | Kenan Rural Scholar @UNC_SOM '24 | She/her/hers

[Tracy Kim Townsend, MD @tracyktownsend]

The suicide rate among physicians is the highest among any profession, and more than double that of the general population.

Nearly every doctor graduates from residency with some degree of PTSD, and no one wants to talk about it.

[Ashley Winter MD || Urologist @AshleyGWinter]

I wish they made tiny little infant bidets like I could hold my babies butt over it during a change instead of wasting all these wipes.

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

Living in America is seeing a flagpole and not knowing if the American flag is half-mast from yesterday’s shooting or from a shooting today you haven’t heard about yet. #gunviolence #americanreality #gunviolenceisapublichealthproblem

[Yoshiko Iwai, MD, MS, MFA @Yoshiko_Iwai]

So proud to share our annual issue of @IrisJournal today! We had some great submissions this year and it’s been a joy getting to work with all of our contributors ✍🏼 Keep an eye out for our Covid themed issue coming out soon!

[Cesar Padilla, M.D. @TheMillennialMD]

I’ve rarely heard a crowd gasp in amazement at a medical conference

Dr. Karin Fox helped pioneer a surgical technique to minimize bleeding for high risk c-sections

Using a GI stapler to open the uterus!

Blood loss for an average c-section: up to 800 ml

Blood loss 20 ml!

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Rural Medicine Barter System

[Ruth Ann Crystal, MD @CatchTheBaby]

@DCTian So sorry to hear this.

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[Doctor Rach @futureMDrach]

Occasionally I think I’m young and cool, but tonight I’m in bed at 8pm and just tenderly whispered to my cat that he’s “the cutest little chonker” so I think that’s probably a no

[alaa 𓂆 @alaaabuspetani]

Weird how being a doctor makes you a good marriage prospect if you’re a guy but not if you’re a girl 🥴 so awk

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

Found out from my mom that my apgars were 4 and 6.... #glowup #medicalstudent

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

As a cancer doctor, I was shocked to discover that cancer wasn’t the number one leading cause of cancer.

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

@jtrebach no. just no. #boybye

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

How do other folks name their anxieties or deal with the subjectivity of rotation grades?
#medicalstudent #rotations #anxiety #mentalhealth #medtwitter #medicalhumanities

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

My brain thinks that if I preemptively apologize for something that hasn't happened yet, I am somehow "covered."

Anxiety is some kind of drug.

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

Unfortunately, the only results of this are:
1. I apologize unnecessarily
2. I "stereotype threat" myself into my feared scenarios

In a way, I'm attempting to name these anxieties but it doesn't work too well. A lot of this has been exacerbated by the pressure of rotations.

[Sanjee Baksh @S__Baksh]

Look what came in the mail can’t wait to graduate from the Christmas college of medicine

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

@5kids1condo 4, 5, or 13

[Future doc @KristenLarsonMD]

I'm going to make medical abbreviation earrings. Please throw out your favorite abbreviations. A few I've got so far: PERRLA, NAEON, CTAB. #medtwitter #medabbreviations #obgyntwitter #fammedtwitter #imtwitter #medstudenttwitter y'all help me out now.