I’ve worked in academia for eight years, and it still shocks and horrifies me that most university professors have virtually zero training in teaching/pedagogy.
Content Warning; death of a child.
I wanted to share about the single most salient experience I had deciding who I was as a physician from directly observing an attending. Tragically, it involved the death of a pediatric patient; a child about 18 months old.
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Would anyone be interested in buying an Angel pass to #jib12#Supernatural in Rome from August 25-28?? I’ve got an exam so I can’t attend 😭 bought this ticket in 2019.
I was just asked to be on The National to discuss Roe and abortion...and then I found out it would be a panel with a "pro-life/anti-abortion" voice. I am livid and sent this reply. I couldn't care less if this means I will not be asked back to the CBC. It needed to be said.
THREAD: As cops try to spin Uvalde as one bad choice by a bad police commander from a brand new small “cowardly” police department, please remember these facts:
5 years of cardiac surgery residency down -- here are 5 lessons I wish I could have told my younger self prior to starting
After witnessing and experiencing many of life’s extremes in this process, both good and the bad:
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What’s wild to me is that residency is basically a bunch of 20-30 somethings watching trauma, death, and pain on a daily basis, 60-90 hours per week, and we’re not even offered therapy
Having to take a year or 2 off from med school because I was denied my loan application. I have done extremely well my first two years, joined several orgs, done research, helped with admissions. But I have to stop because I come from a low SES. Make it make sense. I'm tired.
Hey, men who are with women. Ever say things like…
“Have you seen the …”
“Tell me what to do and I’ll do it”
“But I do so much around here”
“Why didn’t you ask me to do it?”
“I do more than my friends”
“Let me know if I can help”
Then let’s talk about mental load. 1/
It just really stuck me this morning that I’m nearly HALF DONE med school. I woke up and in my half-asleep haze, felt the dread of restarting the app cycle again.. does this ever go away?