friends from several hospital systems across NY are sharing that their hospital admin sent out similar emails erasing Palestinians. you’d think people in the healthcare profession would have more understanding of the physical and mental impacts of occupation, right? 🙄
What is the point of medical students doing a 24 hour shift? I’m mostly ignored anyways.
2 weeks left of 3rd year. A shelf exam. Step 2. And I can finally do what I want: EM 🚨
This small section was by far my favorite to fill out, and the most discussed topic in each of my interviews!
Don’t understand the idea of dehumanizing an app to focus even more on grades, boards, and research than there already is..
Not sure the reason behind this but it’s part of the greater trend in medicine of stomping out creativity. Medicine values standardization/protocols/templates. Couple that with 70+ hr wks & we lose the time & energy for creative pursuits. We need to nurture creativity in medicine
CW suicide:
-In medical school we lost four classmates in span of 18 months.
-In residency we attend workshops due to loss of resident alumnus shortly after graduation yrs ago.
-we learn about residents at institutions being fired after detailing mental health battles.
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Cigna uses an automated system that allows “medical directors” (doctors employed by @Cigna) to deny a claim in 1.2 seconds without opening the patient’s file.
Please read this, share it, and help us (metaphorically) burn these companies to the ground.
BREAKING: Liz Truss resigned as UK Prime Minister, after less than 2 months on the job and financial chaos over her abandoned plan for major tax cuts for the country’s wealthiest.