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Cristina Rivera

@cris_medpr

Orthopaedic Sx resident @uk_ortho | @medupr alumni

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Things I wish my academic friends and colleagues knew about Puerto Ricans 🇵🇷: 1) We say “buen provecho” (translates to bon appetite) to not only wish you a good meal, but it is also common curtesy amongst family, friends, and strangers. Talking during meals is not seen as rude.

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It always blows my mind how outside hospitals with very capable ED physicians transfer patients out to a hospital 3hrs away for them to be placed in a splint and given an outpatient surgery date. Talk about patient care and cost.

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Most gratifying compliment you’ll ever get as resident will come from patients. Such a nice reminder of why we do what we do

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Ortho interns/juniors: there IS such a thing as an IRREDUCIBLE hip dislocation. Recognizing these could avoid FN fx and AVN. journals.lww.com/jorthotrauma/a…

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Maybe I am old school, but night shifts or shifts longer than 14 hours are necessary in medical education. I said what I said