Respectfully, bones aren't slimy...

admit to medicine

I’m seeing a lot of posts about rank lists. My biggest piece of advice is trust your gut and the vibes. You’ll get good training a lot of places, but what will get you through the hard days and nights are the people and the culture of a program.

Bro, be a man.

Everyone needs to hear this…

Congratulations to all who learned where they matched today. Also, from now until the start of internship, avoid studying medicine entirely. Just relax. Enjoy life. Plenty of time to learn in the busy years that lie ahead.

do yall not think it’s weird posting your throwback match day pics on another class’s match day

“how are you getting through residency??”

You have to believe you are the greatest person alive You have to You just have to

If you are consistent, you may not win. If you aren’t consistent, you definitely won’t win.

if u lock in like a delusional psychopath u can actually get what u want sooner

The secret:

90% of being a doctor is learning how to convey uncertainty

BREAKING: stop making this mistake. life is a multiplayer game. embrace the beauty. you can win alone, that’s true, but do not deny the exponential results of network effects. once you realize that you can achieve all of your goals AND have a great social life, you find

YOU MUST BREAK THE PATTERN TODAY OR THE LOOP WILL REPEAT TOMORROW

My favorite example is when to restart anticoagulation after a traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. We have almost no data on when it's "safe," yet neurosurgery is routinely consulted to determine when it is "safe." It's a tradeoff between the risk of the hemorrhage expanding

In your 20s and 30s, you will be tempted to prove that you’re doing great. It’s important that you resist performing for an audience that doesn’t care.

And suddenly the man waking up for work at 5AM is no longer your dad It’s you

Residency tip: Do not romanticise suffering. Be ruthless with basics - sleep when possible, eat something (apron has 3 pockets, 1 is for food), drink water, read daily, learn something new daily. System may break you, but skills stay. Survive first. Excellence follows.