heardatmedschool

[heardatmedschool]

“It’s nice knowing that someone else too doesn’t have any clue of what to do after they finish.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #university #student #college #high school #thoughts

[heardatmedschool]

“I wouldn’t do internal medicine out of love for internal medicine. I would allow myself to sacrifice some years of my life to it in order to get a sub [specialty], though.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #internal medicine #medical specialties #residency

[heardatmedschool]

Intern 1: Hey, does anyone have any good sources to study up on [subject]?

Intern 2: I’ll share my sources when you unblock me on Instagram.

Intern 3: Finally, after 6 years, this group chat is getting interesting.

#med school #university #college #student #drama #studyblr

[heardatmedschool]

“Dude, there’s a lot of incest in your year.”

When there’s more than 5 couples in a ~130 student class.

#med school #university #college #high school #dating

[heardatmedschool]

*In the CT room*

Medical Technologist: *handing out lead apron* Careful, it’s heavy.

Intern: Last week I was on orthopedic surgery, I think I can hadle it.

#medicine #med school #medblr #radiology #medical technology #radiation #ct scan #surgery #orthopedics

[heardatmedschool]

“The only places where you really need to worry about antibiotic penetration is the 7 Sanctuaries: central nervous system, eyes, bone, joints, prostate, testicle and abscesses.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #infectious disease #antibiotics #saint seiya #yes this picture was part of the lecture

[heardatmedschool]

“If you wouldn’t hesitate about giving antibiotics to a pneumonia, don’t either when giving insulin to hyperglycemia.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #internal medicine #diabetes #insulin #hyperglycemia

[heardatmedschool]

Doctor: Tell us about something that made you happy today.

Intern: Well, there’s this new paper from the New England…

#and intern insists he won’t be going into internal medicine btw #medicine #med school #medblr #internal medicine #science #scientific research

[heardatmedschool]

“How is it that everyone comes to work without pens? I should get you all fired.”

Nurse who forgot her pen at home.

#medblr #medicine #med school #nursing #nursing school #pens #she was joking btw

[heardatmedschool]

Today I greeted an ER resident as if he was a Radiology staff (he is starting his mandatory radiology rotation).

Used the formal form of “you” and everything.

The worst part is that I have been in ER shifts with him.

Earth, swallow me whole.

#lavanda speaks #how to offend a resident: #call them ‘usted’ #etiquette #medical residency #btw we’re good #he was just slightly offended #and now the radiology residents have bullying material for me #it’s friendly i swear

[heardatmedschool]

“If you open that closet, you’ll probably find my pandemic sleeping bag, alongside toads, snakes and forgotten covid variants.”

The forgotten hospital closet.

#medicine #med school #medblr #hospital #nursing #pandemic #covid 19 #healthcare

[heardatmedschool]

“Vancomycin is a bad antibiotic, get over it.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #antibiotics #infectious disease #vancomycin #you know since it has bad tissue distribution #takes ages to start having an effect #you have to adjust dose according to blood concentration #etc #will i prescribe it in a heartbeat if i suspect mrsa? of course #but you only use it because it’s what you have

[heardatmedschool]

“If you ever prescribe an aminoglycoside, and the patient doesn’t come back complaining because it fucked up their digestion, it’s because they didn’t take it.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #infectious disease #antibiotics #aminoglycoside #diarrhea

[heardatmedschool]

“An infectious disease specialist without beta-lactams, is like a cardiologist without beta blockers.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #pharmacology #infectious disease #cardiology #antibiotics

[heardatmedschool]

“If you have to prescribe imipenem, do it. But with good reason, otherwise you’ll summon an infectious disease doctor that’ll slap you in your sleep.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #infectious diseases #antibiotics

[heardatmedschool]

“I have a stye in my first day of ophthalmology. Coincidence? I think not.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #ophthalmologist #ophtalmology #eye #stye

[heardatmedschool]

You know you are doing something well when the nurses at your unit greet you with a kiss on the cheek.

I fear have already reached my peak in my internship.

#lavanda speaks