#IMG med

[spectralanomally]

speaking of mouthwashing and medical school

I drew anya on my whiteboard while studying bioethics

[videoplanchette]

Some wips

[amalgamationink]

NAPOWRIMO24 #18: Hawkfish

[whining-aboutmyinsanity]

PARIS HILTON SAID TAHTS HOT WHEN SHE SAW MY COCK

[intrainingdoc]

The next installation of our "Surviving IM/G" column by internal medicine resident & international medical graduate Dr. Gottlieb is now published to in-House, the online peer-reviewed publication for residents & fellows.

[emgoesmed]

Hi , i love your blog. Everything always looks so perfect. So i wanted to ask you for some advice, i am an IMG , and have recently done my residency(medicine) back in my home country In south east Asia. So my background knowledge is not so bad. Life happened (some not so good events) and i needed to move to US. I dont think am in for studying for step 1 right now but i think i ll be able to study for step 2 CK. I wanted to ask you if one can do well on step 2 ck by doing uworld. I am worried the most about pedes gyne surgery, cuz its been a while i have studied these subjects. Could you please recommend what extra sources should i use for pedes gyn surgery. And if those are as heavily tested on ck as medicine. Any advice on sources , timeline or anything really would be helpful. This is the only social media platform i av right now and i dont know who else to ask. I would be really grateful for any advice.

Hi!

UWorld is the main question bank that US med students use to study for USMLE step 2 CK. It is a great learning tool because the question/answer explanations are very thorough.

Medicine is about 50-60% of the exam, Surgery is 25-30%, Pediatrics is 20-25%, OB Gyn is 10-20%, and Psychiatry is 10-15%.

For surgery, I recommend De Virgilio's case book; the surgery portion of the exam is less about the actual surgeries and more about medical management of pre- and post-op, and indications for surgery.

I didn't have a very good resource to study for Pediatrics or OB Gyn, but recommend looking on Reddit for ideas. You don't need an account to do so. Search for posts about what helped people succeed on their shelf exams during third year, since those are specialty-specific resources.

One IMG I know who is in Internal Medicine residency in the US told me his study strategy was to complete UWorld and then do the entire Amboss question bank over several days prior to his exam because he just used a free trial period lol. I know other US students who did both question banks and got great scores (260+) as well.

I hope this is helpful! Best of luck in studying for your Step exams and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any more questions, I'll try my best to answer or point you towards helpful resources. :)

[rosydolly]

Mmm yummy antibiotics mmm

[full-course-identity]

posts WIP snippets & fucks off

[theghostiedyke]

[sunflowers-and-sweetviolets]

babygirl by the way!

[spectralanomally]

There was a concert?????

Also quizzes, I won a lil voucher!!

[imdonewiththisblogsblog]

Hello! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Now get ready for some Valentine’s Day incorrect quotes!

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Dogday: *kisses Catnap*

Catnap: !

Dogday: ...Did you steal my chapstick?

Catnap: Did- did I what?

Dogday: My chapstick, Catnap. Did you steal it?

Bobby BearHug : Dogday, for the love of God, not this again.

Catnap: I- No, I didn't steal your chapstick. We use the same chapstick.

Dogday: No, there is absolutely no way we use the same chapstick, because it was only sold on one Etsy shop two years ago and they discontinued it, and I loved it so much that I bought the last of their stock, and I keep it in my freezer so it doesn't go bad. It's been discontinued for three years. No one uses the same chapstick for three years. So unless you've been eating a whole f--- ton of something that's flavored like chocolate and popcorn, you absolutely stole my f---ing chapstick.

Catnap: Chocolate and popcorn?

Bobby BearHug : Why do you think it got discontinued?

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Kickinchicken : *sees Catnap and Dogday together*

Kickinchicken : They're cute. I would put them on a boat.

Bobby BearHug : You mean... you ship them?

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*at 3am*

Kickinchicken : *runs into Dogday’s room and turns on the light* Wake up sleepyhead!

Dogday: *wakes up* Dude!

Kickinchicken : *cackles*

Catnap: *sits up from where they were sleeping behind Dogday* What the f---, Kickinchicken ?

Kickinchicken : *jaw drops* Wait WHAT-

(Don’t worry they had a sleepover, they did not do “it”, ya nasty.)

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Catnap: Goodnight to the love of my life, Dogday, and f--- the rest of y'all.

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(Congratulations! You've stumbled upon a secret message from me (the programmer of this generator): <img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/039/484/cover7.jpg" width="100%" height="auto">

I look at you with my autistic eyes.) this is amazing. How did this happen?

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Hoppy hopscotch : Hi.

Bobby BearHug : Hey, did you do what I said? Did you tell them?

Hoppy hopscotch : I did.

Bobby BearHug : And what did they say?

Hoppy hopscotch : “Thank you.”

Bobby BearHug : You’re totally welcome. What’d they say?

Hoppy hopscotch : They said, “Thank you.” I said “I love you” and Kickinchicken said, “Thank you.”

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Catnap: Come on, Kickinchicken . Nobody actually believes that Dogday is in love with me.

Kickinchicken , to The Squad: Raise your hand if you think that Dogday is helplessly in love with Catnap.

*Everyone raises their hand*

Catnap: Dogday, put your hand down.

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Dogday: *pretending to joke* So when are you going to go out with me?

Catnap: I don't know. When are you going to ask me to?

Bobby BearHug : And you just ran away?!

Dogday: I didn't expect them to flirt back!

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Catnap, holding a rock: Dogday just gave this to me and said "I feel like you deserve the moon but all I can give you is a rock".

Hoppy hopscotch : If you don't marry them, I will.

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Kickinchicken: Is there anyone here who’s actually straight?

Dogday: *raises hand*

Catnap: *puts their hand down*

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Dogday: Hey, babe, remember how I had to go to the pharmacy to pick up my ADHD meds?

Catnap: Yes?

Dogday: Well, it turns out they're all out for the next five days.

Catnap: F---.

Dogday: It's gonna be a fun week!

Catnap: I'm going to Bobby BearHug 's house.

Dogday: Nuh-uh. Through sickness and health, motherf---er.

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(Thank you for reading! Bye!<3)

[dovesndecay]

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the $400 car payment is 4 days overdue, the now $240 insurance is coming up in a week, my balance is so far in the red, and i'm having a major brainfog flare

on top of this, i need to take the car in for an oil change, take myself in for a doctor's appointment, and get a refill on my meds. fuckity fucking fuck.

any help folks are able and willing to send is amazing just please don't look at me i am just a smol creechur doing my best

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[bioethicists]

the second psych abolition chat has concluded! our next chat will be on monday, july 15th at 9pm est | 1am utc. the link is here + the password, if it asks for one, is “frogs” (i think the link is autofilling the password).

here are some things we chatted about:

need for more resources (e.g someone to clean home, provide food, companionship, emotional support) which are not locked behind engagement with the psych system

emphasizing a lack of choice/autonomy in medication, rather than focusing on "forced to take meds" vs "denied meds"

hospitals/institutions as spaces where all emotional responses or needs are pathologized + residents are expected to tolerate things they would not be expected to tolerate in the outside world

the difficulty in offering legal advice to combat sectioning since laws vary drastically

here are some works/resources we brainstormed creating:

we continued discussion on a guide to surviving institutionalization! participants suggested creating two, one which would be more open + viewable on a device while the other one would be more restrictive + physical copy without staples in order to accommodate people in institutions that will confiscate 'contraband'

some ideas for this guide: encourage future planning, explain how to 'fake it out', legal resources

one participant expressed interest in translating harm reduction/psych abolition resources into cantonese but is unsure how to get started with this!

as a reminder, ppl can also join the madness + liberation forum to discuss these things by filling out the google form here. all forum applications i’ve received should have been pushed through, so if you filled it out + didn’t receive a response, that means i missed you somehow + you should dm me or fill it out again.

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[hiemaldesirae]

Thorn again: Vox's killer au:

Lol, you'd think Vox would be the most upset, but he's still hurting from his soul wound (the Vees fled without getting any meds for it, so they're 'self medicating', the idiots. Alastor DEFINITELY isn't happy about it when he finds out) so only Valentino and Velvette are pissed, and Velvette is easily, easily bought with a great breakfast.

She's still pissed, but she's going to eat the pancakes Alastor made first. (Vox is too.)

Val on the other hand is bitching up a Storm. "Voxxy doesn't need you, he's fine with us. We're managing his pain just fine. We have enough edibles for it, right Vel?"

And Velvette goes "he ate most of them last night, Val. We probably should have listened to the Princess about soul wounds before just taking off, but we do have alot more weed butter in the freezer, so we'll just make more."

Alastor freezes and his neck cracks: "You're....self medicating my Vox?"

Valentino, handing Vox another weed brownie: "Uh, yeah? It's not like we've ever had a wounded soul before."

Alastor: ".........."

IMG ONNA CRY. self medicating with edibles and weed... not even tylenol or anything ??????? (vox voice) look at my doctors dawg im going to die

honestly though. how DO you treat a soul wound... assuming al knows he'd probably send his shadow to get some materials or supplies to help, yeah? and if he doesnt... hmm would he go and ask charlie if she or her parents knew perhaps? i mean i cant see him trusting anyone else with the info of voxs vulnerability,, then again he might commit his own brand of medical malpractice and simply lock vox away to slowly recover xd

[namioshiro]

just gave a little to the palestine children's relief fund. still recovering from the past yr's setback (no insurance + expensive meds) but i plan to give more as soon as i can. please consider donating to them if you're able.

ive done some digging and they're a trustworthy organization. long-running 4 stars from charity navigator which orgs need to meet high standards to get.

img attached with more info:

link to donate