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Family Medicine Rotation

Classmate: don't those newborn check-ups give you baby fever?

Me: Oh no, I wear my PPE

#get it? ppe? nudge nudge #okay I'm lame #i was like absolutely not #is that kiddo cute? absolutely #do i want one? no thank you #too much responsibility #says the person whose literal job is to take care of people #but its different you know #everyone thinks the female wants a baby but what else is new lmao #she didn't mean it to sound that way but I get that a lot #medical school #medblr #med school #medicine #pediatrics #family medicine #medical school rotation nonsense

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Embroidering Anatomy

- By Amber Griffiths, Ambroidering (Follow the artist here, & support the artist here)

#anatomy art

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Anatomical Illustrations by Duvet Days

An organization that uses design to create awareness, self discovery, and a space for self-love while supporting those affected by rape and domestic abuse.

#anatomy art

Kids these days...no love for the lymphatics

#i totally understand though how this wouldn't be your top priority when given an ENTIRE new region to master #but they are important #i mean clearly not nearly as exciting as arterial supply but what is #medblr #medicine #medical residency #anatomy #anatomy meme #medical school #med school #my post

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Work in progress! It’s been forever since I’ve posted on here… oops… Working of some new illustrations with the theme ~ PRETTY MORBID. Perfect Halloween theme for this horror of a year.

#anatomy art #again i weirdly love anatomical art

Not to start any Greek Mythology discourse, but...

even if Hercules hadn’t come along and freed Prometheus, this punishment wouldn’t have been eternal given the high likelihood that Prometheus’s liver would have developed Hepatocellular Carcinoma with the high rate of injury and regeneration from an eagle repeatedly tearing into it.

#that is all #thanks for coming to my ted talk #okay so i know next to nothing about greek mythology and maybe titans were immune to cancer as part of their whole immortality thing #but look #prometheus #greek mythology #zeus #medblr #medicine #medical student #medical residency #my text #my post

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When *that med student* tries to correct the attending

lizziedoesvetpath

Ugh I had a student on the floor who would ask me (the resident) a question, then after I’d answer and walk away she’d immediately call the senior pathologist over and say “I just asked Lizzie this but she said this and that just didn’t sound right to me so I wanted to see if you think it’s ACTUALLY xyz”.

It was so rude, and made both the senior and I think that this student was awful. As a fairly new resident I’ll freely admit when I’m not sure and I won’t make an answer up, so if I tell a student something it’s because I’m sure. And if that doesn’t line up with what you’ve been taught, there’s a polite way to ask about that. And don’t tattle on your resident to the senior, that just looks immature

tissue-is-the-issue

Those last two sentences are super key! During lectures, pathology (and most clinical subjects, really) are often simplified into a “classic” presentation. This makes sense in pre-clinical lectures given the bulk of the information students need to learn in a short time period, but it’s important to realize that the “real world” aka clinic is more nuanced and presentations can vary quite a bit (as one of our GI pathologists likes to say, “lesions don't read the book”). It’s more than okay to politely ask about any discrepancies you might notice between lecture and clinic, and I whole-heartedly encourage this sort of inquiry as that is how you get better and build a more complete clinical knowledge base. The key, of course, as nicely pointed out above is to do so politely and professionally.

And definitely don’t tattle on anyone...yikes...

#seriously I love and encourage questions #they help everyone get better #even the person who is answering the question #of course they know the information but questions can be great for pushing the instructor resident whoever to relay the information #in perhaps a new way which helps them to think through different perspectives and to communicate with different students patients etc.#which is a good thing!#but! again! be polite and professional!

When *that med student* tries to correct the attending