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A thread for a few of my more popular or important threads and Tweets.
Bryan Carmody
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Bryan Carmody
@jbcarmody
The Sheriff of Sodium | Pediatric nephrologist | Associate professor | APD | Husband | Dad | Virginian | Advocate for medical students and common sense
- I don’t usually brag about our residency program, but today I’m gonna make an exception. Like other children’s hospitals, we’re managing a surge in respiratory illness. But unlike most hospitals, we’re gonna pay the residents who work extra overnight/weekend shifts $100/hour.
- Anyone else out there think we’ll be wearing masks for the rest of our careers?
- Most physicians who took USMLE Step 1 over 5 years ago have no clue what’s actually on the exam. Don’t believe me? For those of you who’ve forgotten what Step 1 really tests, hop on board for a little refresher. (thread)
- Last week, Tennessee passed legislation to allow international medical graduates to obtain licensure and practice independently *without* completing a U.S. residency program. This is BIG news. So you know what that means. Time to break it down, Winners & Losers™️ style. (🧵)
- Last year saw a record number of applicants for the opthalmology match. Let the AAMC talk about the ‘Fauci effect’ in medical school applications - I’m gonna talk about the @DGlaucomflecken effect for ophthalmology residency programs.
- It’s one thing for an insurer to DENY a claim. But why do so many insurers expend such effort to DELAY payment, even for justified claims they know they have to pay? If you didn’t know already, let me teach you about “float.” (thread)I’m trying to think of another industry with record profits that just doesn’t pay its bills. Anthem, UnitedHealthcare, other major insurers are running billions behind in payments to hospitals, doctors usatoday.com/story/news/hea… via @USATODAY
- The average resident physician earns around $60,000/year. But what is their financial impact on the hospitals that employ them? What are resident physicians worth?
- Good Lord. Suggestions include attending a tuition-free medical school, “improving financial literacy,” and applying to fewer medical schools. Why not include “Don’t be poor” while you’re at it?While the cost of attending medical school is high, it is not insurmountable. Here are 7 ways that can help you reduce medical school debt: ow.ly/1PU150BSnXE
- I am stunned. USMLE Step 1 will scored pass/fail - potentially as soon as January 2022. usmle.org/incus/
- In 1998, a small residency program in Colorado lost its accreditation. It wasn’t the kind of thing that you’d expect to change the course of academic medicine. And yet, it *almost* did. Earlier, I explained how the Match started. Now, I’ll tell you how it nearly collapsed. 🧵
- Every now and again, I peruse the state board of medicine’s disciplinary notices. And every now and again, I see one that truly makes my jaw drop.
- WSJ covered resident unions today. Article dropped 3h ago; 400+ comments already. My fave is “There was no issue with work-life balance until women became MDs!” But don’t worry, Stockholm syndrome, the bootstraps brigade, and socialized medicine fearmongering are there, too.
- 930 Number of unfilled positions in family medicine and internal medicine in the 2022 Match - 847 Number of fourth year MD students who failed to match in orthopedics, dermatology, otolaryngology, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery
