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Alissa Mitchell, DO

7 months

I am thrilled to announce that I will be spending the next 3 years learning emergency medicine at @CooperEMed ! #Match2024 #EMBound @WCUCOMDO

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

I think every woman in a professional role has heard, “just wear the female equivalent of a button down and khakis” when asking about a dress code. Today, however, one of our chiefs told the men they could wear, “whatever outfit would be equivalent to a sundress,” and I cackled👗

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Me: Hi, I'm the med student Patient (works in medicine): what are you going into? Me: EM Patient: So an ER nurse? Me: no, a doctor Patient: So are you applying to med school or PA school? Me: I will be a doctor in 6 months Patient: a doctor of... Me: ...medicine 🤦‍♀️

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

I had a patient with a rare disease and when I met her she said “no students, I have X and don’t feel like explaining it.” To which I said, “I totally understand, I do know of X tho,” she was intrigued so I asked her some specific questions about her specific presentation.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

I struggled in the transition to medical school. I was lonely and far from home. Enter Merle, a cat full of personality. We did everything together. She traveled, studied, and would put me to bed if it was too late. Today she died. Sad to make this transition without her 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

I only knew the details because I had just taken Step 2, and after we bonded she said “I will keep you but you will now explain my disease to the rest of them.” So I did. I really liked her. She was my first patient that trusted me, not just my team. I really love medicine.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

I had ACLS yesterday. During the class, the instructor set up a scenario of a tension pneumo but you're not on shift and don't have a needle to decompress. The EM fellow next to me said, "unlikely, I always carry one," then pulled a 5in IV out of his jeans pocket 💀 #medtwitter

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

If I talked to patients like the boards wanted me to: Patient: So, what are the results of my biopsy? Me: Why don't you tell me what you know about death and dying?

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

7 months

Excited to be coming to an ED near you! #EMBound #Match2024

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

Me: ever have any issues with your lungs, heart, or blood? Patient: nope Preceptor: Hi Patient: I’ve had 4 heart attacks, a PE, and sometimes I cough up blood #medstudenttwitter

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

@DianaDee16 The acronym was just for the character count of the tweet. I always say emergency medicine 🚑

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

@jtrebach I had a doctor say “watch this,” to a group of nurses and then say “repeated cases of angioedema can be caused by?” And we all in unison said “c1 esterase inhibitor deficiency” and then he said “see, they know tricks!”

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi, my name is Alissa, I am a 4th year, and I finally know the difference between pemphigus vulgarus and bullous pemphigoid. please clap.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

Being a med student is weird because some doctors feel obligated to share EVERYTHING they’ve ever learned. So on a given Tuesday you’re like, “yes, I will review the indications for steroid use in septic shock and remember to get my partner to sign a prenup, thank you.”

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

@SternDs233547 Thank you for teaching!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@DrSpooky_ER lol same. probably why as a group of EM residents we needed to ask what to wear to dinner 😅

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

The real reveal of the #Match2023 posts is finding out how many people out there keep their phone in “light mode”. Insanity.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

No hate, but to people saying that candy has no place as a COMLEX/USMLE snack, are you ok? What happened to you that a handful of m&ms on a tough day no longer sparks joy?

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

Day in the life of an intern: Me: Hi, my patient has AFib with RVR My attending: what do you want to do? Me: start an amio and a drip My attending: great, do that Me: And how would one physically do that….?

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

11 months

Anyone else have a professional nemesis? An institution you are the perfect fit for but has rejected you at every step of your career? I don’t even know if I’m applying to fellowship and I’m pre-mad at them.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

To the interviewer who showed me how well she read my app by leading with, “so can I see your cat?” 11/10

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

@Iz0Rodrugs I’m so sorry that you’ve been treated that way 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@jfkaestnerjr This feels right

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@dchipman10 Now this is the important discourse that should be happening at a university hospital!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Someone yelling “airway intact,” as the patient in the trauma bay curses all of us out is peak ED humor 🤌🏻

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

6 months

Kiddo: Are you a doctor? Me: Almost, I'm still in school! Kiddo: *skeptical* How old are you? Me: 29 Kiddo: That's old, school is for kids. I'm 6 and I go to school, you should get a job like mommy. touche

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Uworld: a woman went to a high altitude with no preparation and ran a marathon... Me: Stop it! Stop it right now "uworld person"! Come down from there! Uworld: She had a seizure Me: 😔

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

11 months

I hope everyone enjoyed explaining the match to their family yesterday! 🎉🎊

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

To my fellow DOs that took two board exams, I’m so proud of us ☺️ The grit required to take one and then turn around and do it again in mere days, just absurd. Y’all make me proud to be a DO 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

Me after every lecture on ventilators: oh, ok, that makes sense! Me standing in front of a ventilator 20 min later: 🫣 *panics*

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Applying for residency in emergency medicine is the only choice in my life I have made with the complete certainty that it will one day lead me to a ropes course. It might be orientation, it might not be until I’m attending, but there is 100% a ropes course down this path.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

I have strep pharyngitis from pediatrics (because of course). Despite having the worst sore throat of my life and a fever, my single biggest stress right now is if the new rotation I start tomorrow is going to be mad at me for missing the first day. Why is med school like this?

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@dburbach Sounds like a great opportunity for change!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

@WestinWong My program talks about setting achievable goals and that’s been helpful. Example: I’m doing anki (long story) my mentor said 5 cards/ day is reasonable. For board questions, 10 qs. Basically make the tasks very achievable. I went from being paralyzed and doing no qs to 70/week

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

uworld be like: you should've gotten that he had CF based on the fact that the patient was 14, had lungs, and your knowledge that we write sus questions

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

11 months

I started my first IV today. Please clap.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

@jtrebach I saw one of these on rotation! It was around his little baby toe ☹️

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@craig_brown3 Luckily I’m in a department where what I wear to a department dinner doesn’t change the amount of respect I receive from my colleagues 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

6 months

Medical school in a nutshell: I have to start at 8am this morning, but the student lot doesn’t open until 9am on Sundays. When I asked about it I was told to “only park in my assigned lot” 🙃

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

@DRitterMD Having a dentist on call like any other specialist would definitely be useful!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

NBME 12 was unbelievably mean to me. I cannot believe I just paid $60 to be bullied for 5 hours. 🤡

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

@emivipers We love you too! Hearing about individual patients experiences with diseases help us be better physicians!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

@jtrebach You forgot “depressed because gay”, a fav of pediatric questions 🫣

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

So I know #ERAS no longer has an explicit hobby section, but is there a section to report that I am the "reservation friend"? Just like a box to check that says that I'm the one that makes the reservation, orders the food, buys the tickets, etc. ✅

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

I don’t want to be the only DO resident at my program for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because who will fix my elevated first rib? I can’t stop sleeping on my stomach now….

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@nishanturo My ER brain heard “emergency foley” and thought, “that’s so true, you never know when a g tube may get dislodged” lol I’m clearly not a urologist.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

Me: I think x,y, or z The fellow I paged: are you sure? Me: oh god no, I’ve been doing this for 6 weeks and am unsure of everything The fellow: sounds good I’ll be right down Me: oh thank god😅 Thanks to all the seniors who let me bother them! 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

I’m thankful for a pass and my mom is thankful that our 15 hour car ride didn’t turn really tense 😬

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

6 months

Not my dad ending up in the ED with a tibial plateau fracture telling everyone on his team that his daughter is a soon to be ED Doc 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

Step 1 ✅ (There was straight up a tornado in the middle of block 5 that required some emergency sheltering in place, because why not?) #medtwitter #step1

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi #MedTwitter . I am really struggling with my personal statement. Anyone have any advice?

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi #MedTwitter ! I'm Alissa Mitchell, an OMS4 at WCUCOM, and I'm #EMBound for #Match2024 . My interests include disaster medicine, harm reduction, and critical care. In my free time, I love to cook, listen to podcasts, and hang out with my cat, Merle. Looking forward to connecting!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

20 days

Med student me, You’re an intern now and you still sometimes forget to ask something or do something. And you know what? You just go ask/do it. It’s not a big deal. You have to reassess the patient anyway. Medicine is hard enough, no need to be hard on yourself #MedTwitter

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

It’s my first day of residency eve! Should I leave out sertraline, cool ranch doritos, and celsius for the residency fairy? 🧚

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

Last night on my way home from a 12 hour shift I was trapped on a frozen bridge for 6 hours with a dying phone, a bag of trail mix, and a quarter bottle of water. At one point I tuned in to a local radio station looking for an update, they were playing “jumper” by third eye blind

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

@informitch I always understand when a patient isn’t interested in students. It almost always comes from a place of trauma or previous disappointment. This patient was just not feeling well and didn’t have the capacity to reexplain her condition 90 times which I totally get.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

10 months

“Do you have a student discount? Because my daughter *gestures* is a fourth year medical student and is going to be an emergency medicine physician.” I will never have to wonder if my parents are proud of me, I will however have to wait before I return to that madewell 😳

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Step 2 tomorrow! I took NBME10-14, UWSA1&2, and the free 120 and for every wrong question I wrote a post it. Here’s to hoping that there was a lot of learning in those mistakes! (Also thanks to @jtrebach for a great study method)

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

@PoleDoctress King George at the time was thought to be simply “mad” but it is now commonly thought that he had acute intermittent porphyria and that the torture worsened his psychosis

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

@KrehbielAuthor I’m confused by this tweet. Do you honestly think I am using a medication without a complete understanding of how it works, the side effects, and how to use it appropriately? This is a tweet about how computers are hard.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

11 months

This week I interviewed for residency at the hospital where I volunteered during college 🫣

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

@mahad_minhas Yes and I think it has been vital to my education. Forever thankful to my first patient and their family for their donation.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

“The ‘C’ in ABC is for ‘Chapman points’, airway, breathing, chapman points”

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

8 months

I can’t wait to find my people! #EMBound

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Step 2 dedicated check in: 1) decided that I am done studying for my test on Friday and that rest would be more productive than anything I could potentially learn in 2 days 2) got an impromptu haircut and a peach sweet tea 🍑

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

At the end of my second sub-I and after receiving endless feedback the statement that never fails to make me smile is, “I trust you to see my patients”. Truly the highest form of praise.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

The days between taking NBME exams and NBOME exams are as close to purgatory as it gets. Just tiredly pushing on while being confronted by the sins of your past (questions you got wrong on step). #step1 #level1 #MedTwitter

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

The NRMP just charged me $70 to give them my data 🧐

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@DanHarrisonMD @DGlaucomflecken The ER Doc def needs a needle and a multi tool!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

Sometimes I think about "Step 1 Dedicated Alissa" and am baffled. She was a beast. I, on the other hand, require a nap, snack, and something fun every 80 UWorld questions. #medtwitter

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

If you saw me crying over my rank list in the Dallas airport…no you didn’t.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

@pathopsych I like 3, though I don't think there is a "wrong" choice here

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Does it look bad if applicants don’t attend open houses/residency fairs for programs they’re interested in? I want to attend but more often than not my sub-I schedule directly conflicts 😞 #EMBound

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

I’ve waited so long for my level 2 score that the NBOME better have applied interest 😵‍💫

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

@GiaFugax If I had a nickel for every time I had to tell someone I already have a bachelors degree I could have endless vending machine snacks

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

5 months

@stacybmitchell Thanks 💕 she was five and I swear the moment I started talking to the vet I forgot all medicine

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

Resuscitation is “aggressive”, but nothing beats the feeling at 4am when you arrive to preround and find that the patient you left the night before intubated and sedated is now following commands. Medicine is hard, but the sweet moments are so sweet 🥲

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

8 months

One of the fun things about being a DO students is the camaraderie with other DO students. I love all of my colleagues, but when I walk into a room and there’s only a few other DO students, you better believe we are fast besties. #bonewizards

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Dear #EMBound Community, You should interview me because I have channeled the stress of today into slow roasting a pork shoulder. Think of what I could do with the stress of residency! 💕Alissa

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@mtmdphd @DrSpooky_ER @DGlaucomflecken The event is bike helmet optional 😏

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Me at the start of my shift today: I really hope I get to be a part of a trauma My team after the shift’s 7th level 1 trauma alert: Alissa, please leave 😵‍💫

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

Officially done with interviews! #match2024

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

COMLEX Level 1✅ Does it REALLY take 352 questions to gauge minimal competency? 🫠

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi #medstudenttwitter ! If you are an incoming third-year interested in possibly being #EMBound and like me don't have access to an academic program or specialty-specific advising here's a quick 🧵:

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

4 months

@JamesAu38702553 Hahaha, mine usually is too but this is for a department dinner 😆

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

"So now the women are here to stay. And when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that." -RBG

Stanford Surgery

@StanfordSurgery

2 years

ICYMI: Meet the newest additions to the Stanford Surgery Family! #match2023

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

3 months

I would rather repeat preclinical than share my Google search history for my first week of intern year.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

9 months

@SIBHODeath I worked with a surgeon that walked me through the perfect pizza, from making the dough to building your own pizza oven. Even had a wood preference. One day he came in and was like “ugh, ok, I should probably talk to you about a gallbladder or whatever 🙄”

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 months

@MmollyAdamms These people are brutal. A linked order set between a bolus, an initial rate drip, followed by a secondary rate is no joke 😅

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

10 months

Though I am ecstatic to finally be becoming a doctor in 2024, my new year resolution is to work to invest more in the other parts of my life as I start intern year. Happy New Year, and if you’re reading this, let’s make plans! 🎊🎉

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi #MedTwitter 👋 If you're a young EM doctor that spent 3rd year in a community setting and then went on to rock your EM Sub-I's please tell me your secrets and unanticipated challenges. #EMBound

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

2 Sub-I's✅ Certified✅ Submitted✅ #EMBound #Match2024

Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Hi #MedTwitter ! I'm Alissa Mitchell, an OMS4 at WCUCOM, and I'm #EMBound for #Match2024 . My interests include disaster medicine, harm reduction, and critical care. In my free time, I love to cook, listen to podcasts, and hang out with my cat, Merle. Looking forward to connecting!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

Woke up in a good mood so I thought I’d take UWSA1 ☠️

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

11 months

@LaurenHolladay4 Questions, questions, questions. I’d forgo a second pass of uworld in favor of Amboss and I would do NBME 10-14, UWSA 1 and 2, and the free120 to build your stamina.

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

I just presented the heck out of a dizzy patient. Two months ago it was my least favorite ED complaint and tonight I was able to confidently walk through why my patient's vertigo was peripheral and what I was going to do to treat it. 🤩

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

Scheduled my first audition today! Guys, it’s happening, we’re going to be 4th years! 😬

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

6 months

I just closed my first head wound with a hair opposition technique. It made me feel like a real girls girl, braiding hair, closing wounds!

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

I turned 28 this week while in the ED. Ive always wanted to be a doctor, and have worked tirelessly to get this far, but with each passing year, Im more aware of what a privilege it is to be able to pursue this dream. A special thank you to my patients, Im here because of you 💕

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

1 year

My senior resident was a rockstar on my overnight. The patients kept coming and despite being completely slammed she was still an amazing teacher, prioritizing my education in the chaos. Literally, life goals 😍

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Alissa Mitchell, DO

@AlissaMitche11

2 years

I am so happy for the class of 2023 😆 For myself and many of us in the class of 2024 they were not only our older classmates, but offered mentorship, guidance, and comfort during our transition into med school mid pandemic. Thank you 😘 y’all are truly extraordinary #Match2023

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