A warm thanks to
@AGianakosDO
for her dedication to aspiring orthopods! The guidance and support I receive as one of her research fellows is unparalleled.
#orthotwitter
This extraordinary woman graduated college today at 76,
50 years after a man told her, “women don’t go to college”, “you have to stay home with the kids”, and “you’ll never make it,”
as the second oldest
#CUBoulder
graduate in history.
I am blessed to call her my grandmother
In the last week I,
• got engaged 💍
• beat my goal step 2 score 🎉
• traveled with my best friends and family 🌴
and now I’m packing to start my first away on Monday! Feeling blessed, still a little overwhelmed, but ready to start this journey!
When I started shadowing one of my first mentors he tossed me a Rubik’s cube and said if I solved it in <5mins he’d guarantee me a spot at his ortho program.
2 years later I still think about it every time I see a Rubik’s cube and I still don’t know how to solve them😭
Just a few of my favorite
@ACOS_MSS
girls!! I love these meetings more and more as I grow relationships with incredible future surgeons. Y’all inspire me!!
🥂 to another successful ACOS conference!
#ACOSunshineState
Thank you
@ACOS_MSS
for the opportunity to share my research and give my first national oral presentation! Another big thank you to my PI, Dr. Hogen, and the entire
@TGHCares
Transplant Research team.
Another year, another fantastic
@MSOSOrtho
Symposium! I’m inspired by all of the exceptional students and faculty who make this event a success.
Proud to share our work on Women in Orthopaedics, made possible by a great MS team and
@theorthopoddess
@marykmulcaheymd
@AGianakosDO
Today I scrubbed into the same spine surgery I had 7 years ago after a horseback riding accident. Such a surreal experience. My films👇🏼for my fellow future orthopods.
Had a wonderful Sunday presenting research and learning from great minds attending the
@MSOSOrtho
Symposium.
If you were there please feel free to add some of your favorite takeaways to this thread! Sharing for our
#orthotwitter
friends who weren’t able to attend.
My OB preceptor got us matching TS hats 🥹🥹
Teachers like this make the 🌎 go round for med students. Thank you to all the preceptors who go above and beyond! You are so appreciated!!
Doing some away rotation research during my layover. Found myself reading through this awesome resource by
@UVA_Ortho
. As a third year w/o a home ortho department this is so helpful to gauge expectations as a rotator.
This survey study aims to explore the perceptions of academic orthopaedic surgery among medical students and orthopaedic residents. It is open to all medical students and orthopaedic surgery residents, but we kindly request that you only fill it out once. Link is in bio!
Huge thank you to
@ACOS_MSS
&
@Inside_TheMatch
for organizing tonight’s talk on ERAS prep. One of the most helpful and practical tips I learned for next year - offer to call consults on 3rd year rotations as practice for sub-Is. Doctors - do you let your med students do this?
@M4s
and beyond
Any tips & tricks on how to assess a programs interest in YOU?
As 3rd years start to communicate with programs, audition, and eventually interview, what should we look for/ask?
As a woman and OMS, I want to cross off programs where I’m less than wanted asap.
@FixnBones
I’ve heard of several people juggling in their interviews! Currently all I know how to juggle is uworld, rotations, eating and sleeping.. most of the time
Truly honored to serve as
@ACOS_MSS
Convention Chair and feeling so thankful for this outstanding Convention team and Exec board for helping us execute a conference for over 250 DO students interested in surgery. Couldn’t have done it w/o support from
@ACOSurgeons
& many others!
@kevinsealsmd
It’s the medical school gym that residents (probably attendings?) have access to! Time to petition for gym equipment in the doctor’s lounge?
As an MS2 without a home hospital I thought I needed to do all my clerkships somewhere with surgical residents.
While there are negatives to not having this dynamic, I would have never been able to participate in each case to the level I‘ve been able to… (1/3)
From the Program Director panel;
“Find what you love, and be the best at it!”
Simple, but excellent advice. All too many of us think we have to excel in every area in order to be competitive. You can stand out by being authentic and passionate in your endeavors!
🌟 Get ready to dive into the world of orthopedic surgery at the
#MSOS2024
Research Symposium! 🚀 Our Program Director Panelists are gearing up to share cutting-edge insights and knowledge in orthopedic surgery residency and education!
📣📣 Exciting panel details, awesome
It was an honor to discuss trauma surgery with one of the first female chiefs of surgery, Dr. Nelly Fonte.
As a woman in surgery and in leadership,“Don’t be afraid to take the knife.”
That’s a wrap on today's
#futurescope
. We hope our attendees took away tips & advice to become inspired to enter orthopaedic surgery! A big thanks to our co-developers, DePuy Synthes, The Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson! We couldn’t have put this course on without you!
Some days I wake up and think about how I’ll be a doctor in 2 years.
Other days I wake up wondering why I cannot, for the life of me, remember triquetrum, trapezium, trapezoid
Hey
#MedTwitter
! My name is Kolin Limbrick. I’m a current M4 applying General Surgery this
#Match2025
. I’m passionate about mentorship and my dog, Obi. I hope to always find myself with a soccer ball if not in the OR!
Sending positive energy to all of the OMS and MS-IVs today and throughout this week!! You are more than a statistic, more than an algorithm, more than that email. Congratulations on making it this far, and regardless of your path forward you WILL be great!!
@ACOS_MSS
Does the number of female and osteopathic faculty at an traditionally allopathic orthopedic residency program influence the number of women and DOs who match there? Let’s talk about it!
@opmed_
I think you’ll like this one👩🏽🔧🦴
as first assist (almost always) and the only medical student on the team.
Also, you get a sense of the specialty and what it’s like as an attending. For most people, the teaching environment isn’t forever and it’s beneficial to see community surgeons in practice. (2/3)
That said, certainly try to rotate with residents in your desired specialty during your elective month, if possible!
Wherever you do your core rotations, you will have everything you need to succeed. It’s our job to make the most of the opportunities in front of us! (3/3)
Trying to start financially planning for audition rotations as a first-gen. Does anyone have any experience with private loans and/or borrowing over cost of attendance?
#MedTwitter
#studentloans
The
@ACOS_MSS
mini conference that I’ve been planning for LECOM-B came to fruition today. Lots of fun skills labs to break up our exam studying. Thankful for great participants and surgeons/OMS3s
@MatchpalMedical
@m4s
Definitely planning on setting PD meetings during my aways! I’ve heard of several programs willing to take DO rotators without any intention of interviewing or ranking them - I think this is what worries me most because of how lucrative our away months are.