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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Med students: never forget that your most important role is to suggest the most ridiculous thing you can think of at least once a day

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Hot take of the day: I think PGY-1s should make as much as a new grad NP or PA. My college friends in these roles received their full new-grad salary even while on-the-job training… I probably won’t see this change, but maybe trainees behind me will.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

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I matched! Can’t wait to find out who my co-residents will be and where I’ll land! To my friends and colleagues who did not match: I am so proud of all of your accomplishments and know that an algorithm does not define your success nor your worth. ❤️ #Match2024

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

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My attending asked me if I had ADHD but I heard PhD… and i shouted out "no i have a bachelor of science" 😅 4th year is going well.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

320 question board exam today and this was the easiest question of the day ❤️ yes yes yes to forever @BV_3

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 months

Officially Dr. Savannah Dimick, DO ✨

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Ok, I get paying back the loans I took out… but 8% interest? They have to make money off of students giving years of their lives to become contributing members of society/ healthcare workers who will care for people?

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

How far into the “treat yourself” phase of burnout are y’all? I just bought myself a kayak over here

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

Finished “When Breath Becomes Air” what an eloquent reminder of what a privilege it is both to practice medicine and to be alive

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

7 months

New Years Goals 🪩 2024 I’m coming for you!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Step 1 ✅ Now off to re-obtain my personality!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

I am ACUTELY aware.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Med school is fun because your friend can text you and say “I sutured the femoral artery today” or “I delivered a baby” and you get to hype them up 🥹

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Officially survived the first (of many) sets of board exams! Pass x2 ❤️

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Enjoying dedicated so much, I decided to extend it another week!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

The match video 🥺 what a day!! Can’t wait to become the best EM doc I can be at a dream residency program!! Already feeling welcomed into the COPA fam @CopaEM_

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Hi! I’m Savannah and I am #EMBound for #Match2024 I am the @ACOEPRSO Director of Student Affairs. I am passionate about harm reduction, social EM, and mentorship and leadership within the EM community! In my free time I love running, camping trips with my pups, and XC-skiing!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

First ~virtual~ interview ✅ Honor and a privilege truly to have made it to this point. Feeling grateful and excited for what’s to come!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Had a very “high-expectation”™️ preceptor on my last rotation and I tried my best to rise to the challenge. Got my eval back today and he finished by saying I will be a superb resident 🥹

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

7 months

what if you’re making a rank list consisting of incredible programs all over the country and your life would be a perfectly happy but completely different version of itself in each place? (asking for a friend of course)

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Last day of Step 1 dedicated!! Riding a couple of reassuring practice tests into tomorrow… and trying to quell anxiety by trusting the process 😅 Send good energy!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Me: omg yes, esophageal dysmotility, South America. It’s got to be Chagas! *whew, can’t believe I put that together, that was really from the step 1 DEPTHS* Qbank: 91% answered correctly

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Passed my final exam of 2nd year!! Feeling grateful for these past 2 years 🎉 Next up: diving into dedicated!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

So happy to announce that I’ll continue my training in Emergency Medicine at @CopaEM_ Here’s to 3 years in the desert with my new fam!! 🌵🍾✨

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

Last day scrubbing in (probably) ever!! My surgeon let me make the first incision in the case to celebrate 🥰

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 months

Best day of my life 🤍 …officially Dr. Volkert!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Step 2 ✅ put a lot of myself into this exam and grateful to be on the other side! Starting my first Sub-I on Monday!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

From a future EM doc: I’ll be working holidays likely for the rest of my career. This time is sacred and med students should get to enjoy holidays with family while we can. Plenty of other days for learning

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

COMLEX level 2 tomorrow! Send good energy and vibes for ~exam week~ ✨ (unfortunately it is a week long because I am a DO student taking double boards)

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Step 2 tomorrow! Trying to quell my anxiety 🥹 I know I’ve worked hard and hopefully I can land around my practice scores but geez I am nervous.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

I will finish UWorld ~5 weeks before step 2/level 2 with an easy final rotation but a 2 week true dedicated period. Should I restart the bank or just do incorrects? Or focus efforts on AMBOSS or Truelearn?

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Level 1 ✅ Tweeting this to remind myself that I gave this test my all and it felt fair, regardless of the outcome!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

4 months

As a future EM doc: I got to do probably the coolest final med student rotation. What an awesome opportunity to see critical care air transport from an incredibly well-trained and intelligent staff. Thanks @bostonmedflight

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Wow getting that first interview offer this week was a huge weight off 🥹

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

Interviewing with bad ass female faculty is such a vibe honestly. I always leave feeling empowered and inspired

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

4 months

LAST ROTATION OF MED SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY 🚁🚁 Time for some flight time and EMS shifts! We might actually make it friends!! (Also I picked the coolest specialty on the planet and I’m so happy)

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

Accidentally left my white coat at my house when I packed for rotations and made it the entire semester without it. That’s showbiz (EM) baby

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Trying to learn to accept complements graciously because today when my attending told me that I did a nice job I said “even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while” 🙃

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

7 months

Getting married the weekend after graduating from med school so obviously addressing my classmates invites as “Dr. xxx“ 🥹 Wild to see my friends’ names after that title for the first time! We’re almost there!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Surgery is weirdly fun… I love seeing the anatomy, the variety of general surgery, the team atmosphere, and my hands stopped shaking when I suture!! But these hours are no joke 🌞🌝

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

On an ultrasound rotation and my resident had me come in early to practice US-guided IV’s and I got 3 in a row!! 🥰

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Someone bully me into writing my personal statement please

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

And it’s sent! Nothing like a final second look two days before rank lists are due to solidify the list 🤠 Here’s to 17 more days of anxiously waiting to find out which program we’ll land it. Rooting for you #Match2024

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

This is for any 3rd year med students trying to figure out how to study: This is what I (N=1) DO student did to study if it helps anyone out there 😊

How to Study for 3rd Year:

*This is how one person (who did well!) studied for 3rd year. If it's helpful to have a bit of a template or guide, use my advice, if this doesn’t seem to match with your study habits, don’t!...

docs.google.com

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

In general, I wished people asked more open ended questions about the match “What are some of your favorite programs?” vs: “What is your number 1?” Most of us struggled to make our lists and that alone indicates we can love more than one program 😤

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Had my first residency interview as part of my Sub-I and my college friend texted me to ask when I would hear back… I said March 😅 this process is really so wild

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Just trying to match into an awesome residency program in a city my dog would be happy in 💕

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

If any other job required you to PAY to apply, it would be a pyramid scheme (looking at you MONAT)… but when it comes to our first job as a physicians it’s just the way it is

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

4 months

From talking to friends: it’s really really hard to live alone in most cities on a resident budget. At around 30 years old and working weird hours it’s not ideal to have a roommate.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Me with TEN WEEKS left of third year watching my pals from other schools become fourth years 🥲

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

@itsmetheHBIC Genuinely didn’t feel like my tweet was punching down and wasn’t my intention. I was comparing trainees to trainees. Re: other professionals get a salary while in a training period. I have a lot of respect for PAs/NPs and their role in healthcare!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

Manifesting for tomorrow ✨ Can’t wait to see where I’m headed!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Finally hit my goal score on a practice exam 🥹 just gotta finish out this last week of studies!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Why didn’t anyone tell me that COMLEX is: A) 350-some questions long and B) just 2x 4 hour blocks 😅 Ready to rumble tomorrow!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

11 months

Had an awesome experience at my first EM Sub-I! I learned so much from a group of residents who were as passionate about teaching as they were about their patients. Thanks @BrownEMRes

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

11 months

Things are getting serious!! This is a PSA to my fellow #Match2024 friends to register for the NRMP and add your ID number to your ERAS application.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

Last interview for residency today! ✅ Feeling grateful for all of the opportunities I’ve had this season and excited for what’s to come!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Also to my #EMbound folks… I don’t have a single interview offer yet. Take a breath, give yourself grace, they will come 😊

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

3 months

@oatsdoc I cannot condone the bedpan punch bowl 😅

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Sometimes I think about how my dogs are a huge part of my support system… grinding through medical school with me and they might not be around for #attendinglife 😭 but they deserve the world

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Umm I’m actually not having a terrible week for the first time in dedicated?? Things are starting to… click??

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

First day of surgery rotation tomorrow! Wish me luck 😌 Shout out to the scrub tech who slipped me an extra chlorhexadine to practice over the weekend after scrub class on Friday!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

4th year of med school rocks y’all 😤

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

8 months

At an interview the PD said something about “your class, starting in June…” 😳 Absolutely wild that we will be starting our first jobs as physicians in 6 months.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

4 months

Officially and FINALLY done with rotations as a medical student 🥺

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

4 months

I’m get married and choosing to change my last name in between graduation and starting residency! Any advice to make this process as smooth as possible? Things to be aware of from those who have gone through the process before?

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

I feel like there is bound to be less emphasis on step 2 over time. Students have already cultivated a resume/story, found their passions, and secured sub-internships in their chosen field by the time they will even take this exam.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

COMLEX Level 2 ✅ It feels like I just ran a marathon… but with my brain if that makes sense

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Finished my second sub-I today! Had the chance to treat and “own” high acuity patients from start to finish, improve my ultrasound skills, and learn from some pretty incredible “Pit Bosses”. Thanks @hcmcEM …and importantly attend the MN State fair ✨

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

7 months

Making sure I’m on top of everything for match, graduation, and planning a wedding is a lot to keep track of Double checking that I’ve registered for NRMP, have met my requirements, and am remembering to invite guests to the wedding 😅

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Certified and submitted my application yesterday and assigned letters and personal statement today ✨ I can’t believe I am already applying to residency!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

I trained my dog to lick my tears and comfort me when I cry… which will probably come in handy this week #Match2024

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

I’ve been accruing interest on my loans and I finally applied for income driven repayment through the SAVE plan thanks to @olsonplanner I’ll be saving nearly 9K in interest with $0 monthly payment with a quick online form.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Final NBME before test day 🚀 #letsgo

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

10 months

Today’s the day!! Good luck to my EM folks 🍀

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

Honestly one of the sweetest things as a med student is when patients tell you they’re rooting for you 😭

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Not me calling the @NBOME trying to convince the customer service man to tell me my score over the phone 🙃 (it didn’t work btw) #level2

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Just really enjoying my rotation in emergency medicine. Every single shift I leave feeling like we made a difference for at least one patient and that’s pretty incredible 🥹

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Improved by ONE point from last week’s NBME to this week’s NBME 🤡 it do be a struggle some days

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

Drove through that little chunk of Oklahoma for those wondering what’s there. The answer is two horses and a donkey

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

What is a competitive STEP 2 or LEVEL 2 score for an aspiring EM applicant? Debating moving my exam up a week based on current practice tests and current level of burnout… 3 weeks of rotations to go + a 1.5 versus 2.5 week dedicated period.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

Pediatrics exam tomorrow and then 1/2-way done with my third year of medical school 🥹

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

11 months

Narrowing down my list of where to apply for residency to <40, getting my LOR uploaded… it’s starting to feel real 👀

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

@blondemedSJW Gave my baby girl a bath today and here she is giving a spiky wet pout ❤️ sending hugs.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

5 months

On a month of ortho right now and honestly grateful to have a fun rotation to distract me until match day 😅

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

I went to the mountains this weekend and I’ll just be riding that energy through IM this week 😅

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

9 months

200 days until I marry the love of my life! Cheers to the end of 4th year wedding szn 🥰

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

I’m going home to Minnesota to do my first emergency medicine rotation in January and I am so excited 👀 EM!! Cross-country skiing!! Icy cold winter!!

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

@itsmetheHBIC My point was that both receive on the job training in their specialty of choice, while receiving a full new grad salary. Ex: my college bestie just began as an Ortho PA and isn’t w/o supervision. I’m sorry if my tweet came off as disparaging these roles as it wasn’t my intention.

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

First EM rotation done! The chance to help people, first shot at diagnosing a patient, the team-based medicine, the procedural aspects!! just really really liked this one 🥰

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Who was going to tell me that COMLEX Level 2 was 352 questions?! How did I completely block this information from my memory after Level 1 😭

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

2 years

One serotonin ✨

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Savannah Volkert, DO

@Savannah_Dimick

1 year

Hey #EMBound 3rd years!! One week from today!! The incredible Spencer Heath will be advising on writing a personal statement and the written portions of the application. @ACOEPRSO