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2 years

My hospital has free & accessible parking and provides medical students with 3 free meals a day… The bar is HIGH! 🙋🏼‍♂️

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4 months

Officially Dr. Lester!

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3 years

20 years from now they’ll ask me what medical school was like and I’ll say, “oh you know, we had a global pandemic, WWIII, and lots of online stuff.”

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3 years

Doctors: “When you hear hoofbeats, think horses not zebras!” UWorld: 🦓🦓🦓

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2 years

Rejecting a student while they are actively auditioning at your program is poor form.

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4 years

My wife tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. I’m getting tested this next week. She is very symptomatic right now but our 5 y/o son and I have had zero symptoms. Thoughts and prayers are welcomed! 🙏🏻

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3 years

Today a 13 y/o told me that an inconvenience is actually an adventure interpreted in the wrong way and I kinda like that a lot

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4 years

I need your help settling an argument! Should a girlfriend/boyfriend be upset if they aren’t invited on their S/O’s expensive family trip? Like if they should NOT be upset 😊Comment if they SHOULD be 😠

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3 years

Should med students be required to do overnight shifts? I’m torn, part of me is like heck no, and the other part of me is like well it’s good to experience it before residency.

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5 years

I missed the deadline to purchase an embroidered Patagonia from my school! And by “missed the deadline” I really mean that I didn’t have $120 to spend on a sweater.

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4 years

PRO TIP: don’t tell the spouse of a medical student that they will be divorced in 10 years because they are married to a doctor. It’s rude and their relationship is none of your business! 😊 #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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4 years

20 years from now they’ll ask me what medical school was like and I’ll say, “oh you know, we had a global pandemic an attempted coup, and lots of online stuff.”

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3 years

Just a reminder that medical students really should receive free and comprehensive health insurance through their universities. #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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2 years

Got multiple UWorld questions correct today because I did a BLS and ACLS course yesterday. Is this how 3rd year works? You get questions correct because you have hands-on experience?

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6 months

Feeling grateful! #Match2024

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3 years

Do you think you can tell early on what kind of attending physician someone will be by how they treat their colleagues while in medical school? 🤔 💭

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1 year

Thinking about my personal statement

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4 years

Tell me about your medical specialty without telling me about your medical specialty.

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1 year

The pharmacist at Sam’s Club asked me if I had any big plans this weekend. I told him unfortunately no, and that I was studying for my board exams. He genuinely offered his condolences and gave me his business card. He told me to call him if I need any pharmacology help. 😭

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5 months

I’m going to be a Neurologist! I couldn’t be happier! 🧠 @mcw_adult_neuro

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2 years

The fact that DO schools are discussing the Level 2 PE again is frankly embarrassing.

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11 months

When they never offered you a secondary application for medical school but they offered you an interview for residency. 😚

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4 years

Are there any other jobs out there that require applicants to pay money just to apply or is it only Residency?

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4 years

Online medical school is getting super old. I’m just tired y’all

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4 years

My wife, son, and I have now all tested positive for COVID-19. Today I am grateful for mild cases, supportive friends & family, dedicated public health officials, and frontline healthcare workers putting their lives on the line. #givethanks

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1 year

M4s looking at M3s

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2 months

Can’t fake it till I make it anymore!

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2 years

I’m considering dual applying because I love two fields of medicine equally and could see myself happy and fulfilled in both. The problem is that either one will always be viewed as a “backup” choice by others. Normalize loving more than one specialty without ulterior motives.

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4 years

Why in the world did Hermione settle for Ron?

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4 years

If Twitter is around in 30 years when I’m finally making money as a doctor, I’m going to randomly Venmo pre-meds and med students money. I’ve decided.

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3 years

UWorld: “teenage girl is brought to the physician” Me: 🤷🏼‍♂️ UWorld: Turner syndrome you idiot! @joshmcgoo

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4 years

So it’s official, the 45th and 46th Presidents of the United States have/has/had a DO as their personal physician. #AoAforDOs 🎉

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2 years

It’s in these unique times that I’m grateful for a mother who had me and my siblings vaccinated against smallpox and polio 💉 #GetVaccinated

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5 years

Hey Twitter! This is Andi. Medical school is very challenging, that’s to be expected, but this little man is bringing a lot of happiness to our home right now.

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3 years

Uworld: Patient presents with a malar rash… Me: Lupus BOOM 💥 Uworld: Wrong. Uworld: Dermatomyositis @joshmcgoo

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3 years

STEP 1 ✅

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3 years

Them: WE HAVE A PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE! Us: What if we expanded the number of residency positions available in every specialty? Then we could have more physicians enter the workforce every year! Would that fix the shortage of doctors? Them: That would never work! 😤 #MedTwitter

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2 years

What’s it called when you get every pimp question wrong? 🧐

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2 years

Not sure if this is considered old fashioned or progressive, but medical board exams shouldn’t cause panic attacks in their test-takers. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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2 years

Preceptor: what’s your top differential for pancreatitis? Me: scorpion sting 🦂 Preceptor: um… 🤦🏼‍♂️ Me: 🤠

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3 years

Hey y’all, be on the lookout for those interview invites this next week! I’ve been praying for ya and it takes a few business days for the prayers to kick in. #match2022 🙏🏻

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2 years

The preceptors, chief residents, and attending physicians that break the cycle of abuse that they went through during their medical training are the real MVPs. We see y’all and we love you! 🤍 🐐

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3 years

So here’s the thing, I’m really loving neurology & could 100% see myself thriving in it, but EVERY👏🏻 SINGLE👏🏻PHYSICIAN👏🏻 I speak to says I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn’t do Family Medicine. I’m completely open to doing FM, just not where my heart is at right now.

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2 years

My preceptor gave me the option to take the week off and do some reading assignments while they were on vacation OR I could come help out with Walk-in Clinic. Y’all, it was a test! They were testing me! And you know what? I passed, so I’ve been here at Walk-in Clinic all week 😂

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2 years

Medicine-related book recommendations? 📚

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4 years

Here’s a daily reminder that you’re more than your grades, GPA, and class rank. Spending quality time with your people is a great reminder of that.

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4 years

Are you supposed to get most of your UWorld questions wrong? ...Asking for a friend 😬

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2 years

I went my whole pediatric rotation without getting sick, please clap 👏🏻

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6 months

Waiting for March 15th…

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4 years

The amount of education med students receive on nutrition is minimal. Part of me thinks we need a complete overhaul and another part thinks we should just partner better with registered dietitians. What do you guys think? #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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11 months

Now that ERAS is submitted and I’m finished with med school exams, what do I do with my spare time??? Cultivate hobbies??

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2 years

Starting off my IM rotation tomorrow by following around the ICU nurses. I’m low-key very excited! I’ll also get a day with respiratory therapy, social work, and care management. I’m stoked to get a more wholistic view of Internal Medicine. 🤘🏻

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4 years

I’ve been nominated by my peers for Student Doctor of the Year, and I’m incredibly grateful that people would even nominate me or feel that my efforts merit a nomination. I feel honored regardless of the outcome. 🖖🏻

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1 year

Update: First central line P L A C E D! ✅

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1 year

Got to watch my first central line, I get to do the next one! See one, do one, teach one baby 🤘🏻

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2 years

Do you think anyone ever got so fed up with the cost of applying to residency programs that they only applied to one program, knowing that if they went unmatched they could use 40 tokens to apply to 40 open programs for free during the SOAP? #Match2023 #eras

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3 years

Pre-clinical coursework done ✅ 🎉🕺🏼I survived my first two years of medical school!🎉🕺🏼 #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter

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4 months

LAST DAY OF MEDICAL SCHOOL!!! 🏫

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6 months

Those that dual applied, like myself, have certain feelings this week leading up to Friday! #Match2024

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6 months

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)

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2 years

Well, my poor Andy has bladder cancer, transitional cell carcinoma. The vet said he has anywhere from a few weeks to 3 months to live. He’s only 3 and my family is devastated. Cherishing every moment we have with our good boy 🤍😔

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4 years

I was told that I need to save an extra $10,000 to put towards applying to residency in 3rd and 4th year. Is this true?????? Please tell me no! Where do people get this kind of extra money? #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter

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4 years

I’m proud to announce that I have not studied ONE SINGLE SOLITARY TIME this summer! I did read 4 books though and they brought some new and interesting perspectives to the forefront of my mind. 😊 #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter

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4 years

You know what shouldn’t be hard? Being nice to nurses! 🤷🏼‍♂️

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4 years

Let’s normalize @Grubhub or @DoorDash vouchers for zoom meetings over the lunch/dinner hour, OK?

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3 years

I’m starting an OMM Fellowship this July! I will be teaching OMS I & II’s the principles of Osteopathic Medicine over this next year. I’ll assist in explaining, demonstrating, practicing, and evaluating clinical skills while integrating OMM along the way. 😀 #MedTwitter #chooseDO

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8 months

Finished my last residency interview of the season! Feeling super lucky and grateful 🥹 Forming my rank list is not going to be easy 😬

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1 year

5 UWorld🌎 questions 5 minutes of liking #Match2023 tweets 5 UWorld🌎 questions 5 minutes of liking #Match2023 tweets Repeat 🔁

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4 years

Medical School is 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒮𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝒹!

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4 years

You know what’s a cool feeling? Being genuinely happy for someone else’s achievements. Let’s be happy for other people. Ok? #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter

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8 months

Finished my last sub-I of interview season! I’ve felt so supported and encouraged by the residents and attendings I’ve met these past few months. The growth has felt exponential ↗️

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2 years

There also needs to be a plan. Can the student end the audition early without negative consequences? If the student chooses to stay can there be meaningful goal-setting and periodic feedback so that the student can perform at a higher level in a subsequent audition?

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Upon request, my last preceptor treated our rotation as an audition-season boot camp, and I cannot express how grateful I am for the level of rigor and excellence he demanded from me! I fell short often, but he gave amazing feedback and his encouragement/praise always felt real.

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4 years

The USMLE CS and COMLEX PE are great indicators of your competence and ability as a future physician. They are inexpensive, very convenient, and should be administered at all cost. ⓘ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱

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4 years

After the pandemic is over & COVID-19 becomes a seasonal cold let’s normalize not asking people why they are wearing a mask, Ok?

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11 months

Hi #MedTwitter it’s time to reintroduce myself! My name is Kirk🖖🏻 and I’m a DO/MA student @KansasCityU applying Internal Medicine this #Match2024 ! I’m passionate about medical education, health literacy, LEGO’s🧱, and my family 👩🏼‍🦱👦🏼🐶. Let’s connect! #ERAS

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4 years

COVID-19 is projected to be the 3rd leading cause of death in America in 2020. Think about that. #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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2 years

Do you think closed toed Birkenstocks are hospital appropriate? #MedTwitter

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4 years

THEY’RE HERE!!! #medstudenttwitter #medtwitter

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4 years

A HISTORIC DAY FOR WOMEN, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿

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4 years

Me and my buddy! #dogsoftwitter

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3 years

COMLEX LEVEL 1 ✅

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11 months

🤞🏻 You’re going to get that interview invite today! 🤞🏻

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4 years

My son will be an 8 y/o when I graduate medical school and that is NOT OK! 😤

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4 years

Students at my school will have the opportunity to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in their local communities! As a plus, students get to be vaccinated before becoming vaccinators. I’m so excited to become part of the solution! #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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3 years

LAST SYSTEMS BLOCK EXAM OF MEDICAL SCHOOL!

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1 year

Passed boards ✅

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4 years

Anyone else have vaccine FOMO?

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2 years

Especially through email communication. If you have to break the bad news at a required time you need an in-person meeting with that individual IMO.

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4 years

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ ERAS photo

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3 years

I moved my Step 1 exam back 2 weeks, and I feel like a new man! My schedule isn’t overwhelming and I feel like I have enough time to pull everything together. If it’s not already normal, let’s normalize moving your testing dates. 😊 #MedTwitter

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It’s a great day to get an interview invite! ✅

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4 years

My wife is indoctrinating our son and.. I AM 100% OK WITH IT! #HarryPotter

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4 years

Yes Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce, but have you seen my dog Andy?

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6 years

@RosemaryCard “One of your greatest protections against making bad choices is to not put on any mask of anonymity. If you ever find yourself wanting to do so, please know it is a serious sign of danger and one of the adversary’s tools to get you to do something you should not do.” -E. Cook

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4 years

O M S II

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3 years

If any residency program decides to give me the time of day, l will promise to treat their MSK pain with OMM! I didn’t do an OMM fellowship for nothing! 😉

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2 years

Hey senior residents! The starting salary for primary care in my region is 300K. My hospital even offers a 50K signing bonus and a 10K moving allotment on top of that. There are hospital systems out there that will pay you what you’re worth and treat you with respect.

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Little man’s first bath in the sink! He shrunk down 5 soEs with his hair wet. I think he loves his mohawk too 🐶 🛁 🧼

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3 years

Like I can already tell that some peers are going to be exceptional leaders and mentors and I pray they don’t ever change and others I try to give grace to, hoping that they learn to treat people with a little more kindness. I know I would want grace extended on my rougher days.

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