Medgeeks

Hey Medgeeks! Today, we've just gone ahead and released our next training discussing labs and glucose disorders in the emergency department. 

Specifically, we'll be going over...
✅Troponin
✅CK-MB
✅Creatine Kinase (CK)
✅BUN/Cr
✅Pro calcitonin
✅D-dimer
✅Lactic acid
✅WBC
✅TSH
✅ESR/CRP
✅Hgb
✅VBG/ABG

Enjoy and we'd love to hear your feedback! Click the link in our bio -> or use the URL below:
https://www.medgeek.co/emergency-medicine

😂...What do you indulge yourself with?

Hey Medgeeks...we just dropped our next training: Antibiotic Stewardship!

Eric spends an hour discussing antibiotics, an ever popular topic..
We hope you walk away with some pearls to help in your decision making as to when and how to prescribe:
https://www.medgeek.co/emergency-medicine or click the link in the bio 🤓.

Enjoy!
-Andrew

I mean... 😅.

All jokes aside learning a new skill as a student is tough! I mean medicine is a whole new language in it of itself. Then to add the complexity of learning new sounds - whoah.

I can definitely remember a few times the attending had me listen to a murmur and asking me to classify what I was hearing. Classify? I could barely hear the darn thing! Haha.

But like anything, the more you practice and the more work you put in, the better you’ll be. Don’t give up 💪🏼.

-Andrew

We just published a brand new free training for those of you in school and/or prepping for the boards. Get it free. Link in our bio ->

Dr. Finney was recently asked why she went into cardiology and she replied:
"I had an influential teacher who made it very fun, fascinating, and interesting. Although I liked various parts of medicine, I was very drawn after the influence of that person.

It never really let me down and was always fun and fascinating.

It was also quite logical. Many parts of cardiology interact together and so even if you don't absolutely remember everything, you can many times puzzle out what you can expect to be the answer. This was very satisfying to me.

But, also it became radically different right when I entered cardiology. Angioplasty really got going and so it was very intervention heavy; you had to have a very surgical mentality. To my shock I found I could in fact be like that as well.

I really enjoyed making the diagnosis. But, I also enjoyed being able to provide a solution and make people feel better. The other thing about cardiology, which you'll find out, is that there are many parts of cardiology that are quite visual. There are also many procedures which are also visually oriented and help us really understand what is going on."
Dr. Finney created an amazing lecture for those in our anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology program, to provide an introduction to cardiac anatomy, physiology, and imaging.

Today, I want to share that 2 hour training with you!

Click to watch free -> https://medgeeks.co/articles/cardiac-anatomy-physiology-and-imaging

I think you'll learn a lot and for those of you thinking about cardiology, it's a must watch!

Dr. Finney will first start off talking about symptoms.

Sooner or later as we learn the physiology and anatomy, she'll circle back to actual patient problems, and how they present as a disease.

One of the things Dr. Finney learned in her field, is that it's easy to be fooled in cardiology in two ways:

1. There's a plethora of symptoms; not just chest pain!

2. Although it's important you learn some of the classic presentations of each disease process, you'll soon learn that in clinical practice, patients present with a spectrum of presentations. In fact, very few are actual "classic" presentations.

Watch the full lecture: https://medgeeks.co/articles/cardiac-anatomy-physiology-and-imaging

Whether you're a physician assistant or nurse practitioner, working primary care can be a challenge.

It can be especially difficult since most don't attend a residency program to further their education.

Therefore going from student to a new grad handling all your own patients carries a steep learning curve.

You may not know this, but there’s a huge misconception about how to excel in primary care.

Most clinicians think there are only two options:
 
• On the job training
• A formal residency program

But, there's a third way, which will allow you attend a residency like program, without taking a pay cut or relocating. 

Our primary care mentorship program will provide you with guidance, coupled with a structured curriculum that will exponentially allow you to learn faster so that you can give the best patient care.

It’s your job to be as prepared as possible and the faster you can master primary care medicine, the better off you and your patients will be. 

If you’re interested in learning how master the medical and procedural concepts you’re expected to know, then click the link in our bio to learn more ->

The price will be increasing after tonight 11:59 pm PST. Make sure to click the link before then

Can we give a hand to all our night shifters out there? 🙋🏽‍♂️.

Working nights these past three years have been awesome, but also challenging in many ways. We all work nights for different reasons. Some of us do it as a means to get our foot in the door, some just function better at night, or maybe it’s the increased autonomy.

Regardless, the bottom line remains the same: somebody’s gotta do it. Patients don’t stop getting sick just because the sun goes down.

However it doesn’t come without a price. Aside from throwing our circadian rhythm into the trash, working night shift has been associated with increased risk of cancers, heart disease, obesity, and depression to name a few.

But we do it for our careers, we do it for our patients.

So to all my night shifters: keep pushing on. You’re crushing it. No hospital system could function you. Our patients wouldn’t survive without you. So have that extra cup of coffee, take your tums, stifle that yawn, and continue to make a difference.

-
Medgeeks Educator

Aside from being categorized by size, they are also categorized by origin:

●Gonadotroph adenomas
●Thyrotroph adenomas
●Corticotroph adenomas
●Lactotroph adenomas
●Somatotroph adenomas
●Lactotroph/somatotroph adenoma

Do you have any interesting pituitary adenoma cases? We'd love to hear them!

Failing. 

It's something we've all done at some point in our careers.

The problem with failing, is that if you don't have someone to help guide you, you might think it means you're a failure.

The number one thing I have to remind someone whenever they fail an exam, is that it doesn't define you.

Failing a standardized exam, doesn't equate to being a poor clinician. 

Although it doesn't dictate your success in practice, it's still an obstacle you need to overcome.

Although knowledge is an important determining factor, there's a bit more to it. 

Students and clinicians tend to overcomplicate things. Just take a look at what one of our client's had to say about working with us.

How is it possible to jump 75 points? 

Because she followed our high yield immersion strategy.

Interested in getting ahead just like Nathalie? DM us "mentorship" and we'll show you how we can help you get the same results!