/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15310962
>Med workers could plausibly be relegated to watching over the AI

I think you and I share similar concerns over the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence. I completely agree.

By the time AI subsumes medicine, I can see many other industries that will have already fallen before it (mostly for feasibility, practicality, and the legal risk you mention). Such a dramatic usurping of industries by AI would be catastrophic, no?

>>15310857
It's hard to explain how unlikely it is that a robot could perform surgery without showing you surgery. There are just so many variables to consider. I suppose it *is* possible in the same sense that an AI with similar (or greater) learning capabilities compared to a human could do it... It's just a lot more involved when compared to other processes in the medical field.

>>15306559
I think boomer doctors would try to sell out the profession to AI if they could earn more money by volume. However, younger docs *should* gatekeep the profession.

The most "AI proof" jobs are jobs that require technical skills like surgical subspecialties.

>>15307111
Fungi rarely cause disease in immunocompetent individuals.

>>15303642
Just filter me. I'm trying to offer consistent info for younger or soon-to-be medfags

>>15306472
Eh, you should be fine. I think I did a hot pass through UWorld a week before. Your rotations should be preparation enough.

>>15307864
Where was this at? Primary care office? If so, it doesn't matter. It might be a bit weird if they were in an ortho office or sport med lol. The world of medical education and using patients to "practice" skills is a necessary part of medical education. There's essentially no harm to letting the student perform a non-invasive exam and these skills are going to be important as you move forward in your career. The same ethical dilemma happens when a patient needs an airway- do I take the procedure, knowing that I'm the most likely person to succeed? No. I need to let my learners try first.

>>15309196
PICU here. It's primarily considered serious if you, due to your underlying medical status, needed ventilatory support. If you can imagine, taking a patient off of a ventilator too early is dangerous because re-intubating is always harder than intubating a native airway. Glad you recovered well. ICU delerium is a very well known and difficult to treat phenomenon; the real treatment is getting the patient out of the fucking hospital.

>>15309394
Re-take, be prepared to explain why. Dominate step 2. Consider extra research. Be realistic with your options and make yourself the best candidate you can.

>>15302804
I'm an idiot. I thought you were literally talking about your chin growth (like you wanted a manlier chin). Beard growth is mostly driven by androgens and lucky genetics.

>>15302784
I suspect engineers have higher than usual acceptance rates. You just need to complete the prerequisites. One of my colleagues was a former engineer.

>>15302300
You kidding? Let him pass. I'm fully on board when patients want to let go.

>>15302352
Yikes

>>15302611
Of course. Outpatient is mostly maintenance. Inpatient is where you get initial diagnosis and management which is very interesting. Also, one psych I know did a lot of group and individual therapy.

Most psychs i've met are happy with it.

>>15286868
I'm a board certified pediatrician. I think you should at least self select out of medicine. If you end up not doing so, I encourage you to consider suicide.

>>15302649
It's complex, but GH and ILGF-I are the big ones. Still, you can only battle genetics so much.

>>15301781
I'm already a mentor to a few medial students and a few residents. About to interview for an associate program director role for the residency too, which I hope goes well. Goal is to make residency not a fucking hellish experience in any way I can.

I do wish you the best in your journey, Anon. If I can help on here, I will.

>>15301237
In general, yes. But Osler would say that a doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient.

Peds ICU/Pulm here. Willing to answer questions. Got called to the NICU today to do a difficult intubation on a kid with unknown genetic syndrome born at 27 weeks with microstomia and retrognathia. Kid's mouth was maybe the diameter of my pinky and couldn't fit the 00 Miller. I ended up tubing him by loading the ETT on to a 2.2 bronchoscope. Tight fit but worked out. Who knows if the kid is neuro-gorked.

Also, had another interesting case in clinic of a kid with rare neuromuscular disorder who is one of five kids in the world with the disease. Got off the phone with a doc in Singapore, Duke, and Germany to discuss respiratory management which is pretty cool.

My research mentor (and, life mentor) from fellowship also invited me to join him on the Dept's dime to attend a super fucking exclusive conference in an incredibly niche field (something like 50 attendees). I'm very geeked. It's so niche that if I were to share the subject matter you could probably look me/him up in the brochure. It's also super nice because everyone sort of knows eachother in the field and we end up spending a nice week in europe as part of the experience. Looking forward to it.

>>11015991
? Because anesthesiologists are giving the pre-procedural antibiotics.

>>11015428
Yes. Not worth it. Not because it was a bad lay, but if you don't marry said fucking nurse (or even if you do) your business is ALL over your workplace. Don't shit where you eat. Thankfully I did it as a resident, so I'm outta there.

>>11019014
So it's not too late, but can I recommend against it? I'm an actual fucking doctor and the life is *not* as glamorous as you think it is. Can you imagine yourself being happy doing anything other than medicine? Do that thing.

>>11019019
The pay is heavily skewed by academic settings/pay which are traditionally subsidized by other sources of revenue. Neurologists do fine.

>>11019829
Do your exam. Don't apologize. Let your colleagues get upset. Care less about what they say.

>>11019921
>btw when they cry is when pulmonary auscultation is at it's greatest

Lol. No.

>>11022295
There is no "the" doctor. Everyone will ask for help. Every specialty needs a friend. The point is finding those things you like to do the most while being able to cope with the parts of the specialty that you dislike.

>>11005997
>Anesthesia for research

The fuck?

>>11012548
The WHO estimates (IIRC) >80% include partial or total clitorectomy. The fuck are you talking about.

>>11011523
Because data shows that only one dose of prophylactic Abx reduces SSI compared to multiple doses or post-operative dosing.

Actual pediatrician here.

Opposed to circumcision. I don't circumcise and tell my parents that up front. I also recommend against it. I don't present it as a "you might consider this option versus the next", I flat out discourage it.

Here's what to do to stop circumcision:

1. Get the government to stop paying for it.

2. Have more non-Jewish and non-evangelical members of the AAP reinforce a policy against it. Right now there is so much "muh religious heritage" that circumcision is still defended.

These two things will make the biggest change. Obviously, if there was a cultural incentive, that would be better. But I'm under no illusions that mothers will stop asking to cut their children.

Now, all of that being said, there *are* circumstances where circumcision is a valuable intervention (certain urogenital anomalies, grade III or greater hydronephrosis, etc). It is *not* valuable as a routine (do it to every baby boy) procedure.

How physicians (aka glorified applied body engineers) write it.

>>10462011
>>if you wanna be a doctor, you need straight A's
SO you'd like to know that the doctor cutting into you and making sure you survive got C's in college?!?!?

i'm 2nd year med student and my research in cog-neuro have shown me that IQ is an outdated predictor of success.

Instead it's a personality trait called conscientiousness and working memory.

These are two areas that I am working on improving in myself. Dual n Back tests have been proven to improve working memory.

Anyone else fuck with this shit?

Also, I've been fucking with nootropics.

>>10460836
i was a physics major, i did research in cosmology. it required me to learn python and eventually lead to machine learning.

now i have obtained skills that enable me to expand my job prospects unlike anything else.

my recommendation for you is not textbooks. it's research. go do research. honestly, i didn't even understand the math in my courses until i did research.

>>10459796
>radiology
don't do radiology, the job will be completely outsourced in 5-10 years.


>>10459878
>Waiting on one more medical school to get back to me after an interview. Waitlisted elsewhere. Hopefully everything works out for me this cycle, I'd rather not waste time during a gap year. Send me your energy anons

good luck bro. i go to nyu med, was waitlisted at harvard, straight rejected at JHU.

>>10459879
because medicine is not about curing diseases, it's about alleviating pain.

>>10460781
if you wanna be a doctor, you need A's. there's no way around it.

i hated pre-med because it discouraged me from pursuing a double major in physics and biochem.

i still made it though with a 100th percentile MCAT score and a 3.5

>>10460659
>>10461945
i wanna do cog-neuro, but only 3 programs exist and they take 2 people each.

>>10455653
used to write my own notes in my notebooks. still do for really new conceptual stuff. i have a three monitor setup so i have 1-3 textbooks open for the material, and google image search/wiki open all at once.

i then write notes from all sources to ensure i have the most accurate info.

>>10455627
i've been using anki for 4 years man...

and i use shared decks.

easily thousands.

>>10455484
cloze deletions are the shit. you can write notes basically for one card and turn it into 5-6.

also props on getting latex to work so well.

>>10455601
jailbreak it and then install it.

or buy it.

you can alwasy just download it on your computer and use that.

>>10455578
yeah, i'm in med school. i write my notes straight into anki cards. i review them on my phone. it's literally a hack.

>>10439875
it's cool bro, that shit doesn't matter later on in physics when you're writing machine learning algorithms to find exoplanets or something.

t. physics and biochem major

I have to learn Probability and Statistics for Bioinformatics. Any recommendations/suggestions? Or should I just stick to Udemy?