r/InternalMedicine

Welcome! I mean it. I love working with new interns. check these out. They will make a difference for you.

• MDCalc: every clinical score you'll ever need. Free
• OpenEvidence: 100% get this! . Free and awesome!
• UpToDate: check if your hospital gives you access
• Epocrates: quick drug and interaction reference.
• NEJM "Videos in Clinical Medicine" — watch this before you do a procedure
• Thedailystat.com — a daily board-style question sent to you by email
• The White Coat Investor (book + free blog). Honestly I wish i had learned about this before

Everyone, please feel free to add to my list

hiii i am an img that matched into IM. just started my intern year this last week, does anybody have like a guideline for cerner?? i have so many problems with that emr. i dont really understand the emr plz.

Hello! Writing my PS right now, my whole thing is that I want to do primary care but only for adults which is why I’m applying IM, is it okay to focus my PS on primary care? Worried because I know most people go into IM to subspecalize or do hospitalist

MS4 here looking to match NYC IM, preferably an academic program. Unfortunately got a much lower STEP 2 than anticipated (245). Looking to see who might take me in NYC

Stats:

Mid/low-tier MD program in NY

STEP 2 245 / STEP 1 pass

Honors on most rotations, HP on 2

Research: 8 pubs, 10 posters

Letters: should be solid (my Sub-I attending said I was the best student he's worked with so that letter should be glowing)

Leadership: president/founder of a club, director of a patient services program

Are there any NYC academic programs that I have a shot at? Does a 245 STEP 2 mean I have no shot at the big 4 NYC programs (Cornell, NYU, Columbia, Sinai)?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for advice from people who struggled with standardized exams but ultimately passed the ABIM.
I have about a year to prepare, and I really want to use this time wisely. If you were someone who needed a more structured approach, could you please share exactly what resources you used and what your study schedule looked like?

My goal is to do everything possible over the next year to maximize my chances of passing. I really appreciate any tips or study plans that worked for you. Thank you so much!

Hi everyone! About to start IM residency but I haven't done floors in a while, so wanted to a solid refresher and practice course in CXR and EKGs. Common stuff and zebras and just lots of practice material and questions. Any recommebdations?

I am newly out of residency and relatively naive, but I’ve been struggling recently at job #1 and basically am trying to find out whether I’m being a whiny bitch or whether this job is too demanding for me. Or maybe it’s both lol.

Being as transparent as possible, the location of the clinic is fantastic, great city, generally decent staff. When I was onboarded, I was told I would have an MA and should plan to have 16-18 encounters daily. Because our clinic is flexible, they do let us shift around hours. I’m signed for 36 patient facing hours, but was allowed to double book during a 4 day work week to make up for the four hours I would normally have to work on my admin day.

Well, we’re over 6 months in and I’m “fully ramped up” with an open schedule, but I’m regularly booking 20-25 people. Granted, there are no shows, but the front is very diligent about filling all the slots they can. Because I’m the new kid, I’m also usually the first choice for any kind of same day/acute visit that crops up so if I get luck and start at 17, I might end the day with 25 because of add ons through the day.

Also, we have yet to hire an MA (not for lack of trying to be fair) for me which means more paperwork/inbox stuff that I don’t get as much support with.

Apparently, while booking solidly in the 20s, I’m being told I’m only at 80% capacity and need to get my numbers up, which I’m honestly just not sure I’m mentally capable of.

The pay is 275k with decent benefits but I’m honestly considering a pay cut to scale back or tbh looking at other options. I know the inpatient folks around here usually have 20-25 people on their lists so that’s not stellar either.

I’m a little at a loss and am trying to figure out whether I just make peace with this situation or if you guys think it’s worth finding greener pastures. I know primary care is a shitshow all around, but I don’t have any friends in the field I could ask.

Thank you guys so much for any opinions and thoughts you have to offer!

i need to study for internal medicine boards, i need resources mainly videos to help me understand because textbooks are not it