On a lighter note, what residency in different specialities look like to others. A thread. 🧵

(Sightings from the POV of an observer). Feel free to add in!

#MedTwitter 👁 Ophthalmology: Writes two pages worth of findings for all retinopathy opinions but then prescribes only DM/HTN control and annual review.

Looking back at residency. What has mattered and what hasn’t. A thread 🧵

1. Ranks and marks are numbers on paper. In front of a patient, while taking a decision to save a life/ or just alleviate their apprehensions, ranks and numbers mean squat.

1/n 2. Reading, for your patient, matters. Not for your MCQs.

Questions are made on how patient present their complaints and not the other way around.

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A thread 🧵 on whether a rank >10k in #NEETPG2021 is “bad.”

Between 2k-12k is when government seats for various specialities close. 10k is an arbitrary cut-off taken by me, because that’s when most specialities close.

So if you’ve ranked 15, 20 or even 30k, is that bad?

1/n NO. A rank of 20k, 30k, 40k or even 50k is not bad! The difference in marks are minuscule. Plus, the exams don’t even test true qualities expected in a doctor - like compassion, decision making and medical ethics!

Then why does it look so bad?

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