Speaking for myself only as an IM intern, one of the things that is most frustrating is seeing individuals who have promoted psuedoscience throughout pandemic gain even more traction and run for office.

Those who are harming will be in bigger positions to harm.

See Dr. Oz. And the thing is that people will vote for him in massive numbers. Because he has created a brand. Because he has gotten so many "awards". Because he was created to be the "face of medicine" despite so many people screaming the contrary.

Why is dr oz still on faculty at Columbia? I feel like that should be revisited considering, ya know, he believes the pandemic response has been a hoax.

Thread of online interview tips for #Match2022

1) When you get your itinerary for IV, convert everything to your time zone immediately in a new document.

2) take notes about who is IV you, and you can keep that to side during zoom to reference notes on same screen. 3) To reduce zoom fatigue, change it so that only the person speaking is viewable, not the whole group.

4) Test all your equipment PRIOR to the event. Ensure your zoom & video software is completely updated.

5) if you are in noisy area, wear headphones.

Friendly reminder that over 1/2 of medical student’s parents make at or above 80% of American income bracket.

1 in 4 med student’s parents are >95%ile for income. (>225,000 annually)

Only 5% of med student’s parents make the lowest income quintile. I can’t tell you how many ways this matters. Medicine selects for wealthy people because of the barriers needed to even get to apply.

Imagine taking the McAT amid covid, having to reschedule 4-5x. That’s what applicants did last year.

Quite literally: half med parents = rich