The U Dub Scrub

All about OB/GYN!

This episode covers two sides of OB/GYN- the first half Leah and Mitch sit down with two UW OB/GYN 3^rd year residents, Drs. Anna Curtin and Noah Qualls. They discuss how they chose their field, what they love about an academic residency program, and even tips for medical students applying into the field. The second half we sit down with Dr. Thomas deHoop, a clinical instructor for UW students on their 3^rd year OB/GYN clerkship in Kalispell, Montana who has won several awards for teaching and as a physician. He discusses how his more rural practice differs from his prior experience, misconceptions about the field, and much more!  

Disclaimer: no names of real patients were used by any of the interviewees to protect their identities.  

Out of Hospital Emergency Medicine with Dr. Fiona Gallahue

Our guest for Episode 6 is Dr. Fiona Gallahue, an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Program Director of the UW Emergency Medicine Residency Program.  We sit down with Dr. Gallahue and discuss the basics of out of hospital emergency care.  Dr. Gallahue gives us some tips on how to handle the dreaded in-flight medical emergency, what to do if you are ever involved in an a cardiac arrest outside the hospital and some of the basic principles behind out of hospital triage.  Enjoy!

 

Resources & More Learning

In-Flight Medical Emergencies

Martin-Gill C, Doyle TJ, Yealy DM. In-Flight Medical Emergencies. JAMA 2018;320(24):2580–90.

Nable JV, Tupe CL, Gehle BD, Brady WJ. In-Flight Medical Emergencies during Commercial Travel. New England Journal of Medicine 2015;373(10):939–45.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation & Naloxone

Brady WJ, Mattu A, Slovis CM. Lay Responder Care for an Adult with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. New England Journal of Medicine 2019;381(23):2242–51.

Castren M. The Future of Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [Internet]. SMACC Sydney. 2018 [cited 2020 Mar 16];Available from: https://smacc.net.au/2018/08/the-future-of-out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest/

Chang I, Lee SC, Shin SD, et al. Effects of dispatcher-assisted bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation on neurological recovery in paediatric patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest based on the pre-hospital emergency medical service response time interval. Resuscitation 2018;130:49–56.

Clark AK, Wilder CM, Winstanley EL. A Systematic Review of Community Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Programs. Journal of Addiction Medicine 2014;8(3):153–63.

Fischer P, Krueger JI, Greitemeyer T, et al. The bystander-effect: A meta-analytic review on bystander intervention in dangerous and non-dangerous emergencies. Psychological Bulletin 2011;137(4):517–37.

Scott G, Barron T, Gardett I, et al. Can a Software-Based Metronome Tool Enhance Compression Rate in a Realistic 911 Call Scenario Without Adversely Impacting Compression Depth for Dispatcher-Assisted CPR? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2018;33(4):399–405.

Trauma & Triage

Christian MD. Triage. Critical Care Clinics 2019;35(4):575–89.

Harmsen AMK, Giannakopoulos GF, Moerbeek PR, Jansma EP, Bonjer HJ, Bloemers FW. The influence of prehospital time on trauma patients outcome: A systematic review. Injury 2015;46(4):602–9.

Interview with the legendary Dr. Hugh Foy

Dr. Hugh Foy was a Professor of Surgery in Trauma, Burn and Critical Care Surgery at Harborview Medical Center and was a central figure at Harborview for almost 40 years before he retired last September.  Dr. Foy was recognized as UW Teacher of the Year four times, earning the title of Teacher Superior in Perpetuity.    

We talk with Dr. Foy about his interesting path to medical school and his journey becoming a burn surgeon.  We also talked touched on some interesting Harborview history, his time as Program Director for the UW department of surgery,  becoming the head of UW Medicine's Wind River College, his infamous stinkflipper story and much much more!  

It's contagious! A discussion with Dr. Paul Pottinger about specializing in infectious disease, learning antibiotics and antimicrobial stewardship and mountaineering

We sit down with Dr. Paul Pottinger, infectious disease and tropical medicine specialist at the University of Washington for an engaging discussion about working in the field of infectious disease. We also get Dr. Pottinger's advice on learning and clinical resources for using antibiotics, and what antimicrobial stewardship, the future of antimicrobial resistance and how we--as future medical professionals--can be good stewards! We also get to hear about Dr. Pottinger's mountain climbing 'hobby', which includes summiting the tallest mountain on every continent! 

We also have a brief announcement from UWSOM's Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG) about their upcoming Vaccine Hesitancy Panel on April 25th, 2019

Show notes here: https://theudubscrub.podbean.com/p/its-contagious-infectious-disease-with-paul-pottinger/?token=9fa32ed29199b4ef9e8f0a79be94cd06 

Photo Credit: Dr. Paul Pottinger

USMLE Step 1 - Tips and tricks

UW AOA Honor Society members Emilie Jacobsen, Caitlin Crimp, and Kate McNevin answer the commonly asked questions about Step 1. Discover how to prepare for one of the most important tests in your medical career from the students who scored within the top one third of their class. Learn about what the test is (1:33-2:51), the best resources (2:53-10:11), how to study for Step 1 (10:12-32:00), and more!

*Detailed timeline and resources mentioned here!

Hosts: Caitlin Crimp, Kate McNevin, Emilie Jacobson

Disclosure: All Step 1 study products mentioned in this podcast reflect only the opinions and experiences of the students discussing them. The U Dub Scrub, University of Washington School of Medicine or Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society did not receive any compensation from any company or organization mentioned in this episode. TL;DR- Nothing to disclose.

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

 

 

From the Interview Trail - First-hand advice from UWSOM medical students interviewing for residency

After graduating from medical school, to become physicians medical students must complete residency training. To get into residency, students apply, interview at several programs, and submit a rank list for the programs they interviewed at, then be selected by a program via 'The Match'. We hear from MS4s in the midst of the residency application process. 

[ o ] Cover photo: Joey Csunyo

 

Interview with Dr. Paauw - Clerkship Director for Internal Medicine

For our first episode we interviewed Dr. Doug Paauw the Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine Clerkship at UWSOM (since 1991!). Tune-in to hear tips for success in the internal medicine clerkship (including oral case presentation skills), recommendations for medical students interested in a career in IM and an all around inspiring discussion of the incredible journey we take as medical students!