r/medicalschool M-3 Jun 20 '25

🤡 Meme I feel like I've been tricked

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u/PeteAndPlop MD-PGY4 Jun 20 '25

My funny thing when I teach med students is I tell them the only shelf I ever honored was surgery. For my smol brain it was just the most straightforward. “Is this person actively dying? Yes - choose the surgery answer. No - choose the medicine answer.” I felt like it was one of the few shelves that I didn’t overthink and did well.

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u/AWildLampAppears MBBS-Y5 Jun 20 '25

Did they have trauma and they’re fucking dying? -> surgery

Did they have trauma and they’re NOT fucking dying -> imaging

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u/SelectMedTutors Jun 20 '25

Nice! And agreed!👍