Is Mask-Wearing Contagious? Residency Rank List Parties; Raw Milk Misinfo

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Can wearing a mask be … contagious? Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, noticed that other passengers on his flight took the social cue to don their masks after seeing him wearing one.

Which surgeries would orthopedic doctors dread having to get? These surgeons candidly shared their picks.

“It’s sad and frustrating to not be able to solve the world’s biggest problems,” said Julia Carter, MD, MPH, sharing a professional anecdote about the impact of social determinants of health.

Anesthesiologist Tiffany Moon, MD, emphasized that “what you choose to do on your off-time from the hospital does not have any bearing on how good of a doctor you are,” whether partaking in social media, music festivals, or other interests.

A Yale School of Public Health TikTok video made late-night TV news when host Taylor Tomlinson shared the institution’s post about Silly Bandz and pap smears.

Ahead of #Match2024, these medical students revealed their residency rank lists in a creative presentation party.

Medical student @lifewithsumyia on when the world of guilty-pleasure television intersects with med school.

What does a night in the life of an emergency department (ED) nurse look like? Rush Medical Center went viral for documenting 24 hours in the ED, OR, and medical surgical floor.

Family medicine physician Noha Aboelata, MD, alleged inconsistency in the approach to COVID antigen testing: “Anyone else find it disingenuous to make antigen tests too expensive for most, then say people aren’t really using them, so we’re going to remove their use from the guidelines?”

“When it comes to raw milk in pregnancy, the risks FAR outweigh the benefits,” said ob/gyn @pagingdrfran, responding to a video where a “crunchy pregnant mama” purports to drink raw milk and eat sushi against medical advice.

Pediatric psychiatrist Kali Hobson, MD, shared examples of how implicit bias can manifest in medical documentation.

“Should you become a surgeon?” Chief general surgery resident Daisy Sanchez, MD, honestly addressed the question and shared some of the very real struggles in training.

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