Medical Professionals

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This is a community for physicians, PAs, NPs, Nurses, Paramedics, EMTs, CNAs, LPNs, students of medical disciplines, and folks interested in joining the field.

Rules: 1. No discrimination, bigotry, intolerance, or harassment allowed. Instances of such behavior will be deleted, and users with multiple offenses will be banned.

2. Please do not post personal medical questions here. Case reports for discussion are fine, but if you're looking for medical advice, you should consult a physician IRL. If you are trying to figure out what kind of specialist to go to, post a comment to the pinned post.

3. No marketing or advertising of commercial products. Recommendations based on personal experience for educational resources are fine, but outright advertisement is not.

4. Be rad to each other. This field is rough enough as it is, no need to tear each other down. If you have a critical opinion of something, present your arguments as critique of policies or practices in a respectful manner. (e.g. discussions about scope of practice for APPs)

5. PLEASE REPORT THINGS THAT BREAK THE RULES! (At the moment, there is one of me, and I am a medical student with pudding for brains and slim to none in the way of free time [yay clinicals!], so help me out here :D)

6. Flag NSFW/NSFL posts appropriately. If you've been in the field more than a couple months, you've probably got your own little pile of PTSD already, but give folks a warning if you're going to be talking about gnarly stuff. Not everyone is in a good headspace to deal with trauma-dumping or over-sharing. (Note: Discussions of painful or traumatic experiences are allowed, just give folks a heads up before they click.)

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Introductions and looking for friends! (midwest.social)

submitted 3 days ago by medgremlin@midwest.social to c/medical_professionals@midwest.social

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Post here with your title/role/qualifications and whatnot if you want to. If you want to post a region or field to look for folks in your area to network a bit, this is the place to do it!

Be respectful of people's privacy and do not dig for details. Put a note in the top of your comment if you are open to messages and/or questions.

Medical system navigation post! (midwest.social)

submitted 3 days ago by medgremlin@midwest.social to c/medical_professionals@midwest.social

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(At the moment, this is likely to be America-centric for system questions unless/until we get more international representation.)

Please post queries here if you are looking for advice on what kind of specialist to seek out for medical problems. Keep descriptions of the medical concern in question brief, and limit discussion of personal details.

THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN/PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR HELP NAVIGATING THE MEDICAL SYSTEM.

Resources to share with patients (midwest.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by medgremlin@midwest.social to c/medical_professionals@midwest.social

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I'm currently in my Family Med clinical rotation, and our professor has us working on social determinants of health stuff for the didactic/academic portion. To that end, she sent us some resources and then I dug up a bunch more, so I wanted to share links to the resources I found in case anyone finds them useful in their practice for helping patients with SDOH needs.

Unfortunately, these are all going to be American resources, but hopefully they'll be helpful to someone.

If there are any other resources you know about, please share them in the comments! This stuff is so important for healthcare access, but they can be really hard to track down sometimes.