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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medgremlin@midwest.social

Introductions and looking for friends! (midwest.social)

submitted 1 month 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!

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[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wanted to create an atmosphere closer to the "water cooler hangout" type thing where we can interact with each other as fellow humans that all happen to be medical professionals with shared experiences and perspectives. The Medicine community seems more like a place for sharing articles/studies and the like than what I'm aiming for with a bigger emphasis on camaraderie and support.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Makes sense :)

That's what I wanted to see in !medicine@mander.xyz, but not being in the field currently myself it was hard to get discussions going, so I stuck to sharing articles I came across. Feel free to use the community as you'd like, I'd be happy just having a space for camaraderie / support / career discussions regardless of which community it happens on. Thanks for getting this going!