Griffin and Dylon are back from their hiatus and in new roles as rheumatologist and pulmonary-critical care doctors-in-training. Maybe the additional sleep they are getting in this stage of training is why the sound quality improved… We may never know without advanced diagnostic testing.

Further reading:

1. Dylon and Bre's favorite restaurant in Boston

2. Mortality in septic joints – “In the literature, the reported mortality rate for SA ranges from 4 to 42% with values as high as 50% in polyarticular disease”

B. The spinal fluid, aqueous humor, and bladder urine remain sterile at a time when the knee joints contain pneumococci. Subsequently, however, they may be invaded.”

4. Demonstration of knee joint aspiration and

5. Odesza could be the soundtrack of your Summer

6. Suits trailer

7. Keep an eye out for Bre Duffy on the podcast "Learning with Lowell"

This episode marks the end of Griffin and Dylon’s residency…

If you are worried that the podcast is finished, DON’T WORRY! Like Marvel super heroes, Griffin and Dylon will return...! Keep an eye on this feed for more info

1. Boundary waters canoe area

2. Garfield Ridge trail and Galehead hut hike

3. NPR News Story on why medical residency unions

This week Sean Smith joins the show to talk about the ups and downs hospital medicine and what it takes to be the Tom Brady of the hospital.

Rounding list:

-Unsolicited medical advice: the best summer jobs for pre-med students

-Continuing medical education: heart failure

Background for topics mentioned in the show:

1.  Wellesley Scream Tunnel

2. Camp Knutson (Donate here: https://www.lssmn.org/campknutson/get-involved/donate)

3. Dungeons and Dragons Movie

4. Party Down

5. Brooklyn 99

Ask a question for the show like our #1 fan Morgan Timm: [email protected]

This week Griffin is joined by Alex Doering, a family medicine resident at UMass Worcester. They chat about the sustainability of outpatient medicine, work-life balance, and… beer salsa?

Unsolicited medical advice: what to do the summer before med school

Ethics consult: cutting in line at a starbucks

Also, you just got a secure chat, and they’re asking you to check out these links STAT:

Jiro Dreams of Sushi and the Japanese idea of Shokunin (the pursuit of perfecting a skill over a lifetime or a millenium)

Falling for Christmas (not a great movie)

Griffin's recommendation for this week: The Adventure Zone and You’re Wrong About

This week, the original bad boys of medicine are back and offer their most punk-rock takes on characteristics of attending physicians and artificial intelligence in medicine. On the B-side, the medical students of the internet call an ethics consult on Trojan-horse sugary beverages, and we offer unsolicited medical advice to a medical student experiencing the hard knocks of being on a team with gunners for the first time.

Our feedback on your evaluation: Continue reading

- Kevin MD Chat GPT article: https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/01/revolutionizing-medicine-how-chatgpt-is-changing-the-way-we-think-about-health-care.html

- The Last of Us on HBO Max

- Physical 100 on Netflix

- Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo on Netflix

Make your voice heard! E-mail discussion topics and comments to [email protected]

This week Griffin co-hosts with fellow resident, basketball teammate, and heart enthusiast, Ayan Purkayastha. The boys talk about hearts, basketball, the heart required to play basketball, and the CASPER situational judgement assessment test for admissions to medical school. Ayan also answers the age-old-question: Kobe or ‘Bron?

1. Ayan’s Earth Science podcast from college “The 3rdPlanet”

2. CASPER test tutorial

3. The Redeem Team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMmfRJdPPoE

Get a question on the show – email [email protected]

This week, bowel-enthusiast, Jon Ho, joins to discuss tracks through practicing medicine of the GI-tract and why it is so competitive to become a doctor that looks at butts all day. Jon and Griffin also graciously share their wisdom with the medical neophytes of Student Doctor Network in the new segment “Unsolicited medical advice”.

Special foley (audio not catheter) appearance by Rosie the dog who adds background noise including collar shaking and rolling on the ground asking for belly rubs from pets. The affection of dog truly can be the best medicine – you’re welcome.

This week Griffin chats with James Pathoulas – rising dermatology resident at Stanford and medical Tik-Toker (find him on TikTok @HairByJames).

Special shout out to our high school teacher and mentor Jeff Kujath without whom neither of us would have gotten to where we are today.

Cumulative life score impact scores of alopecia areata: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ced.14597

Impact of acne on adolescent quality of life: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699905/

Dr. Glaucomflecken: https://www.tiktok.com/@drglaucomflecken?lang=en

EHN JEY on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/16iDHlJBB5MXm8fYXRVglJ

This week, Griffin and Dylon discuss what it means when a hospital is above 100% capacity and what it feels like to work in that environment. Notable examples in Providence are the recent "triple pandemic" with RSV, Flu and Covid as well as the 2003 Station night club fire in providence which resulted in over 100 severe burn injuries that were triaged and treated in Providence. 

Read more about the Station night club fire:

1. Just the basics on wikipedia

2. From a doctors perspective

3. In depth 20 year retrospective from CBS

Link to our theme song by John Sib

Dylon and Griffin chat about what outpatient medicine is like as a resident and share some of their favorite spooky media for the Halloween season. SpOoKy!

The cultured meat organization Bre is visiting Thailand for in partnership with the United Nations is New Harvest. Way to go Bre - we are proud of you!