'16 D.C. DE/TE Devante Brooks (UT commit 1/15/15)

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bowlinggreenvol said:
You can't waste a scholarship on a kid who would never even practice. Your scenario is fantasy and not rooted in reality.
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See Elisha Shaw, the kid who hurt (*broke?) his neck and ended his playing career. Saban still honored him a scholarship for being committed to the program. It's more a case-by-case basis with the NCAA when it comes to awarding medically disqualified student-athletes honorary scholarships, but when it can be done it should be done. That's all I was saying. This is not the case with Mr Brooks but if it was I would want Butch to honor the kid in a similar way.
 
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jtipto10 said:
Yo, VolsDoc! I'm about to take Step 1 in a few weeks. any good advice???
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Yes
It is only a test. No one will live or die by one of your answers.
Go out to eat and watch a good movie the night before. Studying that last night is counterproductive and will only raise doubt as well as undermine your confidence.
Practice test question time. I learned to answer each question in 45 seconds or less. It took away my chances to second guess myself.
Unless a later question gives you the correct answer, do NOT shift from your first impression/answer.

Trust yourself.
You will be a doctor soon. Learn to trust your first impressions and instincts as they are usually correct. When you stress out over the question you become your own worst enemy.
You are a VFL! We make the best docs! Because the qualities that best serve a doctor are the essence of the Volunteer spirit. (The last is just to pump you up, even if it is totally true)
This test is your beatch.

How's that?
The real test is when you are the only person available at 3AM when the patient is dying and you have no backup. That is the true test. Second day as an intern, 1st call night. Yeah buddy, I crapped a diamond, but saved the patient. Cannot believe that was almost 24 years ago. Smh :)
 
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LouderVol said:
braces aren't a magical cure. really once he tore and didn't have surgery the braces weren't "protecting" anything. the knee was still going to slip around without the ACL and tear up the cartilage (long term pain).

or maybe a better way to put it was the braces were protecting nothing in the ACL area.
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Don't believe i said cure
Can limit some movement that is painful.
 
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LouderVol said:
braces aren't a magical cure. really once he tore and didn't have surgery the braces weren't "protecting" anything. the knee was still going to slip around without the ACL and tear up the cartilage (long term pain).

or maybe a better way to put it was the braces were protecting nothing in the ACL area.
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Heyyy!!! Who's the Barber here? :aggressive:
 

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VolsDoc81TX said:
Yes
It is only a test. No one will live or die by one of your answers.
Go out to eat and watch a good movie the night before. Studying that last night is counterproductive and will only raise doubt as well as undermine your confidence.
Practice test question time. I learned to answer each question in 45 seconds or less. It took away my chances to second guess myself.
Unless a later question gives you the correct answer, do NOT shift from your first impression/answer.

Trust yourself.
You will be a doctor soon. Learn to trust your first impressions and instincts as they are usually correct. When you stress out over the question you become your own worst enemy.
You are a VFL! We make the best docs! Because the qualities that best serve a doctor are the essence of the Volunteer spirit. (The last is just to pump you up, even if it is totally true)
This test is your beatch.

How's that?
The real test is when you are the only person available at 3AM when the patient is dying and you have no backup. That is the true test. Second day as an intern, 1st call night. Yeah buddy, I crapped a diamond, but saved the patient. Cannot believe that was almost 24 years ago. Smh :)
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haha wow that was a lot more than I was expecting. Quite inspring. Thanks!

What kind of doctor are you? Right now I'm thinking I want to go into anesthesia but really I have no clue
 
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butchna said:
Ole Jim down at Jed's Automotive will do it for half the price! And you get free coffee and hard candy. :good!:
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Good post Butchna. However, it took me back to my childhood. My parents were older folks who had me later in life. Their idea of sweets when I was growing up was hard candy and homemade peanut-brittle. The kind you had to beat with a hammer to break a chunk off of. No child should ever get that at Christmas. To this day a jawbreaker releases the anger sharks in my head.

Okay, back on topic.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Yes
It is only a test. No one will live or die by one of your answers.
Go out to eat and watch a good movie the night before. Studying that last night is counterproductive and will only raise doubt as well as undermine your confidence.
Practice test question time. I learned to answer each question in 45 seconds or less. It took away my chances to second guess myself.
Unless a later question gives you the correct answer, do NOT shift from your first impression/answer.

Trust yourself.
You will be a doctor soon. Learn to trust your first impressions and instincts as they are usually correct. When you stress out over the question you become your own worst enemy.
You are a VFL! We make the best docs! Because the qualities that best serve a doctor are the essence of the Volunteer spirit. (The last is just to pump you up, even if it is totally true)
This test is your beatch.

How's that?
The real test is when you are the only person available at 3AM when the patient is dying and you have no backup. That is the true test. Second day as an intern, 1st call night. Yeah buddy, I crapped a diamond, but saved the patient. Cannot believe that was almost 24 years ago. Smh :)
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That's good stuff.:good!:
 
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jtipto10 said:
haha wow that was a lot more than I was expecting. Quite inspring. Thanks!

What kind of doctor are you? Right now I'm thinking I want to go into anesthesia but really I have no clue
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He and I both are pm&r. And everything he said was right!
 
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jtipto10 said:
haha wow that was a lot more than I was expecting. Quite inspring. Thanks!

What kind of doctor are you? Right now I'm thinking I want to go into anesthesia but really I have no clue
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Partner in an Ortho group,
Lots of musculoskeletal, sports med, and spine (tons of ESIs and other non-operative procedures)

Edit: got PainDocVol'ed :)
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Partner in an Ortho group,
Lots of musculoskeletal, sports med, and spine (tons of ESIs and other non-operative procedures)

Edit: got PainDocVol'ed :)
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Haha so I take it you're in Texas? Otherwise I'd love to shadow
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Yes
It is only a test. No one will live or die by one of your answers.
Go out to eat and watch a good movie the night before. Studying that last night is counterproductive and will only raise doubt as well as undermine your confidence.
Practice test question time. I learned to answer each question in 45 seconds or less. It took away my chances to second guess myself.
Unless a later question gives you the correct answer, do NOT shift from your first impression/answer.

Trust yourself.
You will be a doctor soon. Learn to trust your first impressions and instincts as they are usually correct. When you stress out over the question you become your own worst enemy.
You are a VFL! We make the best docs! Because the qualities that best serve a doctor are the essence of the Volunteer spirit. (The last is just to pump you up, even if it is totally true)
This test is your beatch.

How's that?
The real test is when you are the only person available at 3AM when the patient is dying and you have no backup. That is the true test. Second day as an intern, 1st call night. Yeah buddy, I crapped a diamond, but saved the patient. Cannot believe that was almost 24 years ago. Smh :)
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Thanks for the good advice. I take step 1 on June 26th.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Partner in an Ortho group,
Lots of musculoskeletal, sports med, and spine (tons of ESIs and other non-operative procedures)

Edit: got PainDocVol'ed :)
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Do you have any advice on PM&R vs family med sports? I'm pretty confident that I want to work in sports med, but I'm unsure which direction to take. I think I'd like to work in an ortho group and probably with a school (not sure at what level though). I wanted to do ortho surg for a long time, but I'm unsure. I've shadowed a few family sports guys and enjoyed it, but I'm not sure about spending 3 years training in primary care when I really want to do sports. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there are many pm&r docs in my area and I've had a little bit more trouble grasping the field.
 
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jtipto10 said:
Haha so I take it you're in Texas? Otherwise I'd love to shadow
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Arlington, TX.

Was faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (a long time ago haha).

There is a PM&R residency in Chattanooga (closest to you that I know of). Can you travel for electives?
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Arlington, TX.

Was faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (a long time ago haha).

There is a PM&R residency in Chattanooga (closest to you that I know of). Can you travel for electives?
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We can travel for electives during 4th year (Jtipto10 is my classmate)
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Arlington, TX.

Was faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (a long time ago haha).

There is a PM&R residency in Chattanooga (closest to you that I know of). Can you travel for electives?
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Can't provide any input about the profession, but I didn't realize you were in the DFW area. I was born in Plano but have lived in Memphis area for a long time. Unfortunately, some have passed away, but pretty much my whole extended family is/was around there.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Arlington, TX.

Was faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (a long time ago haha).

There is a PM&R residency in Chattanooga (closest to you that I know of). Can you travel for electives?
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We can during fourth year (as the hound said). This is what vol networking is really all about haha
 
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