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I am thrilled to announce that I will be spending the next 3 years learning emergency medicine at @CooperEMed! #Match2024 #EMBound @WCUCOMDO
Alissa Mitchell, DO
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Alissa Mitchell, DO
@AlissaMitche11
EM PGY-2, wheeling and dealing in turkey sandwiches and harm reduction (She/Her)
Camden, NJ
Joined March 2020
- I think every woman in a professional role has heard, “just wear the female equivalent of a button down and khakis” when asking about a dress code. Today, however, one of our chiefs told the men they could wear, “whatever outfit would be equivalent to a sundress,” and I cackled👗
- Me: Hi, I'm the med student Patient (works in medicine): what are you going into? Me: EM Patient: So an ER nurse? Me: no, a doctor Patient: So are you applying to med school or PA school? Me: I will be a doctor in 6 months Patient: a doctor of... Me: ...medicine 🤦♀️
- I had a patient with a rare disease and when I met her she said “no students, I have X and don’t feel like explaining it.” To which I said, “I totally understand, I do know of X tho,” she was intrigued so I asked her some specific questions about her specific presentation.
- I struggled in the transition to medical school. I was lonely and far from home. Enter Merle, a cat full of personality. We did everything together. She traveled, studied, and would put me to bed if it was too late. Today she died. Sad to make this transition without her 💕
- Replying to @AlissaMitche11I only knew the details because I had just taken Step 2, and after we bonded she said “I will keep you but you will now explain my disease to the rest of them.” So I did. I really liked her. She was my first patient that trusted me, not just my team. I really love medicine.
- I had ACLS yesterday. During the class, the instructor set up a scenario of a tension pneumo but you're not on shift and don't have a needle to decompress. The EM fellow next to me said, "unlikely, I always carry one," then pulled a 5in IV out of his jeans pocket 💀 #medtwitter
- If I talked to patients like the boards wanted me to: Patient: So, what are the results of my biopsy? Me: Why don't you tell me what you know about death and dying?
- Me: ever have any issues with your lungs, heart, or blood? Patient: nope Preceptor: Hi Patient: I’ve had 4 heart attacks, a PE, and sometimes I cough up blood #medstudenttwitter
- Replying to @DianaDee16The acronym was just for the character count of the tweet. I always say emergency medicine 🚑
- Replying to @jtrebachI had a doctor say “watch this,” to a group of nurses and then say “repeated cases of angioedema can be caused by?” And we all in unison said “c1 esterase inhibitor deficiency” and then he said “see, they know tricks!”
- Hi, my name is Alissa, I am a 4th year, and I finally know the difference between pemphigus vulgarus and bullous pemphigoid. please clap.
- Being a med student is weird because some doctors feel obligated to share EVERYTHING they’ve ever learned. So on a given Tuesday you’re like, “yes, I will review the indications for steroid use in septic shock and remember to get my partner to sign a prenup, thank you.”
