How to Ace Your Rheumatology Interview

Never leave home without a journal

[AlphaOneActual]

Except that one time House discovered it was Lupus… incredible episode

[louisryes]

I just want to say that I got to medical school (UK College of Medicine), and today we had a Halloween party, and about 10 of my classmates dressed up as you (one classmates who wants to become a neurologist dressed up as your version of a neurologist, another who wants to go into EM wore a bike helmet, etc). They all took a group picture with their costumes, and I think they won the costume contest.

Also, our professors regularly show your videos in class because they’re just THAT good

[kilith]

I know absolutely nothing about medicine, I miss half the jokes, and yet these skits are so good

[omnipotent_arcanis]

This is the most most accurate. There needs to be a double blind randomized control study on the perfection of this skit in relation to both the knowledge of rheumatology and the age old question: are we sure it is not lupus? And every journal club will rejoice in analysis and critique.

[staylor]

Thank you for reminding me that IL-12 stimulates Th1 cells. That should come in handy for my immunology test.

[LAzara]

I'm used to watching Dr. Glaucomflecken videos and being left confused yet entertained. For once I have the upper hand, as an Immunologist I can finally scoff and go IL-12, a basic choice, might as well be IL-10. IL-2 now that is spicy stuff, Immune regulation by T cells for T cells.

(This comment is a joke, the Drs video is amazing, just finally a subject matter I can nerd out and joke about)

[temi]

House quote. HE MADE THE HOUSE QUOTE🎉😂

[NotContinuum]

My mother had lupus. She was also a rheumatologist, so the irony was strong.

[alec]

"there are no joints in the lungs... as far as we know" got me

[TessaDior]

I was diagnosed at 17 with Systemic Lupus and when I told people they would always roll their eyes and jokingly say "Oh, it's never Lupus" but I had never seen a House episode before and so I thought everyone was just so dang rude! Now I can have a good laugh over it. 15 years later and it's still Lupus for me... darn.

[melissasaint]

As someone who lives with multiple autoimmune conditions, the part where they say "there's a thousand diseases, and they can do anything, at any time"....I laughed, and then wanted to cry. It's so true.
And sadly, without something hugely telltale like sausage digits, you may not get referred until your PCP has gone through a phase of thinking you're a tiring hypochondriac...

[antonylevatti]

As a med student, not crying that much while learning the complement pathways is a huge flex

[anomalily]

As a rheumatology patient, I love that my doctor sends me heaps of peer-reviewed links when I asked questions like "can I go to Kenya without getting on antimalarials?". When I ask questions like "which second vaccine shot should I get after J&J?", she surveys her colleagues and tells me their responses and sends me pre-print studies with the caution they aren't peer-reviewed yet.

[ayumizetsulover]

My brother was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 3! We've been seeing the one Rheumatologist in our state for literal years. He was a 1 in a million case, because he was allergic to the most popular arthritis injection at the time, and became immune to the alternative after 5 years. He's in remission now in his 20s, but we had doctors telling us they'd be shocked if he made it past his 16th birthday. Growing up surrounded by the medical field on a daily basis is why I understand your shorts! I'll have to ask my brother how accurate this is. Most Rheumatologists I've met are really kind doctors who are often stuck being the only one in their field for literal states around. We had to drive hours for his appointments! And we would often be on a months-long waiting list to even see them!

[spudders]

As a rheumatologist I’m so happy we finally got another video! From the favorite dilution to wanting to fix the antibodies to the diseases doing anything at any time for any reason this was great all around. And yes, rheumatoid arthritis can manifests itself in the lungs and also the eyes! Maybe Rheum and Optho need to have their own skit?

[mysterylovescompany]

I love how warm the energy between these 2 is; like, they just met, but they're already just vibing on a personal level.
It's beautiful to see.

[wayfareangel]

To this day I am convinced rheumatologists are some kind of wizards. I'd had chronic body pain for years, he pokes me in a few places I didn't even know hurt, and goes "Yup, that's fibromyalgia.' YEARS.

Lovely man. That answered a lot of questions.

[kekkelpenneypeckeltoot]

As a gal with Lupus every time I go to the rheum I always ask them if they think it could be anything else. And my daughter was diagnosed with lupus that turned out to be rheumatoid arthritis! Great video!

[AZSUN]

"Never leave home without a journal." There are no truer words that have ever been spoken!! If I could tell you how many times I've said those very words, it would be never. Nevertheless, these shorts never fail to amuse and entertain. More excellent work by Dr. G!! Thank you, well done!!

[HaVoCX]

As a rheumatology resident this is 100% accurate
Man journal club is just pure joy and fun.