she/her | PGY-0🩺 | anti-white supremacy | baker| FamilyMed | Interested in community care | 🇳🇬
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Welcome everybody! My name is Ify (ee-ph-ee) Nweke (new-week-key). A little bit about me for those who don’t know me. I love to cook and bake. I’m a dual-citizen (Nigeria and US). I watch Christmas movies year round. I love Black women. I’m guided by my faith, love, and justice.
My dad had a colonoscopy, and as he was coming to he kept saying doctor. His doctor entered the room, but he kept saying doctor. When he was awake and alert, he said, “My daughter is a doctor.” Hearing each of mg parent’s call me doc is top two of my all time favorite things.
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Beyond excited to share I matched at UCLA for orthopaedic surgery!!
I’m so grateful to my mentors for helping me navigate this path and to my family for being my inspiration. #match2026
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I've seen no fewer than 15 Black women post about matching to OB/GYN this week, which is such a gift to our society given the horrific state of maternal mortality in America. These brilliant doctors are going to keep so many women safe throughout their careers.
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This is bad news. This is very bad news.
The US government has stopped the funding of PubMed, the most comprehensive database of biomedical literature.
Why would you do this? This database it literally a matter of life and death.
ALT A screenshot of a notice on PubMed's homepage saying the it may not be updated because of a lapse in government funding.
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USMLE Hematology Tip: Factor VII has the shortest half-life of the major clotting factors (~4–6 hours). It’s the first to drop when warfarin is started. That’s why we monitor with PT/INR—only PT captures Factor VII, not PTT. Warfarin → Factor VII falls first → PT/INR goes up.
When I was bored I would watch Grey’s to spot medical inaccuracies, and use it to learn what was actually correct.
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One major issue I have with encouraging students to “do research during med school” to earn a residency spot is that it cheapens what research actually is. It sends the message that research is something you squeeze in between learning physiology, primary care, surgery, and everything else. Good research takes TIME, focus and real intellectual investment. Treating it like a side hobby shows a lack of respect for what good researchers actually do.
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Calling my mom to ask her to tell me I’m not stupid because the gap between being a good medical student and being a good intern is larger than the Grand Canyon.
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I passed step 2, and got a reasonable score for my application. I’m so proud of myself. It’s not a fancy shiny top end score but I’m proud of the work I put in. I studies almost full time at the beach for a month, took care of myself, and really approached the test to learn.
