2018 was an amazing year! I obtained double board certification in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, transitioned to my adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship, and am so excited to be finishing my “formal” medical training in the next 6-7 months!
In keeping with my posts in 2016 and 2017, the following table represents some basic numbers regarding my growth on social media.
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
RK.md Post Count | 94 | 124 | 151 | 155 |
RK.md Post Word Count | 19,075 | 27,592 | 37,911 | 37,467 |
RK.md Comment Count | 130 | 170 | 254 | 349 |
Twitter Followers | 1,875 | 2,292 | 2,508 | 2,659 |
Facebook Followers | 48 | 92 | 237 | 770 |
Instagram Followers | 494 | 1,225 | 18,229 | 62,105 |
MailChimp Subscribers | – | – | 90 | 295 |
2018 GADGETS
- Apple Watch 4
- Apple MacBook Pro
- Apple iPhone XS Max
- Apple iPad Pro 11″ with Apple Pencil 2 and Smart Keyboard
- Orion – My 5 GHz Hexacore Hackintosh
- LG 27UD58 27″ 4K IPS monitor
- Sony WH-1000XM3 wireless noise cancelling headphone
- Western Digital EX-4100 Data Repository
RK.MD WORDPRESS PLUGINS
- Akismet Anti-Spam (combats spam comments)
- AMP (accelerated mobile pages)
- Arqam (social counter)
- Blubrry PowerPress (podcast plugin)
- Contact Form 7 (contact form)
- RK.md (my custom functions)
- SG Optimizer (SiteGround performance optimizations)
- WP Rocket (performance plugin)
- Yoast SEO Premium (all-in-one search engine optimization)
RK.MD TOP POSTS OF 2018
- Reading Chest X-Rays
- What Does Gtt Mean?
- Peak Pressures vs Plateau Pressures
- Blood Gas Interpretation – Determining Acidosis and Alkalosis
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Arterial Line, and EKG Waveforms
- What Are Categorical, Preliminary, Transitional, and Advanced Years In Residency?
- Hand Vein Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation
- Oxyhemoglobin Disassociation Curve
- Critical Care Anesthesiology – A Fellow’s Perspective
- Pulmonary Artery Catheter Structure and Waveforms
RK.MD USER METRICS
Here are some charts showing the change in how my readership reaches RK.md. Without a doubt, Instagram has been incredibly powerful in routing mobile visitors to this site. 🙂
ON TO 2019
2019 will be an exciting year for me. After a decade of medical training, I’ll (hopefully) be a triple board certified perioperative physician ready to begin working as a full time attending back in the Texas Medical Center! 🙂
Hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!