SalaryDr Circle · Medical students
Community guidelines
An anonymous community only works if people trust it. These rules keep it candid without making it cruel.
Criticize institutions, not people
Talk honestly about schools, courses, rotations, hospitals, policies, and programs. That is what this space is for.
Do not name or identify classmates, faculty, residents, staff, or patients, especially alongside an accusation. Posts that name a person in an accusation are held for a moderator. Descriptions that make someone identifiable ("the only female vascular attending at our site") count as naming.
If someone mistreated you, you can describe what happened and ask for advice. For formal reporting, your school’s mistreatment process and the AAMC’s resources exist for that.
Never share exam content
No questions, answers, or "recalls" from USMLE, COMLEX, NBME, or shelf exams, including ones you remember from exam day. Sharing them violates the agreements you signed and your school’s honor code, and it can cost people their scores.
Resources, scores, timelines, and study strategy are all fine. Posts that look like exam content are held for review.
Keep patients anonymous
De-identify every story from the wards: no names, dates, locations, record numbers, photos, or rare details that could identify a patient.
No harassment
No hate, threats, sexual content about real people, or attempts to find out who someone is. No "rate your classmates," hookup, or call-out threads.
Message requests are for real conversations. Repeated unwanted messages, or messaging someone who blocked you on another account, will get an account removed.
If you’re struggling, say so
Posts about burnout, depression, or wanting to quit stay up, and other students can support you. If you are thinking about hurting yourself, call or text 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or text HOME to 741741.
If something you write says you intend to hurt yourself, it is not posted, and you see crisis resources right away instead. Circle is not monitored in real time and is not a crisis service: if you or someone else is in danger, call 911. We never contact a school, program, or employer.
One person, one account
Each school email verifies one account. Don’t share accounts, impersonate anyone, or post for someone else. Accounts that break these rules lose access to the student space.
How moderation works
Automated checks look for patient information, exam content, and accusations that name people, and hold those posts for review. Anyone can report a post, reply, or message, and every report is acted on within 24 hours. Review is automated, uses OpenAI models, and follows written rules. A direct message is read only when a participant reports it or a safety check holds it.
There is zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. Content that breaks these rules is removed. Two removals in 90 days make an account read-only for 7 days, three make it read-only for 30 days, and four, or any threat of violence, suspend it. To ask for a decision to be reviewed, email support@salarydr.com.