Quotes

In honor of the fact that second years all over the country have completed the year (or at least they have over here) and are now beginning to study for Step 1, I thought I would provide some light reading in the form of my list of "101 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Third Year ( Read more... )

"Community & Family Medicine" projects. Please, I have enough to learn about diagnosing and treating diseases and sifting through patient stories without having to worry about filing out a super detailed family history of a random patient, making a 40 slide powerpoint presentation on community resources and disease patterns (yeah, there are a lot ( Read more... )

So, um, I posted this in my own journal...know that I am NOT a confrontational person, but this is what internship will do to you...get out while you still can.  I know this post is a little narcissistic, but I am just really frustrated right now....

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If I were a civilian, I probably would have been fired ( Read more... )

7 hours of attending rounds, straight through. Enough said.

And no, this wasn't even Internal Medicine.

I remember in my intern year, we had a lecture on how we shouldn't interrupt our patients. Bullshit, of course. If I didn't interrupt my patients, I would still be finishing up my morning clinic now, at 9PM ( Read more... )

I have to be honest: I've been baffled by some of the stunts pulled by the med students we've had this year. I don't know what's going on. Usually, the med students who rotate with us are "auditioning", so they're on their best behavior. But all the residents agree that we've had some really awful students this year ( Read more... )

I actually found a blogger who hates medicine as much as I do. Woot!

This entry was especially, painfully accurate.

"Medicine is better than being a janitor, but there were times when I envied the people cleaning the hospital trash cans."

If you met me in real life, you would think I was a pretty ordinary resident. Most people consider me to be pretty laid back and easygoing. I don't think I come off as someone who is particularly unhappy with my career ( Read more... )

Hey.. uhh.. just want to ask something ( Read more... )