Comments on: All About The Benjamins http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:51:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MM http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/comment-page-1/#comment-86680 MM Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:18:50 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/#comment-86680 This happened to me "I love the “so what are you going into” question that I get from residents and attendings whenever I start a new rotation. Most students cringe at this question, hoping that the overworked surgery resident that’s inquiring about your future isn’t going to get pissed and hold it against you if you tell them radiology." This happened to me

“I love the “so what are you going into” question that I get from residents and attendings whenever I start a new rotation. Most students cringe at this question, hoping that the overworked surgery resident that’s inquiring about your future isn’t going to get pissed and hold it against you if you tell them radiology.”

]]> By: Anon http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/comment-page-1/#comment-57380 Anon Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:49:10 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/#comment-57380 A wise peer of mine once observed that if medical students really wanted to "help people," they'd have taken all the money spent going to medical school and donated it to get tens of thousands of vaccines and other minimally expensive preventative treatments (or medications) for people living in countries with no health resources. The tremendous impact such an action would have on those peoples' lives is vastly greater than most of us giving out Z-paks for colds and changing statin dosings. And while money may not buy happiness, it does buy a lot of stuff that makes me pretty damn happy. A wise peer of mine once observed that if medical students really wanted to “help people,” they’d have taken all the money spent going to medical school and donated it to get tens of thousands of vaccines and other minimally expensive preventative treatments (or medications) for people living in countries with no health resources. The tremendous impact such an action would have on those peoples’ lives is vastly greater than most of us giving out Z-paks for colds and changing statin dosings.

And while money may not buy happiness, it does buy a lot of stuff that makes me pretty damn happy.

]]> By: Yo http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/comment-page-1/#comment-40829 Yo Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:08:53 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/#comment-40829 Hoover, as an M3 i agree with the majority of the things you say. I really wish there was a better way. I truly do enjoy medicine and science, and that is why i got into it. Yes, it is also because of the 'prestige', job security, and potential money. I would NOT do this job if i were to make 40k, shit i wouldnt do it if i made a penny less than 6 figures. There seem to be a lot of people (students, residents, lobbyists) who agree that medical training in America is abysmal. Why do medical school students have to be treated like shit? If this was any other job or program, they would not be. Instead, they have to suck it up and take it, as if its a right of passage. Why do students and residents work 80+ hours and get paid essentially nothing (or as a student, PAY THEM)? I dont know if or how or when this system will be changed, but there are so many problems with it and nothing is being done. Hoover, as an M3 i agree with the majority of the things you say. I really wish there was a better way. I truly do enjoy medicine and science, and that is why i got into it. Yes, it is also because of the ‘prestige’, job security, and potential money. I would NOT do this job if i were to make 40k, shit i wouldnt do it if i made a penny less than 6 figures. There seem to be a lot of people (students, residents, lobbyists) who agree that medical training in America is abysmal.

Why do medical school students have to be treated like shit? If this was any other job or program, they would not be. Instead, they have to suck it up and take it, as if its a right of passage.
Why do students and residents work 80+ hours and get paid essentially nothing (or as a student, PAY THEM)?

I dont know if or how or when this system will be changed, but there are so many problems with it and nothing is being done.

]]> By: Med School Hell » Quit Drinking the Hatorade http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/comment-page-1/#comment-28038 Med School Hell » Quit Drinking the Hatorade Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:39:42 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/#comment-28038 [...] What the fuck? Do you actually think I sleep in every single day and play WoW all day long? I run a company doing 7-figure revenues every year and you think I play WoW all day?  I don’t give a fuck about ‘being fulfilled’ and ‘contributing to society.’ What I care about is my bottom line and financial security for the future. Nothing more, nothing less. Like I’ve said time and time again, it’s all about the Benjamins. [...] [...] What the fuck? Do you actually think I sleep in every single day and play WoW all day long? I run a company doing 7-figure revenues every year and you think I play WoW all day?  I don’t give a fuck about ‘being fulfilled’ and ‘contributing to society.’ What I care about is my bottom line and financial security for the future. Nothing more, nothing less. Like I’ve said time and time again, it’s all about the Benjamins. [...]

]]> By: Quinton http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/comment-page-1/#comment-22438 Quinton Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:28:08 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2005/12/28/all-about-the-benjamins/#comment-22438 dude, you're my hero! dude, you’re my hero!

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