Comments on: My Vascular Surgery Attending http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:09:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: manx http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-12657 manx Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:43:51 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-12657 Bravo Hoover! You are an ispiration. I wish I had been more honest in my evaluations of some truly apalling attendings I worked with. Your scathing eval. and snubbing the field of surgery does a great service-it undermines this tosspot's career and everything he lives for. Bravo Hoover! You are an ispiration. I wish I had been more honest in my evaluations of some truly apalling attendings I worked with. Your scathing eval. and snubbing the field of surgery does a great service-it undermines this tosspot’s career and everything he lives for.

]]> By: Med School Hell » The Best of Med School Hell 2007 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-12079 Med School Hell » The Best of Med School Hell 2007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:27:04 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-12079 [...] My Vascular Surgery Attending [...] […] My Vascular Surgery Attending […]

]]> By: Hoover http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-141 Hoover Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:36:53 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-141 Ehh, it's funny that you're offended by me saying 'that's gay' and not so much by <a href="http://medschoolhell.com/2005/12/24/obgyn/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. To each his own. Ehh, it’s funny that you’re offended by me saying ‘that’s gay’ and not so much by this post.

To each his own.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-140 Anonymous Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:36:07 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-140 I like your blog a lot, but this sentence bothers me: "It seriously looks gay, so please don't do it." I doubt you actually think that a phone on someone's belt actually tells you anything about that person's sexual orientation. So please don't use the word 'gay' as a synonym for 'bad' or 'stupid' or whatever else you meant. And if you actually did use 'gay' to mean 'homosexual,' then I'd have to ask why you would advise people to avoid looking like someone who is. I'm the last person to be easily offended by a blog, and I'd like to believe that you weren't really thinking about what that sentence really meant when you wrote it. But just like everyone else who says 'gay' when they mean 'bad/wrong/stupid' and doesn't think about the harm they cause, it'd be cool if you nixed the habit... I like your blog a lot, but this sentence bothers me:

“It seriously looks gay, so please don’t do it.”

I doubt you actually think that a phone on someone’s belt actually tells you anything about that person’s sexual orientation.

So please don’t use the word ‘gay’ as a synonym for ‘bad’ or ’stupid’ or whatever else you meant.

And if you actually did use ‘gay’ to mean ‘homosexual,’ then I’d have to ask why you would advise people to avoid looking like someone who is.

I’m the last person to be easily offended by a blog, and I’d like to believe that you weren’t really thinking about what that sentence really meant when you wrote it. But just like everyone else who says ‘gay’ when they mean ‘bad/wrong/stupid’ and doesn’t think about the harm they cause, it’d be cool if you nixed the habit…

]]> By: Hoover http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-139 Hoover Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:35:50 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/01/21/my-vascular-surgery-attending/#comment-139 @jared - Thanks bro, I appreciate the linkage. I'll be sure to check it out. @premedtim - It wasn't California. But you're right, that asshat wouldn't ever be able to get away with the stunts he pulled. As far as pearls go, chances are one or more of your interviews aren't going to be with clinical faculty anyway, and they wouldn't know. For those who are clinical faculty, everybody is different. You would get their side of things reflecting how they treat students. In most cases, clinical faculty who also volunteer their time to interview applicants for admission most likely give a shit or two about the students in the first place. @anon - atta boy =D @jared - Thanks bro, I appreciate the linkage. I’ll be sure to check it out.

@premedtim - It wasn’t California. But you’re right, that asshat wouldn’t ever be able to get away with the stunts he pulled. As far as pearls go, chances are one or more of your interviews aren’t going to be with clinical faculty anyway, and they wouldn’t know. For those who are clinical faculty, everybody is different. You would get their side of things reflecting how they treat students. In most cases, clinical faculty who also volunteer their time to interview applicants for admission most likely give a shit or two about the students in the first place.

@anon - atta boy =D

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