Comments on: No Time To Blink http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:55:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jake http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-17430 Jake Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:59 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/#comment-17430 Your writing perfectly encapsulates my feelings on medschool, Hoover. I fucking hate the system. Dr. Pompous Tightass can go to hell. Gives me violent fantasies just thinking about all the shit I've had to eat this year... Your writing perfectly encapsulates my feelings on medschool, Hoover. I fucking hate the system. Dr. Pompous Tightass can go to hell. Gives me violent fantasies just thinking about all the shit I’ve had to eat this year…

]]> By: jen http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 jen Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:28:08 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/#comment-1320 wow. right on. too bad i came upon this after just finishing third year but you really hit it right on the head with most of my feelings about third year rotations. hoping for a better fourth year ... wow. right on. too bad i came upon this after just finishing third year but you really hit it right on the head with most of my feelings about third year rotations. hoping for a better fourth year …

]]> By: Tiny Surgeon http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Tiny Surgeon Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:42:21 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/#comment-513 "Oh, by the way, you’re a professional. This means late arrivals are unacceptable and you’ll naturally be held to an unattainably high standard." My least favorite phrase: "5 minutes early is on time; on time is late." Especially when the med student is the only person who arrives on time, but the residents and attendings are all late. I had an attending who was 5 hours late to round once, without calling or paging, yet the moment he arrived we were expected to be ready to present. “Oh, by the way, you’re a professional. This means late arrivals are unacceptable and you’ll naturally be held to an unattainably high standard.”

My least favorite phrase: “5 minutes early is on time; on time is late.” Especially when the med student is the only person who arrives on time, but the residents and attendings are all late. I had an attending who was 5 hours late to round once, without calling or paging, yet the moment he arrived we were expected to be ready to present.

]]> By: Cherokee http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Cherokee Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:38:23 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/#comment-512 Part of the frustration also stems from knowing you probably have chosen the wrong career path. Certain people who really desire to become practicing M.D.'s can slog through all of the crap to reach their goals. However, when you realize you have chosen a career that is not a very good fit with your wants and needs, the suffering becomes heightened and the unhappiness/depression begins. In other words, be sure (or at the very least NOT ambivalent) before embarking upon such an arduous journey! Part of the frustration also stems from knowing you probably have chosen the wrong career path. Certain people who really desire to become practicing M.D.’s can slog through all of the crap to reach their goals.

However, when you realize you have chosen a career that is not a very good fit with your wants and needs, the suffering becomes heightened and the unhappiness/depression begins.

In other words, be sure (or at the very least NOT ambivalent) before embarking upon such an arduous journey!

]]> By: Alouette http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Alouette Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:03:10 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/29/no-time-to-blink/#comment-507 I decided against medical school after a few months of your blog (and your links.) Every patient needs to read what you write. When I read your posts, I see that you have the same reaction to what happens on the job (what walks in as well as supervisors) as anyone else. You all have bad days and good days just like anyone else, but you are expected to be saints with the results of gods by both your patients and the gods above you-- those gods having the expectation of you also being able to be in two places at once. We think nothing of a cashier at Wal~Mart not knowing that she just served the recently elected governor, or an accountant being snippy as tax day looms, but a doctor look tired or not have an answer? Lord, have mercy! (I did have a pediatrician try to strong-arm me into breast feeding when I'd just had a baby an hour before, then ten months before that and my body was worn out. There's no excuse for him and I still glare at him when I pass him. Booby bully!) Keep up the excellent work. I drop by every day. I'm going into massage therapy along with counseling psychology. Not nearly the pay, but if I get work in a hospital, when I'm free my door will always be open to stressed out doctors who want five minutes of quiet and a neck or hand massage. . . you all deserve it! I decided against medical school after a few months of your blog (and your links.) Every patient needs to read what you write. When I read your posts, I see that you have the same reaction to what happens on the job (what walks in as well as supervisors) as anyone else. You all have bad days and good days just like anyone else, but you are expected to be saints with the results of gods by both your patients and the gods above you– those gods having the expectation of you also being able to be in two places at once. We think nothing of a cashier at Wal~Mart not knowing that she just served the recently elected governor, or an accountant being snippy as tax day looms, but a doctor look tired or not have an answer? Lord, have mercy! (I did have a pediatrician try to strong-arm me into breast feeding when I’d just had a baby an hour before, then ten months before that and my body was worn out. There’s no excuse for him and I still glare at him when I pass him. Booby bully!)

Keep up the excellent work. I drop by every day. I’m going into massage therapy along with counseling psychology. Not nearly the pay, but if I get work in a hospital, when I’m free my door will always be open to stressed out doctors who want five minutes of quiet and a neck or hand massage. . . you all deserve it!

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