Comments on: There Is No Team In Medicine http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/ 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: Hoover http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-3474 Hoover Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:15:29 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/#comment-3474 Pop, congrats! Just do what you love. Keep it simple and you'll enjoy life. Pop, congrats! Just do what you love. Keep it simple and you’ll enjoy life.

]]> By: Poptart http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 Poptart Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:27:26 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/#comment-3463 I think this article is the one that did it. After almost a year of saying I would probably be a doctor, I have decided not to go to medical school. Being part of a hierarchy of shit slinging isn't me. Thank you for telling me before it was too late. I think I'll be a pastry chef instead :) I think this article is the one that did it. After almost a year of saying I would probably be a doctor, I have decided not to go to medical school. Being part of a hierarchy of shit slinging isn’t me. Thank you for telling me before it was too late. I think I’ll be a pastry chef instead :)

]]> By: itorice http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 itorice Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:48:44 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/#comment-3383 Very accurate. Refreshing to see an actual account of how things are. So frustrating to hear the bullshit mission statements, and lies that the Dean for Student Affairs tell us. This is the real deal. Thank you for putting an honest account out here! Very accurate. Refreshing to see an actual account of how things are. So frustrating to hear the bullshit mission statements, and lies that the Dean for Student Affairs tell us. This is the real deal. Thank you for putting an honest account out here!

]]> By: Sheena http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Sheena Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:30:57 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/#comment-1579 Ward rounds seem so pointless when you are a 3rd-year medical student, don't they? I remember a couple of years back, a friend of mine proposed a toast, "To friends forever!" Whereupon another guy replied, quick as light, "We may be friends now, but after we graduate, we'll be rivals." I remember thinking it was nasty then. I still think it's nasty now. I'm just old enough now to know that just because you think something is nasty, it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. Ward rounds seem so pointless when you are a 3rd-year medical student, don’t they?

I remember a couple of years back, a friend of mine proposed a toast, “To friends forever!”

Whereupon another guy replied, quick as light, “We may be friends now, but after we graduate, we’ll be rivals.”

I remember thinking it was nasty then. I still think it’s nasty now. I’m just old enough now to know that just because you think something is nasty, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen.

]]> By: Cherokee http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Cherokee Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/05/29/there-is-no-team-in-medicine/#comment-1516 The team concept in medicine is horseshit unless you're the attending and you're the boss. Then the word "team" is used to try to rally support for your absolute monarchy. As a 4th year student I did everything I could to make 3rd years look good...even if they were gunners. Besides, slacking during 4th year naturally makes the 3rd years look good. So I was truly a team player. When and if I complete residency, and when and if I am ever teaching, I will NEVER pimp and NEVER treat people poorly, and if I do I will apologize. Too many insane Type-A hardasses in academic medicine that need to learn the Golden Rule. You are a professional, and if you cannot juggle excellent patient care with treating residents and students with the utmost respect, you don't need to be in medicine. Change the damn status quo. The team concept in medicine is horseshit unless you’re the attending and you’re the boss. Then the word “team” is used to try to rally support for your absolute monarchy.

As a 4th year student I did everything I could to make 3rd years look good…even if they were gunners. Besides, slacking during 4th year naturally makes the 3rd years look good. So I was truly a team player.

When and if I complete residency, and when and if I am ever teaching, I will NEVER pimp and NEVER treat people poorly, and if I do I will apologize. Too many insane Type-A hardasses in academic medicine that need to learn the Golden Rule. You are a professional, and if you cannot juggle excellent patient care with treating residents and students with the utmost respect, you don’t need to be in medicine. Change the damn status quo.

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