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		<title>By: OP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well it&#039;s been one month. it got slightly better but it was hell for me. i don&#039;t feel cut out for this kind of work, with this level of responsibility and committing to diagnoses and making plans, doing quick evaluation/decision making to get things done when work piles up. i feel so spent. i&#039;m kind of hanging in there, and have an elective to take a breather. but i&#039;m not sure if i&#039;ll last 3 years or just one year. everyone says it gets better after internship so i&#039;ll try my best to go at least one year. at least i&#039;ll have internship done and get past step 3. from other forums it sounds like there are some career choices with some internship but few non-clinical. finishing internship won&#039;t help me with other opportunities but i guess if i wanted to come back or switch specialties it&#039;s better to not leave early</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well it&#8217;s been one month. it got slightly better but it was hell for me. i don&#8217;t feel cut out for this kind of work, with this level of responsibility and committing to diagnoses and making plans, doing quick evaluation/decision making to get things done when work piles up. i feel so spent. i&#8217;m kind of hanging in there, and have an elective to take a breather. but i&#8217;m not sure if i&#8217;ll last 3 years or just one year. everyone says it gets better after internship so i&#8217;ll try my best to go at least one year. at least i&#8217;ll have internship done and get past step 3. from other forums it sounds like there are some career choices with some internship but few non-clinical. finishing internship won&#8217;t help me with other opportunities but i guess if i wanted to come back or switch specialties it&#8217;s better to not leave early</p>
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		<title>By: Shining Hector</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shining Hector</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I kinda wonder why kindness and compassion seem to apply to everyone in healthcare but residents and med students.  Oh right, it&#039;s because they have the plausible option of leaving whenever they want and finding a new job or a new doctor and you really don&#039;t.  It&#039;s really that simple, never forget it, the rest is just bullshit blame the victim rationalization.

I think most things are doable, I just get a little tired of the slave mentality I see out there.  Your life is always what you&#039;re doing right now, not some imaginary future where everything is great, because even then you&#039;re going to have a whole new set of problems.  So carve out your happiness now or it might never come.  I&#039;m a bit sick of the &quot;well, it&#039;s only one rotation, I can do one rotation&quot; mentality.  It&#039;s a serviceable strategy for survival but hardly one for victory.  It&#039;s never only one rotation, there&#039;s always another one and then another one.  You&#039;re either willing to stand up for yourself or you&#039;re not.  Act like a whipped dog and expect to get treated like one.  Act like a human being and you just might be surprised.  Yeah, the deck is scandalously stacked against us at every turn from an employment perspective, and we&#039;re made to feel like we have no leverage, but I have to believe there&#039;s more choices available than eat shit or leave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I kinda wonder why kindness and compassion seem to apply to everyone in healthcare but residents and med students.  Oh right, it&#8217;s because they have the plausible option of leaving whenever they want and finding a new job or a new doctor and you really don&#8217;t.  It&#8217;s really that simple, never forget it, the rest is just bullshit blame the victim rationalization.</p>
<p>I think most things are doable, I just get a little tired of the slave mentality I see out there.  Your life is always what you&#8217;re doing right now, not some imaginary future where everything is great, because even then you&#8217;re going to have a whole new set of problems.  So carve out your happiness now or it might never come.  I&#8217;m a bit sick of the &#8220;well, it&#8217;s only one rotation, I can do one rotation&#8221; mentality.  It&#8217;s a serviceable strategy for survival but hardly one for victory.  It&#8217;s never only one rotation, there&#8217;s always another one and then another one.  You&#8217;re either willing to stand up for yourself or you&#8217;re not.  Act like a whipped dog and expect to get treated like one.  Act like a human being and you just might be surprised.  Yeah, the deck is scandalously stacked against us at every turn from an employment perspective, and we&#8217;re made to feel like we have no leverage, but I have to believe there&#8217;s more choices available than eat shit or leave.</p>
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		<title>By: tiffany bracelet uk</title>
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		<dc:creator>tiffany bracelet uk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These words mean a great deal to me today. Truly, it is necessary to let go – I see that.</description>
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		<title>By: dallas  cowboys jersey</title>
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		<dc:creator>dallas  cowboys jersey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you God,thank you, and thanks to all the other warriors – for this blog</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you God,thank you, and thanks to all the other warriors – for this blog</p>
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		<title>By: blah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>now that i think about it. maybe i&#039;ve been mildly depressed and i&#039;ve bottled up all my unhappiness and disatisfaction, as i&#039;ve never revealed it to anyone, and with the sudden change from med school to the real world looming, it&#039;s all coming out in a great big crappy diarrhea of self-loathing and pity. i should get one of my classmates going into psych to write me for some happy pills. ah well. wish me luck. see you in 6 months with an update</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>now that i think about it. maybe i&#8217;ve been mildly depressed and i&#8217;ve bottled up all my unhappiness and disatisfaction, as i&#8217;ve never revealed it to anyone, and with the sudden change from med school to the real world looming, it&#8217;s all coming out in a great big crappy diarrhea of self-loathing and pity. i should get one of my classmates going into psych to write me for some happy pills. ah well. wish me luck. see you in 6 months with an update</p>
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