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Old 10-17-2012, 11:09 AM   #1
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Really? I thought they were all pretty stiff.







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Really? I thought they were all pretty stiff.


I've always found psych people to be chill
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cardiology guys are usually nice at heart
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cardiology guys are usually nice at heart
You can do better than that.
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psych, EM, PMR are up there in my experience
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Psych, hands down.

Uro is pretty chill for surgeons, but they're still way more intense than psych or PM&R.
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Helpful, lol.
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Helpful, lol.
I was referring to the patients. Most neurosurgery patients can't talk, move, or breath on their own. They're pretty chill to be around.
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How chill are anesthesiologists?
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How chill are anesthesiologists?
I'd be pretty chill if I got to do crosswords and sudoku all day.
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PMR for sure
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How chill are anesthesiologists?
They're a weird brand of "chill." What's an OR besides a small ICU, anyway? Things can get ugly really quickly, but it doesn't seem to bother them 99% of the time.
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Really? I thought they were all pretty stiff.







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Biased, but one of the reasons I went in... anesthesiologists.

Others: Radiology, PM&R

Of the surgeries: ENT
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GI for sure
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GI for sure
This x 100

I think there's chill sections of all subspecialties. Broken down

Medicine: GI (Cardio tends to be 50/50 though all the fellows I've ever met have been chill awesome dudes) by far. Rheum comes in close second followed by Cardio. Pulm/CC has been the most intense in my experience
Surgery: Breast and Peds, Urology
Anesthesia def
PM&R for sure
Psych is 50/50
Rads is 50/50 in my experience as well, surprisingly

I think it depends a lot on individual personality too
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anesthesia, EM, psych, PMR, radiology
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During a small-group session today, a pediatrician was telling us that GI docs tend to be pretty relaxed and cool. I've known 4 different GI docs at this point, and they all have seemed quite chill, with good senses of humor, too.
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Forensic pathology by far
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Ortho, wait what?
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During a small-group session today, a pediatrician was telling us that GI docs tend to be pretty relaxed and cool. I've known 4 different GI docs at this point, and they all have seemed quite chill, with good senses of humor, too.
I don't know, man. GI docs have seen some ****...
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I think that most if not all fields of medicine have people that are laid back while simulataneously having people that are extremely not laid back. At the end of the day you decide what personality you have. In terms of your colleagues, I'd say it's about fity-fity.
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I don't know, man. GI docs have seen some ****...
Can we please stop with all the crappy puns?
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Can we please stop with all the crappy puns?
Yeah, there is nothing funny about the humerus.


As for most laid back personalities?

It's the spine surgeons.
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Sleep medicine.

So chill.
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In my experience pathologists are really chill. They just don't seem to give a damn. Gas docs are chill because I think there is bleed off from the volatiles they use
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In my experience pathologists are really chill. They just don't seem to give a damn. Gas docs are chill because I think there is bleed off from the volatiles they use
They're all on propofol. (Half serious about that...)
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They're all on propofol. (Half serious about that...)
You should have heard our pharm lecture on general anesthesia...

"Bueller.... bueller....."
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You should have heard our pharm lecture on general anesthesia...

"Bueller.... bueller....."
What's better is when your professor says "'Bueller...Bueller'" to get the class's attention and then proceeds to explain what movie the quote is referencing. Has happened before.
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What's better is when your professor says "'Bueller...Bueller'" to get the class's attention and then proceeds to explain what movie the quote is referencing. Has happened before.
This happened this past week.
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This happened this past week.
I wonder if we're classmates, or if this is more common than you'd actually think...
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PMR for sure
This! PM&R docs seem to always be chill....
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This! PM&R docs seem to always be chill....
That's just because even they don't know what they do.
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That's just because even they don't know what they do.
U srs bro? The answer is injection
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U srs bro? The answer is injection
No, was not srs.
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No, was not srs.


gotta say though PM&R has some cool injections - i've seen them do some wacky things with ultrasound guidance
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I would have to vote for Psy..........almost all I have met are chill.

GI docs are chill for the most part but I know a couple that are not.

EM docs are relaxed too. I think a EM doc would have to be not to be like "oh crap, what do I do?.......

Anes is hit or miss in my experience.

Dont know any PMR guys.....I could see that being chill though.

Optho guys are chill for the surgery side too.
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gotta say though PM&R has some cool injections - i've seen them do some wacky things with ultrasound guidance
Pshaw....

They're just IR posers.
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I wonder if we're classmates, or if this is more common than you'd actually think...
SEC area of country.

I am assuming that's you in your avatar and I would've noticed you in the room if it was

My favorite thing has been the multitude of professors showing a vacation picture after what seems like every 10 ppt slides. My God!
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Concerning OP, I have to agree that pscyh, FM, and EM have all been really chill so far.
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SEC area of country.

I am assuming that's you in your avatar and I would've noticed you in the room if it was

My favorite thing has been the multitude of professors showing a vacation picture after what seems like every 10 ppt slides. My God!
Nope, Big 12. But we did have a lecturer come in who grew up in New Zealand. He had about 10 slides about sorbing, hang gliding, etc. Fun stuff. Much better than the actual lecture
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I am assuming that's you in your avatar and I would've noticed you in the room if it was
I could be mistaked (and my pop culture knowledge is limited), but I think that's Lady Gaga in the avatar...
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I could be mistaked (and my pop culture knowledge is limited), but I think that's Lady Gaga in the avatar...
Haven't you heard? She's back in school to get her MD. Einstein, I think.
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