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The forums have a lot of negativity. How about some positive pathology stories.
The forums have a lot of negativity. How about some positive pathology stories.
~Im thinking of buying a Maserati.
~Maybe getting a place on the beach next year assuming Fee for Service isn't blown up by the next President. Right now Ive narrowed it down to: Carlsbad, Malibu, Santa Barbara and Pebble Beach. Carlsbad being the fav this month.
~Also my private practice schedule is giving me time to hire a personal trainer who has promised I will be able to bench 305 by this fall. We will see about that. Im not sure he can pull that off.
~My work colleagues continue to be entertained by my sharp wit, amusing tales and vast knowledge of firearms.
~Multiple recent sales ladies have begun flirting with me, which is never a bad thing. Mainly the leading "where I can get a drink around here after we are done?" or "You need to come out to corporate and listen to our science staff, of course I can travel with you." Nothing huge but it's nice to know you haven't been totally abandoned on the healthcare loser train for life.
~Still struggling with the random person who I literally tell them what Pathology is all about in detail and they still ask me the same question the following week! Im pondering whether to just say Im an Orthopedic Surgeon from now on.
~Some of my friends are convinced I found my wife working as a Maxim model (eg Elsa Hosk), which is definitely not a bad thing.
all positive I think.
Your welcome.
Good for you! What are the details?I finally got a job.
Someone on the Derm boards asked if going through a path residency is an ok way to getting into Derm.
If they're successful, they'll use up a path residency spot, but not a path job spot.
Huzzah.
That's cute, but I think I will take my chances of unemployment against being a professional zit popper.
Doing both clinical medicine and path, I can tell you that working on your own time (within reason) instead of being at the mercy of having to get to it the instant the patient walks through the door is huge.
Can't really say to a pt "hold up, going to get a cup of coffee, be back in 15"
Slides don't care when you get your coffee....well, other than frozens I guess.
It's the main reason path wins out a bit imo.
Good for you! What are the details?
Working in an exciting field that offers a variety of challenges.
Outstanding colleagues from hard working, intelligent graduate students to fellow chairs
Collaborating with others to improve healthcare and not just make more money
Just got a 99% score on teaching immunology to first year medical students - great to be validated for working hard
Flipped my first classroom, in a pulmonary lecture, which went well
Strong support staff with a sense of mission
All our pathology residents have jobs or fellowships
Just submitted a grant on brain injury actually improving host defenses against pathogens
Daniel Remick, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Centre
~Im thinking of buying a Maserati.
~Maybe getting a place on the beach next year assuming Fee for Service isn't blown up by the next President. Right now Ive narrowed it down to: Carlsbad, Malibu, Santa Barbara and Pebble Beach. Carlsbad being the fav this month.
~Also my private practice schedule is giving me time to hire a personal trainer who has promised I will be able to bench 305 by this fall. We will see about that. Im not sure he can pull that off.
~My work colleagues continue to be entertained by my sharp wit, amusing tales and vast knowledge of firearms.
~Multiple recent sales ladies have begun flirting with me, which is never a bad thing. Mainly the leading "where I can get a drink around here after we are done?" or "You need to come out to corporate and listen to our science staff, of course I can travel with you." Nothing huge but it's nice to know you haven't been totally abandoned on the healthcare loser train for life.
~Still struggling with the random person who I literally tell them what Pathology is all about in detail and they still ask me the same question the following week! Im pondering whether to just say Im an Orthopedic Surgeon from now on.
~Some of my friends are convinced I found my wife working as a Maxim model (eg Elsa Hosk), which is definitely not a bad thing.
all positive I think.
Your welcome.
I vote Malibu or Santa Barbara, the restaurants are so terrible in Carlsbad, unless you are big Claim Ju
Love the name....5 years before I have to take any more damn tests.
I make more $ now than I even imagined I would, and more than I was told I could expect, and am grateful I can provide for my family.
I can afford a sweet ride that I look fwd to driving every single day.
I work maybe 45 hrs a week, no weekends, rare call, no grossing.
Path has been the best decision of my life but I acknowledge I'm in the extreme minority with how fortunate I am to have found this job.