Is it normal for an intern to forget some of the basic stuff from med school?!?

[atethesun]

Jesus. Was asked by my attending about cholinergic and anticholinergic stuff.
I knew this stuff cold back in 2nd and 3rd year but I just blinked today.
It was embarrassing.

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[cowme]

definitely not normal. you probably have Alzheimer's

 

[deleted103644]

definitely not normal. you probably have Alzheimer's

Yes, it's generally the case that a 3rd year MS knows more than the interns in July.

 

[danielmd06]

Just wait. It only get worse. A lot worse.

 

[KnuxNole]

ICU intern got pimped HARD on coronary artery anatomy today. It was brutal to watch

 

[atethesun]

I don't know. I just felt embarrassed. I used to be the one answering all the questions (even won a handful of awards from different departments)
Now I feel like I'm back to ground zero.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Just wait. It only get worse. A lot worse.

LOL....yep.

Just last week a patient was asking me some random renal chemistry question and I pointed to the 4th year student with me and said, "she's a better source for that information than me".

 

[Law2Doc]

definitely not normal. you probably have Alzheimer's

Heck, after a week of intern year I could watch the same TV show rerun two nights in a row and still not remember what's going to happen.

 

[ucsfstudents]

It's painful watching the pimping in action.

 

[meister]

one good thing about night float........no public pimp shamings. at least until morning rounds but by then you've stopped caring.

 

[Dejavu]

Jesus. Was asked by my attending about cholinergic and anticholinergic stuff.
I knew this stuff cold back in 2nd and 3rd year but I just blinked today.
It was embarrassing.

One of the fun things about being an attending is that you can pick some esoteric detail and ask pimp questions about it and look very smart. Nobody on your team can do anything about it. Its great.

Try this for revenge. Find some vague little detail about kidney function or endocrine something and act like you just cannot understand it. Ask your attending to pretty please expound and help you to become a better doctor by explaining it all to the entire team right there on rounds. See how he/she likes pimping in reverse.

 

[Slevin]

Try this for revenge. Find some vague little detail about kidney function or endocrine something and act like you just cannot understand it. Ask your attending to pretty please expound and help you to become a better doctor by explaining it all to the entire team right there on rounds. See how he/she likes pimping in reverse.

I'm going to have to do this, just hope it doesn't backfire in my face

 

[deleted480308]

I'm going to have to do this, just hope it doesn't backfire in my face

I'm going to predict a backfire...either way the story will be awesome so please share if you go through with it

 

[Dejavu]

I'm going to have to do this, just hope it doesn't backfire in my face

Yeah, that's the problem. You might end up with a homework assignment.

 

[meister]

Definitely would result in homework

 

[45408]

One of the fun things about being an attending is that you can pick some esoteric detail and ask pimp questions about it and look very smart. Nobody on your team can do anything about it. Its great.

Try this for revenge. Find some vague little detail about kidney function or endocrine something and act like you just cannot understand it. Ask your attending to pretty please expound and help you to become a better doctor by explaining it all to the entire team right there on rounds. See how he/she likes pimping in reverse.

I highly recommend reading The Art of Pimping for details on the bluff and the dodge.

http://www.cchil.org/hospitalmedicine/images/resources/033109-071000pm-pimping.pdf


Further reading here: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=183639

 

[deleted103644]

I highly recommend reading The Art of Pimping for details on the bluff and the dodge.

http://www.cchil.org/hospitalmedicine/images/resources/033109-071000pm-pimping.pdf


Further reading here: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=183639

That. Was. Amazing.

 

[K31]

The other day, I watched an intern forget which valve is between the LV and the aorta. So yeah, you aren't the only one who forgets some basic stuff.

 

[deleted103644]

The other day, I watched an intern forget which valve is between the LV and the aorta. So yeah, you aren't the only one who forgets some basic stuff.

Didn't the word "aorta" give it away?

 

[K31]

Didn't the word "aorta" give it away?

Yeah, it was pretty painful to watch, especially since 1) it was the assistant PD doing the pimping, and 2) he started emphasizing the word "aorta" when the guy didn't get it right off.

 

[deleted103644]

Yeah, it was pretty painful to watch, especially since 1) it was the assistant PD doing the pimping, and 2) he started emphasizing the word "aorta" when the guy didn't get it right off.

I don't even understand why an attending would ask that question... I'm guessing that kid won't be matching to cardiology - yikes.

 

[K31]

It started off as a question about what structural cardiac diseases could cause syncope, and degenerated from there.

 

[justaregularmed]

I'm going to have to do this, just hope it doesn't backfire in my face

It really depends on the attending. I've had this end poorly and in a laugh good luck.

I find the intentional pimp you where the textbook as just been recently superceeded by a new study that the attending likes pimp the most annoying but sadly informative.

 

[Buzz Me]

I don't even understand why an attending would ask that question... I'm guessing that kid won't be matching to cardiology - yikes.

To be fair, some people just don't do well under pressure. Some of us thrive in these situations and love the stress...others just aren't used to having all the attention/focus placed on them in a public setting.