You work? I figured you were independently wealthy at this point.
The thing about this program is that at any time I have 8 different bosses, each with their own unique expectations (with no uniformity between). Trust me, it's not limited to just one rotation.
well I work some of the ugliest people I know - wonder what we are doing wrong?
Yes.
Already did. His answer was a lot of waffling. I'm fine with keeping my head down; I just don't want to wind up at the end without a certificate.
We can't all be unicorns.
Already did. His answer was a lot of waffling. I'm fine with keeping my head down; I just don't want to wind up at the end without a certificate.
We can't all be unicorns.
I think I need to reiterate what someone else said. Review all of the ASHP standards and make sure you feel as though they are being met. Then, review the Duty hour policy and make sure you are keeping track of yours. If either are in violation, talk to your RPD about how you feel the program might be lacking. They can't really retaliate on that with a withheld certificate because you can document and report it to the ASHP. I am not saying that you should try to blackmail them into changing, but you may find that there actually is a problem or your program meets all the standards and you are dealing with the same thing than hundreds of other PGY1s are dealing with this year.Already did. His answer was a lot of waffling. I'm fine with keeping my head down; I just don't want to wind up at the end without a certificate.
We can't all be unicorns.
I'll consider doing this. I spoke with my director today while working in one of our clinics, and he basically let me know that I'm the only resident with a "needs improvement" score (and I had a LOT, all from the same preceptor). I don't think my co-residents are really shooting that far ahead of me. When I found this out, though, it was enough for me to make the decision to pursue other employment. I'll be sending out apps soon.
How about we acknowledge a couple of things here. First, I said "some of where you are at" because I was accepting that my situation was not exactly like the OP's. I will also acknowledge that even though we both hold full time jobs, my wife and I hold different perspectives on parenthood. You should acknowledge that not all men and women are the same and to say that being a wife is universally harder than being a husband (though my wife is awesome) is sexist at best.
Except as a dual FT income household, even on my resident salary I wouldn't classify us as moderate or lower means. Again, you seem to try to classify me and my family without knowing anything about us. I actually just called my wife and asked your question (I did have a better reason to call) and we had a good discussion about the topic. It doesn't matter what she said because whatever I tell you (other than what you expect) will be just hearsay. This could be a really long discussion, but as I don't know about your family and you don't know about mine there is really no point. So I leave you with two things. First, I have seen some pretty deadbeat/pitiful moms in every income bracket come through my work (though not as many as the dads). However, enough to make your "fact" not so immutable. Maybe wives are more likely to do a greater share of the work than husbands but exceptions certainly exist. Second, I acknowledge that I do not know who in our marriage does more work, but the act of keeping up with that information is not beneficial to our marriage. We do what needs doing and neither would be able to do it all without the other."You should acknowledge that not all men and women are the same and to say that being a wife is universally harder than being a husband (though my wife is awesome) is sexist at best."
Call it whatever you like, it's an immutable FACT that wives of moderate and lower means, do more far more work than men. Better yet, ask you wife if she thinks she does less work than you.
PS- You sound like an ungrateful/entitled husband to pull the "sexist" card.
