3rd year grades - advice

[Scooby Doo]

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DO NOT TRUST ANYONE!
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

 

[jhadow]

Dude, what did you say? You must have been having some great convos to get comments like that!

 

[Gauss]

DO NOT TRUST ANYONE!
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

Best.

Advice.

EVER.

 

[phoenixsupra]

I have no problem telling other people what I found good for exam prep. I try to be as honest as I can. And I know a quite a few classmates who do the same. I also trade books with others so we can keep the cost down. There are so many a$$hole trophy chasers in medicine that it is tempting to take the attitude that you have. But I really think you lose if you go down that road. However I don't ever ask people what grade they get. That's their bussiness. But I say co-operate as much as possible. Being a decent human is important if you want to be effective as a doctor. Yes, you will get stung a few times but it's better than living in a self-imposed hell. Good luck.

 

[JMK2005]

I have no problem telling other people what I found good for exam prep. I try to be as honest as I can. And I know a quite a few classmates who do the same. I also trade books with others so we can keep the cost down. There are so many a$$hole trophy chasers in medicine that it is tempting to take the attitude that you have. But I really think you lose if you go down that road. However I don't ever ask people what grade they get. That's their bussiness. But I say co-operate as much as possible. Being a decent human is important if you want to be effective as a doctor. Yes, you will get stung a few times but it's better than living in a self-imposed hell. Good luck.

I agree with the above post. Rotations are so much easier if you have a good partner and classmates who can tell you which people are awesome teachers and others to stay away from.

Pick those people wisely and share. With others tho... definitely keeping your mouth shut is the best bet.

 

[fourthyearmed]

DO NOT TRUST ANYONE!
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

I'm betting the OP means something more like "watch what you say around residents" than "don't share study books with classmates". Just a guess, otherwise he's being pretty cryptic.

 

[ears]

I completely agree about sharing with classmates. I found very few classmates who were actually deliberatly out to screw me, but clinical medicine in general teaches you to never assume. Go look at the X-ray yourself; go examine the patient yourself; go talk to the resident yourself. That's not being untrusting, that's just being conscientious. (A highly valued attribute in a physician of any type.)

But I also think it applies to residents and attendings. You can defintely find residents/attendings that are worth sharing with, so you can hear their point of view. I mean, you don't want to share everything, and it's almost always better to keep purely negative stuff to yourself. But wasting your time in school in a hunkered down mode isn't the way to go, either. You have to open yourself up a little bit, say what you think, ask what you want to know, be ready to stand your ground.

Remember, the goal isn't to survive your training, but to practice being the kind of doctor you want to be. I don't want to be a "trust no one, keep my mouth shut" doctor; I want to enjoy collegial relationships with my colleagues, and that's hard to do if I'm expecting to get whacked every second.

 

[CaptainJack02]

I completely agree about sharing with classmates. I found very few classmates who were actually deliberatly out to screw me, but clinical medicine in general teaches you to never assume. Go look at the X-ray yourself; go examine the patient yourself; go talk to the resident yourself. That's not being untrusting, that's just being conscientious. (A highly valued attribute in a physician of any type.)
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Remember, the goal isn't to survive your training, but to practice being the kind of doctor you want to be. I don't want to be a "trust no one, keep my mouth shut" doctor; I want to enjoy collegial relationships with my colleagues, and that's hard to do if I'm expecting to get whacked every second.

👍 nice post. this is definitely how i think 3rd year will/should operate once i get past m1 and 2!

thanks for articulating it!