Biggest lie told to you in school

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I can think of two.

1. Real attrition rate among MS1's was higher than reported.
2. Tuition/fees quote did not quite match up to bill sent.

😡

Share your own.

cleo
 
then in truth, what is it based on?

Originally posted by yaah
My favorite lie: "Third year clerkship grades will be based on clinical knowledge, hard work, and working as a member of a team."
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Lecturer Babble and School Propaganda
"We want you to know the concepts. The emphasis here is on concepts. The new curriculum shifts the emphasis from detail to concepts and principles because you will forget the details and they will change."

Translation:
"You will be tested on every 3 to 4 letter combination possible, wherein you will have to further supply buzz words like 'activates', 'inhibits', 'regulates', 'phosphorylates', 'dephosphorylates', etc."
 
Originally posted by Street Philosopher
Lecturer Babble and School Propaganda
"We want you to know the concepts. The emphasis here is on concepts. The new curriculum shifts the emphasis from detail to concepts and principles because you will forget the details and they will change."

Translation:
"You will be tested on every 3 to 4 letter combination possible, wherein you will have to further supply buzz words like 'activates', 'inhibits', 'regulates', 'phosphorylates', 'dephosphorylates', etc."
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i know EXACTLY what you mean 🙂
 
"our school consistently scores at the top 3 every year on the usmles"--i've heared this at half a dozen schools i've interviewed at...and some of those weren't even top 20 schools.
 
Go to class if you really want to do well.
 
Be nice to the nurses, they can be your best friends.
 
Originally posted by yaah
My favorite lie: "Third year clerkship grades will be based on clinical knowledge, hard work, and working as a member of a team."
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Haha, this is a good one. They forgot to mention all the STUDYING and TEST-TAKING you still have to do!! 🙄
 
Originally posted by Back34
Go to class if you really want to do well.
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seriously, I totally agree with that one. I wasted so much time going to class in the first 2 years, and then when I stopped going, I did so much better on exams, had more time for myself, but felt so totally guilty because of that lie.
 
Originally posted by ooky
Be nice to the nurses, they can be your best friends.
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I also agree with this one. Nurses are either always nice or always mean, no matter how hard you try to be friendly. Sometimes being friendly to a lazy nurse will make him/her be even more lazy. I don't even bother anymore. . .

I still see some of my classmates trying to suck up to the nurses on the wards, and I think that is so cheap. I say, be respectful to everyone, no matter if it's a nurse, fellow med student, patient, resident or attending.

No need for insincere ploys of sweetness and fake non-medicine-related small-talk just to get into a nurse's "favorite-people" list. It won't happen anyways, and there are patients waiting to be taken care of.
 
Originally posted by emedpa
this won't be on the test.....
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"This will be on the test."
 
I wouldn't know where to begin with Ross....
 
heh jkdmed, thats something I do believe in.

we've got the same faculty(basically the good and the bad. Mostly retired US and Canadian professors who want to teach without having to research) and use the same books and take the same tests, nbme shelfs and score about the same as our US counterparts. Enough trying to stick up for this school though.


I was referring to what my interviewer told me about there being a Pizza Hut here and a KFC (this is actually an hour away in the capital).
The failure rate in each class ( a lot of people who dont belong in medical school).
The living conditions of the island, scary.
etc
 
1) "I want to be a doctor so I can help people..."
To bad you can't tell 'em I wanna be a doc to have the title and tell a woman to her clothes off and send the bill to her husband (great line).
2) These we'll be the best years of your life...The best years of my life are behind me, now I'm just trying to kill time before It's my turn.
3) Most specialists only know their own field...ALL specialists know ONLY their own field (and sometimes not even that much).
+pissed+
 
Biggest lie before school:
"The MCAT is the most important test you will ever take." Never mind steps 1, 2, and 3 of the boards and then tests for board certification...

Biggest lies during school (same as some of the others mentioned):
1. "The test will be very straightforward."
2. "This is a test question." (always pissed me off when they said this and then proceeded to screw us over on the exam)
3. "The first year is the hardest." (second semester of second year SUCKS when you are studying for both boards and class)
 
"This course will be a relaxing one when compared to your previous courses"

"When I'm lecturing, you'll KNOW which items will be on the exam because all sorts of bells and whistles will go off"
 
Originally posted by lmbebo
heh jkdmed, thats something I do believe in.

we've got the same faculty(basically the good and the bad. Mostly retired US and Canadian professors who want to teach without having to research) and use the same books and take the same tests, nbme shelfs and score about the same as our US counterparts. Enough trying to stick up for this school though.


I was referring to what my interviewer told me about there being a Pizza Hut here and a KFC (this is actually an hour away in the capital).
The failure rate in each class ( a lot of people who dont belong in medical school).
The living conditions of the island, scary.
etc
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I know dude, I was just messing with you. Ross and SGU are good schools.
 
Originally posted by Street Philosopher
Lecturer Babble and School Propaganda
"We want you to know the concepts. The emphasis here is on concepts. The new curriculum shifts the emphasis from detail to concepts and principles because you will forget the details and they will change."

Translation:
"You will be tested on every 3 to 4 letter combination possible, wherein you will have to further supply buzz words like 'activates', 'inhibits', 'regulates', 'phosphorylates', 'dephosphorylates', etc."
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This is definitely the worst and most often told. I can't believe I believed them the first time. 🙄
 
Freshman year: "I'll pull out before I cum!" Yeah, right!

All other lies pale compared to that!
 
"as med students at our institution, you will be extremely highly regarded at all residency programs throughout the country; every one of you will be actively recruited." ....
 
Originally posted by redleft123
Freshman year: "I'll pull out before I cum!" Yeah, right!

All other lies pale compared to that!
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Anyone that actually believes that line must have eaten one too many lead paint chips as a child...
 
"Anatomy is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us the attachments of another useless obscure muscle, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Biochemistry is the foundation of all medicine."-said by a PhD before teaching us the structure of enzymes involved in another useless obscure pathway, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available

bpkurtz
 
Originally posted by BPKurtz
"Anatomy is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us the attachments of another useless obscure muscle, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Biochemistry is the foundation of all medicine."-said by a PhD before teaching us the structure of enzymes involved in another useless obscure pathway, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available

bpkurtz
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:laugh:
 
Originally posted by BPKurtz
"Anatomy is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us the attachments of another useless obscure muscle, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Biochemistry is the foundation of all medicine."-said by a PhD before teaching us the structure of enzymes involved in another useless obscure pathway, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available

bpkurtz
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: so true
 
Originally posted by BPKurtz
"Anatomy is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us the attachments of another useless obscure muscle, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Biochemistry is the foundation of all medicine."-said by a PhD before teaching us the structure of enzymes involved in another useless obscure pathway, which any physician worth his salt would probably look up anyway

"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available

bpkurtz
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:laugh:

I think *Biostatistics* is the foundation of medicine...
 
Neurology is a vacation.

Family practice is a vacation.

Psych is a vacation.

Fill in the blank course is easy.
 
Originally posted by carrigallen


I think *Biostatistics* is the foundation of medicine...
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Oh yeah, you're right! Good one.🙂

bpkurtz
 
"Don't worry too much about this section, you will have more of it in ____ next semester so i won't test you too much on it."

then half the questions on the test are on that topic.

"Today's lab will be quick and dirty".
we were there 3 hours. EVERYONE. not just my group.

" the test is really easy. don't study too hard for it."
 
"Don't worry about studying this... it won't be on the test"

I don't know about anyone else, but this little statement is a huge tradition at my school, and probably frustrates more of its students than the mindless ramblings of most of the PhDs.



"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available"

No kidding. What a joke. Relevant genetics consists of a week-long series of lectures in a PathoPhys course. Max. As it stands we have a four-month long course at my school. Lame.
 
Don't hate me for this one --

"Your Step 1 scores don't matter"

A particularly toxic one, spewed forth even from the NBME, who should know better. Not to scare you all second years, but residency programs use the step 1 score to screen the applicants, even if you're not trying to do Derm at the Mass General or something like that. I could possibly see the step 1 score not mattering if you are not interested in doing your residency at a university hospital. Ah, med school, where all students are above average...
 
Originally posted by pikachu
Don't hate me for this one --

"Your Step 1 scores don't matter"

A particularly toxic one, spewed forth even from the NBME, who should know better. Not to scare you all second years, but residency programs use the step 1 score to screen the applicants, even if you're not trying to do Derm at the Mass General or something like that. I could possibly see the step 1 score not mattering if you are not interested in doing your residency at a university hospital. Ah, med school, where all students are above average...
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Who in the hell said that Step 1 scores don't matter? The thing I was hearing from day 1 (and even before I started med school) was that you can't underestimate how important they are.😕 😕
 
"Don't worry about the exam."
 
mindless ramblings of most of the PhDs
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Truly an insight from one with more insight of their preceptors.

Where did you do you first doctorate?
 
"PBL is a system that fosters cooperativity, not competition". total and utter bull. Waaaaaay too many gunners in my class. PBL works for 1st two years, but apparently once third year starts, its on.
 
Granted I'm still in college, but this is the biggest one I've heard from Undeclared Freshmen with a .5 GPA:

"Oh, I'm pre-med".
 
I interviewed at three schools and here is the biggest lie I heard:

"This is the best medical school to go to."

I didn't know that there could be three bests. Also, these schools weren't Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. 🙄
 
Originally posted by fabiolablake
I interviewed at three schools and here is the biggest lie I heard:

"This is the best medical school to go to."

I didn't know that there could be three bests. Also, these schools weren't Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. 🙄
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Yeah. Only one of them is in California.
 
Hi there,

Biggest lie: "This won't hurt a bit" or "I'm not going to F--K with your head but..."

Biggest truth: "BOHICA or Bend Over, Here It Comes Again"

njbmd😎
 
Hmm, my favorite lie during 1st and 2nd year lectures on a Friday afternoon- "If the class doesn't take a break, I'll let you out early" says the mean mean mean PhD who thinks that we ACTUALLY care about the lecture.
The one I am still bitter about from the administration I was told on interview day- "We listen to the students and work with them to fix all problems. That is why the students love it here." What a load of junk.
 
"I just want to be friends."

Okay, so it's not specific to medical school, but it's heard there just as much as anywhere else.
 
"The hardest part of medical school is getting in. After that, it's all a piece of cake."

WHATEVAH.
 
Good call there 🙂

They made us up t-shirts for our welcome weekend that said:

Whoever said the hardest part was getting in DIDN'T


(and Celine, if you're reading this, you're a dork 😉)
 
Originally posted by BPKurtz
"Genetics is the foundation of all medicine." -said by a PhD before teaching us about an inborn disease which is uniformly fatal and for which no therapy is available...
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... and occurs in about 1:250,000 actual live births and you'll never see unless you become an extremely lucky neonatologist and you still won't know what it is unless you happen to try to look it up after the patient dies. 🙄
 
In a semi-recent "New Physician" (AMSA) magazine edition dedicated to "the white coat", this [paraphrased] quote by a seasoned doctor... "Every time I put on my white coat, I think for a minute or two about what it means...."

I'm SO sure you do... 🙄
 
Originally posted by daria
In a semi-recent "New Physician" (AMSA) magazine edition dedicated to "the white coat", this [paraphrased] quote by a seasoned doctor... "Every time I put on my white coat, I think for a minute or two about what it means...."

I'm SO sure you do... 🙄
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well, actually i do think about it everytime i put it on. i think about how big of a shmuck i feel and look like with that short white coat on, and how much I loathe having to wear pseudo dressy clothes to my lame-o touchy feely "doctoring" class. i think about how occasionally being mistaken for a "real" doctor by someone on the street pales in comparison to those "you're just a knucklehead med student, and I look forward to embarrassing you whenever you get on my service" glares I get walking around the med school campus. I think about the wonderful pomp and circumstance of the white coat ceremony, and all the "congratulations" I got, hey, you're about to plunge yourself into thousands of dollars in debt, work till you pass out, only to be rewarded by working for peanuts as a resident, great freaking job, so here's your first giganto pack of biochem notes. It makes me swell up with pride

😛
 
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