Don't like medical school

[TheIllusionist]

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That's including a lot of old time docs. Regardless, I'll bite. These people are looking at their banking friends from stern at Goldman Sachs or their friends graduating t14 law firms and making 180k right out. They're making comparisons to the big fish of these fields.

 

[Giovanotto]

Jesus this thread is depressing

 

[Small Cell Carcinoma]

I can sympathize with where you are coming from OP. I am currently an M2 and find the atmosphere in medical school to be quite toxic as well. Most of the other students here are arrogant bs artists who are quite insufferable to be around. This hyper competitive environment combined with condescending staff and never ending stress has made medical school a pretty miserable experience for me thus far. Also, I am finding that the material is getting more and more uninteresting as time goes on, so I am hoping this changes after basic sciences. For me though, the biggest dissapointment was that I thought medical school would be better/more interesting than undergrad. Turns out that I was very wrong in the end.

 

[RNtoMD87]

Hmmm yeah hopefully people in his program are addressing this with him. There's certainly some pressure as a resident to be able to handle things well, and people that close off and stop communicating tend to do so as a poor coping mechanism for their own shortcomings. If he didn't understand what was happening or what needed to happen therapeutically, he may have been scared to call his senior/attending and be found out. Obviously this coping mechanism backfires brutally on most everyone who uses it.

Ironically, it seems like some of the worst offenders are the most highly pedigreed and look highly accomplished on paper. They could probably get this question right on a test, but struggle in real life. They also seem to derive their identity from appearing like the smartest person in the room, so making a call because they're stuck is especially difficult for them.

Yep. He definitely is one of the "smartest people in the room"

 

[Entadus]

the best thing about med school is that it doesn't last forever.

 

[Gilakend]

Indeed, for many med students nowadays, their first employment ever will be residency. This is why we like non-trad students so much.

I know this is true but it still shocks me every time I read it.

 

[Jojos]

I at no point enjoyed med school. I loved what we were learning but the system and the classmates were definitely not agreeable to me. You grind through if it is what you want to do, otherwise it isn't worth it.

 

[Small Cell Carcinoma]

I know this is true but it still shocks me every time I read it.

Why does this shock you? Some people are able to get into medical school immediately after college and thus do not need to have a paying job before going to medical school (and later starting residency). I know I was one of these people who never had any prior employment prior to starting medical school, and I do not feel like I have any less maturity or practical skills when compared to any of the non-trads in my class.

 

[Gilakend]

Why does this shock you? Some people are able to get into medical school immediately after college and thus do not need to have a paying job before going to medical school (and later starting residency). I know I was one of these people who never had any prior employment prior to starting medical school, and I do not feel like I have any less maturity or practical skills when compared to any of the non-trads in my class.

I'm not saying you need to be down in a coal mine but I do think it's surprising that someone never worked even part-time during college or high school and that residency would be their first employment ever.

 

[W19]

the best thing about med school is that it doesn't last forever.

Gosh! Cant wait for March 12...

 

[raiderette]

I'm not saying you need to be down in a coal mine but I do think it's surprising that someone never worked even part-time during college or high school and that residency would be their first employment ever.

As someone who worked real jobs since age 14, I am amazed at how many of my classmates have never worked real jobs. I don't count tutoring at the university. People seem genuinely fascinated when I talk about detasselling corn, working at car shows and working county fairs. These people have never been treated like a subordinate.