Dr, Pre-Med...

[Thales]

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Anyone care to share your stories of pre-med/wanna-be doctors that irritate you?

I had the misfortune of meeting one the other day. He said he was pre-med for 2 years and swore to me, -SWORE-, that ARVD was not a condition which directly damaged the heart. It was a disease which damaged the structures which support the heart (despite the name) and it only impacted women. He also swore the only way to even begin a diagnosis was a biopsy of the "heart sack" (LOL). After about 10 minutes of him talking out of his ass I zoned out and he started in about how his mother-in-law died of it so he was very familiar. It finally ended when he began to get physically aggressive because I didn't believe him.

Another great story involved a film major who said his second major was medicine, when I asked if he was on a pre-med track he swore that I was wrong. He proceeded to tell me how I was wasting my time getting my BA when I could just get my MD while getting my undergrad. Not sure if he was trolling me but he seemed serious enough...

Any other funny stories to share?

 

[DrMidlife]

Any other funny stories to share?

Yeah: the MCAT scores for people like that. Funny how they're not so good. All hat, no cattle.

 

[cabinbuilder]

Pre-meds are bad but medical students are just as terrible. I had a guy shout in my face in the med school cafeteria - "You can't drive to Alaska, Alaska's an island" ! Really? And this guy actually became a doctor. Scary.

 

[vc7777]

Pre-meds are bad but medical students are just as terrible. I had a guy shout in my face in the med school cafeteria - "You can't drive to Alaska, Alaska's an island" ! Really? And this guy actually became a doctor. Scary.

a classmate of mine likes to point out at times like this that in fact ALL med students were formerly premed - unfortunately. 😀

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[Thales]

Pre-meds are bad but medical students are just as terrible. I had a guy shout in my face in the med school cafeteria - "You can't drive to Alaska, Alaska's an island" ! Really? And this guy actually became a doctor. Scary.

Pre-med in my Drugs and Behavior class on WW2: "I'm not sure what country it took place..." Not "countries". It's sort of like one of those things that's in the title; "WORLD". Similar to "Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia", the affected structure is in the title...

Also, an ex-GF wasn't pre-med but she had a 3.7GPA in Finance and said she could easily be a doctor: "The Chinese bombed Pearl Harbor".

 

[MAnne]

This guy in my Marine Field Research class last semester said he wanted to be the next Christian Troy (Nip/Tuck). He "graduated" this past summer and ended up having to take Biochem and A/P to "better" his grade. I asked where he plans on applying and he said that all the doctors he works for (he's a caddy) say a doctors are not getting paid anymore and it's not worth getting into it. So he's thinking of going into acting for now; maybe a little porn to get some fast cash. wtf?



~M

 

[QofQuimica]

There was a kid volunteering at the community hospital where I rotated, and I actually enjoyed having him around. Showed him how to read an x-ray, had him hand me instruments for a procedure, that kind of thing. He loved it, and what can I say, I like to hear myself talk. Win-win all around. 🙂

 

[flodhi1]

Anyone care to share your stories of pre-med/wanna-be doctors that irritate you?

I had the misfortune of meeting one the other day. He said he was pre-med for 2 years and swore to me, -SWORE-, that ARVD was not a condition which directly damaged the heart. It was a disease which damaged the structures which support the heart (despite the name) and it only impacted women. He also swore the only way to even begin a diagnosis was a biopsy of the "heart sack" (LOL). After about 10 minutes of him talking out of his ass I zoned out and he started in about how his mother-in-law died of it so he was very familiar. It finally ended when he began to get physically aggressive because I didn't believe him.

Another great story involved a film major who said his second major was medicine, when I asked if he was on a pre-med track he swore that I was wrong. He proceeded to tell me how I was wasting my time getting my BA when I could just get my MD while getting my undergrad. Not sure if he was trolling me but he seemed serious enough...

Any other funny stories to share?

Pre-med in my Drugs and Behavior class on WW2: "I'm not sure what country it took place..." Not "countries". It's sort of like one of those things that's in the title; "WORLD". Similar to "Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia", the affected structure is in the title...

Also, an ex-GF wasn't pre-med but she had a 3.7GPA in Finance and said she could easily be a doctor: "The Chinese bombed Pearl Harbor".

You live in an interesting place to be exposed to so many clowns.

 

[cantthink]

back in my undergrad years a me and guy (whom i knew from boy scouts many years prior) were talking about doing things in the great outdoors and somehow ended up on the topic of hydration and the color of pee (we are the life of the party, i assure you!).....a friend of a friend butts in about how its best to have extremely dark dark urine because it means "the bad stuff is leaving your body"....naturally we argued to the contrary but he adamantly insisted that he knew what he was talking about because "he was pre-med!" (He was a freshman...and this was fall semester, not exactly adequate time to gain a lot of expertise I'd say).......I'm reasonably sure he wasn't trying to warn us of the dangers of hyponatremia.....

 

[random2708]

"The Chinese bombed Pearl Harbor".

I thought the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor . . .

followed by:


HOOVER: Don't screw around, they're serious this time!
OTTER: Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
BOON: I thought you were pre-med.
OTTER: What's the difference?


🙂

 

[natorx]

I think we all run into stupid people in college, no matter professional school or not.

I will say the biology departement is more arrogant... I have a grant meeting weekly ( i'm the odd ball chemistry student in the crowd) and I'm sorry there understanding of science vs memorization of tissue and membrane is just funny. Plus all them are "wanna-be" docs aka pre-meds, and overly competative. I love Chem departement because barely anyone there plans on going to the health field, they just want to be scientist.

My Anatomy teacher says when blood clots, it has a negative charge, and attracts another negative ion to close the cut/ opening (Sorry very lamen example, can't remember names, don't have notes near me). I ask how can a negative charge, attract another negative charge, won't they repell eachother. She smiles and says, thats just how it is. So I am left wondering wtf haha

 

[Thales]

You live in an interesting place to be exposed to so many clowns.

I go to a small state college in the South and we get a lot of dual enrollment kids; highschool and college. Also near a big military base so we get variety of people coming and going.

 

[PharMed2016]

I've met some interesting pre-meds giving medical advice to others. Actually had one lecture my sister (medical student) and I on heart disease and its progression. He further went on to elaborate on treatment.

😕 I was like... *&^% what is he talking about? My sister and I just looked at each other and smirked.

Arguing is too much effort sometimes.

Pre-medical doesn't mean your a doctor. It means your just taking the courses heavily focused on biology.

 

[PharMed2016]

That's not to mention that there was this one patient that came in with SJS to the pharmacy that I was interning at. I asked him if he would like counseling and he said in a snotty tone that he was premed.

Here's what went on in my head. --> Premed. . . = doctor?? . . . chuckles . . . hmmm. . . his lost. 😀

 

[Thales]

A recent ex is an EMT (not practicing, just licensed) and doles out medical advice all the time. Her friend is getting his paramedic license and was pre-med and he does it too. I'm always tripped out by that. People know I've taken anatomy and physiology courses and that I'm pre-med and ask me for advice all the time, I always shrug my shoulders and tell them to ask a doctor.