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Thought this might be an interesting statistic 🙂
How many people have a parent who is a physician?
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My dad's an anesthesiologist.
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My grandfather was a doctor. Close enough?
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Father - neurosurgeon
Mother - cardiothoracic surgeon
Me - A neglected child growing up. Where's the love, man? 🙄
Mother - cardiothoracic surgeon
Me - A neglected child growing up. Where's the love, man? 🙄
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
•Father - neurosurgeon
Mother - cardiothoracic surgeon
Me - A neglected child growing up. Where's the love, man? 🙄 •••••Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?!
As for my answer, I'm the first person to graduate from college in my immediate family. So, no doctors in the family. That I know of, no nurses either.
•Father - neurosurgeon
Mother - cardiothoracic surgeon
Me - A neglected child growing up. Where's the love, man? 🙄 •••••Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?!
As for my answer, I'm the first person to graduate from college in my immediate family. So, no doctors in the family. That I know of, no nurses either.
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I'm the first in all of my family (even extended) also to even attempt college. I think it's really cool for those of us that are in this postion. If we become physicians, not only are we breaking out of the cycle, we are setting extreme examples!
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I think it woudl be awesome just to be the first in the family to make it to med school. I know out of my extended family and through many frist and second cousins,e tc etce tc no one is a med student or doctor. But then again not too many of them have attended college either.
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by Chadleez1:
Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?![/QB]••••Man, I didn't even want to go into medicine growing up. I hated the medical field cause my parents were never home, but that changed over the years. As far as pressure goes, I don't really feel the need to live up to their standards. I do know two things though:
a) I'm probably not going into surgery and
b) I'm definitely not marrying a physician.
Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?![/QB]••••Man, I didn't even want to go into medicine growing up. I hated the medical field cause my parents were never home, but that changed over the years. As far as pressure goes, I don't really feel the need to live up to their standards. I do know two things though:
a) I'm probably not going into surgery and
b) I'm definitely not marrying a physician.
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My dad is an oral surgeon (D.D.S.)
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Good to see so many other posters stating that they are the first to even graduate college in their families. I am also a first in that category. I recently asked "the elders" in my family if they ever knew or heard of any who were physicians and the answer was no (even when thinking back to pre-US ancients). So, I can proudly represent my family as the first person to graduate from college, and enter medical school. That does feel pretty nice and I do think it reflect on some of the positive aspects of this country.
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Chadleez1:
Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?!•••••Man, I didn't even want to go into medicine growing up. I hated the medical field cause my parents were never home, but that changed over the years. As far as pressure goes, I don't really feel the need to live up to their standards. I do know two things though:
a) I'm probably not going into surgery and
b) I'm definitely not marrying a physician.[/QB]••••There aren't too many women CT surgeons, is there?
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Chadleez1:
Damn...you've got a father in one of the most strenuous specialties out there, and a mother who, I'm guessing, is really still one of the relatively few women in the field. No pressure on you, huh?!•••••Man, I didn't even want to go into medicine growing up. I hated the medical field cause my parents were never home, but that changed over the years. As far as pressure goes, I don't really feel the need to live up to their standards. I do know two things though:
a) I'm probably not going into surgery and
b) I'm definitely not marrying a physician.[/QB]••••There aren't too many women CT surgeons, is there?
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•••quote:•••Originally posted by Chadleez1:
•There aren't too many women CT surgeons, is there?•••••The vast majority of CT surgeons that I've met have been male. Surgery is a male dominated field as it is. I'm not saying that women can't handle it, it's just that they tend to shy away from it because it leaves very little time for family/kids. These days, CT surgery isn't nearly as competitive as it used to be since reimbursements have come down and the hours still suck. It's very difficult (damn near impossible) to be both a top surgeon and a good mother. Having said that, 2 of the local neurosurgeons are females. They're just as qualified as anyone. No idea what their family life is like though.
•There aren't too many women CT surgeons, is there?•••••The vast majority of CT surgeons that I've met have been male. Surgery is a male dominated field as it is. I'm not saying that women can't handle it, it's just that they tend to shy away from it because it leaves very little time for family/kids. These days, CT surgery isn't nearly as competitive as it used to be since reimbursements have come down and the hours still suck. It's very difficult (damn near impossible) to be both a top surgeon and a good mother. Having said that, 2 of the local neurosurgeons are females. They're just as qualified as anyone. No idea what their family life is like though.
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