Need a second job. I'm bored.

[beyond all hope]

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Just want to give med students/residents a perspective.

I'm a full time attending at an academic program in New York, one year out of residency, and I'm one of the directors of the medical student rotation. I work 28 clinical hours a week, which translates to 2 1/2 shifts/week, of those 2-4 overnights/month.

We don't have any med student this month. They haven't finished shuffling around my paperwork at the trauma center I'll be moonlighting at. There's no overtime to be had this month.

I've gone to the beach, worked out almost every day, visited friends. The residents take me drinking way too often. I'm taking a writing class every week. Watch movies every day, catching up on my reading. I still have way too much free time.

I'm bored.

Just thought you'd like to know. Hate me now, but you'll be me soon enough.

beyond

 

[chumbojumbo]

Just want to give med students/residents a perspective.

I'm a full time attending at an academic program in New York, one year out of residency, and I'm one of the directors of the medical student rotation. I work 28 clinical hours a week, which translates to 2 1/2 shifts/week, of those 2-4 overnights/month.

We don't have any med student this month. They haven't finished shuffling around my paperwork at the trauma center I'll be moonlighting at. There's no overtime to be had this month.

I've gone to the beach, worked out almost every day, visited friends. The residents take me drinking way too often. I'm taking a writing class every week. Watch movies every day, catching up on my reading. I still have way too much free time.

I'm bored.

Just thought you'd like to know. Hate me now, but you'll be me soon enough.

beyond

simply...awesome


CJ

 

[snoopy brown]

I PMed it to Panda Bear because it proves what I've always said about EM.

 

[Dr. Will]

I PMed it to Panda Bear because it proves what I've always said about EM.

You too must be bored since all you do all day is look for arguments on an internet forum.

Don't fall for the bait. This troll continously bashes EM on other forums.

 

[Hard24Get]

Just want to give med students/residents a perspective.

I'm a full time attending at an academic program in New York, one year out of residency, and I'm one of the directors of the medical student rotation. I work 28 clinical hours a week, which translates to 2 1/2 shifts/week, of those 2-4 overnights/month.

We don't have any med student this month. They haven't finished shuffling around my paperwork at the trauma center I'll be moonlighting at. There's no overtime to be had this month.

I've gone to the beach, worked out almost every day, visited friends. The residents take me drinking way too often. I'm taking a writing class every week. Watch movies every day, catching up on my reading. I still have way too much free time.

I'm bored.

Just thought you'd like to know. Hate me now, but you'll be me soon enough.

beyond

Why is it only 28hrs at NY? Don't you do research? 😕

To snoopy brown: why do you even exist? Are really even a resident or just some fat housewife with curlers in your hair. you don't below here, troll 👎

 

[snoopy brown]

Are really even a resident or just some fat housewife with curlers in your hair. you don't below here, troll

Thanks I'll be reporting your post.

 

[SurgONC]

Dare I ask what the OP's salary is for this very boring life? Sincerely curious.

 

[spyderdoc]

Thanks I'll be reporting your post.

Don't bother.

 

[Hard24Get]

Thanks I'll be reporting your post.

whoops, my bad. below=belong.

 

[snoopy brown]

Don't bother.

I already did. But that's OK if that's your idea of reasonable discourse then I shall follow it to the T.

 

[snoopy brown]

I have just been notified that while Hard24Get's post to me was acceptable, mine was not because it insulted a member. This apparently makes sense on this part of the forum due to rationalization (my reply was simply a basic repost of what Hard24Get posted to me, except I redirected it back at him). That is fine because as I have said I have already sent Panda Bear the link and while he will likely also ignore it that will also prove what I intend. You have done your parts.

 

[growgirl]

since you are so bored, can you help me get an interview for radiology residency in your free time? DO you have a radiology rsidency program in your hospital? I am a FP physician interested in doing another residency!

 

[RxnMan]

...I'm a full time attending at an academic program in New York, one year out of residency, and I'm one of the directors of the medical student rotation. I work 28 clinical hours a week, which translates to 2 1/2 shifts/week, of those 2-4 overnights/month...

Would you able to arrange this into month-by-month schedules? Instead of doing 28 hrs/wk, could you have a month where you're doing full-time, then a month off, then back on? Could you do it in 2-week blocks?

 

[GeneralVeers]

I'm bored.

beyond

Come wash my car. I like TWO coats of wax.

 

[Hard24Get]

I have just been notified that while Hard24Get's post to me was acceptable, mine was not because it insulted a member. This apparently makes sense on this part of the forum due to rationalization (my reply was simply a basic repost of what Hard24Get posted to me, except I redirected it back at him). That is fine because as I have said I have already sent Panda Bear the link and while he will likely also ignore it that will also prove what I intend. You have done your parts.

😕


Dear snoopy brown:

So sorry if my earlier queries about your identity were an insult to you in any way. In a moment of anger I was weak and sunk near the abysmal level you so often find yourself. What I really meant to say is the following:

If you would be so kind as to refrain from trolling around for what is apparently the sole purpose of insulting EM docs, nurses, minorities, women, and any other groups you take issue with, I would be much obliged.

Yours truly,

Lady Hard24Get

 

[ERMudPhud]

I have just been notified that while Hard24Get's post to me was acceptable, mine was not because it insulted a member. This apparently makes sense on this part of the forum due to rationalization (my reply was simply a basic repost of what Hard24Get posted to me, except I redirected it back at him). That is fine because as I have said I have already sent Panda Bear the link and while he will likely also ignore it that will also prove what I intend. You have done your parts.

1. Track record counts for a lot around here. snoops sticks his foot in his mouth

2. If being called a fat house wife in curlers really bothers you that much than you need a thicker skin. If not then this might help

3. I don't think this proves your point to Panda that EM docs are all lazy. If you notice Beyond is waiting to be credentialled at a local trauma center, looking for overtime hours, and waiting for the med student rotation to start. That doesn't make him lazy, just not busy right now.

4. I work with several trauma surgeons who work less than 30 hours per week. I don't think that means all surgeons are lazy. Shoot, I don't even think those trauma surgeons are lazy. They just have other priorities or responsibillities

 

[Dr. Will]

2. If being called a fat house wife in curlers really bothers you that much than you need a thicker skin. If not then this might help

Nice.

 

[Hard24Get]

We don't have any med student this month. They haven't finished shuffling around my paperwork at the trauma center I'll be moonlighting at. There's no overtime to be had this month.

I'm bored.


beyond

Hey, this would be a good time to be more of a presence as an advisor on the "2008 Season" thread, etc. Help us ms-4s match 👍

 

[EctopicFetus]

FYI snoopy brown = misterioso... 2 trolls in one

 

[snoopy brown]

2. If being called a fat house wife in curlers really bothers you that much than you need a thicker skin.

No it doesn't bother me but I didn't start out with the insults. You don't know it because my post was deleted but once I was told that this was acceptable I posted the same thing back to Hard24Get and was given an infraction by FoughtFyr for "insulting a member." So it's great that you are saying that I need thicker skin but it turns out you really are talking to Hard24Get and FoughtFyr. I actually wouldn't mind breaking out the insults but it is easy for the EM forum to act tough when they can dish out insults that they cannot take in return (since FoughtFyr would allow your insults and say that my insults were grounds for banning). That's typical. Will you buy copies of that book for the moderator of your section? 😆

Second of all if you read my interactions with Panda Bear you can see that I specifically said it was a lifestyle specialty and he took exception to that and started talking about how grueling his hours were. Like I said to him and I'll say again you can't act like it's tough if you're advertising how cush it is. FoughtFyr didn't understand that point either, so I won't worry too much if you don't. Apparently it is too difficult to comprehend for so many. Do I consider bragging about a 20+ hour workweek lazy? Sure. Why not? I guess if you think it's not maybe that demonstrates something too.

 

[NinerNiner999]

I have to second Beyond All Hope's sentiment - I work about 3 days per week right now and am having a tough time deciding what to do in my free time - SCUBA, golf, swimming, beach, etc... Somewhere in there I'm studying for boards. Sooo nice. Did I mention I don't work nights? I feel like I'm in my fourth year of medical school again during my days off.

But, when I do work, I'm seeing 2.5 patients per hour PLUS whatever trouble my PA's are getting into. This makes for close to 40 patients per shift. Really makes the time off even more important...

Snoopy - good luck buddy. I'll be thinking about how I avoided making whatever bad decisions made you so unhappy as I lay on the beach tomorrow 👍

 

[NeuroSync]

The word "bored" is not in my vocabulary. Please define...

 

[snoopy brown]

Snoopy - good luck buddy. I'll be thinking about how I avoided making whatever bad decisions made you so unhappy as I lay on the beach tomorrow 👍

Thanks. I don't think you realize it but in demonstrating that what I say is true you're not making me angry. I wish all EM people were as upfront as you are about your job and how rigorous it is. 👍

 

[southerndoc]

I'm looking forward to next year when I get a lot of time off to travel, travel, travel, and did I mention, travel?

 

[Hard24Get]

Thanks. I don't think you realize it but in demonstrating that what I say is true you're not making me angry. I wish all EM people were as upfront as you are about your job and how rigorous it is. 👍

Um, for the record the reason some of us aren't so taken with you is because you basically said that all who are in EM and who go into EM are lazy, as quoted below and expounded on by you in the thread ERMuDPhuD referenced. We never wanted you to say EM is not relatively a lifestyle specialty, but do prefer you don't go around insulting us with untruths.

And when you said Beyond's post "proves what I've always said about EM", it seems a it suspicious that those same insults are rearing their ugly heads. Correct me if I am wrong.

GuP, you have the attitude that it's not your job (yet) to do certain things and that will show. If the people around you don't care that's fine. However we've all worked with interns and residents who clearly had that same mentality as medical students and carried it into residency. If you go into a field where that is acceptable like ER then fine.

 

[Dr. Will]

No it doesn't bother me but I didn't start out with the insults. You don't know it because my post was deleted but once I was told that this was acceptable I posted the same thing back to Hard24Get and was given an infraction by FoughtFyr for "insulting a member." So it's great that you are saying that I need thicker skin but it turns out you really are talking to Hard24Get and FoughtFyr. I actually wouldn't mind breaking out the insults but it is easy for the EM forum to act tough when they can dish out insults that they cannot take in return (since FoughtFyr would allow your insults and say that my insults were grounds for banning). That's typical. Will you buy copies of that book for the moderator of your section? 😆

Second of all if you read my interactions with Panda Bear you can see that I specifically said it was a lifestyle specialty and he took exception to that and started talking about how grueling his hours were. Like I said to him and I'll say again you can't act like it's tough if you're advertising how cush it is. FoughtFyr didn't understand that point either, so I won't worry too much if you don't. Apparently it is too difficult to comprehend for so many. Do I consider bragging about a 20+ hour workweek lazy? Sure. Why not? I guess if you think it's not maybe that demonstrates something too.

Your posts are like herpes, the gift that keeps on giving. Pure entertainment when I sit here and imagine how truly bitter and unhappy with your life you are that you look for any sort of way to disagree and stir up debate on an anonymous internet forum.

 

[Febrifuge]

Hate me now, but you'll be me soon enough

My fall schedule doesn't allow me enough energy to hate. I also lack the attention span or the will power.

I was considering crying a little, but I also need the sodium.

 

[Hard24Get]

Hate me now, but you'll be me soon enough

My fall schedule doesn't allow me enough energy to hate. I also lack the attention span or the will power.

I was considering crying a little, but I also need the sodium.

 

[ccfccp]

Your posts are like herpes

That sounds like an opening to a great EM epic poem if I've ever heard one...

 

[kat82]

what an amazing post, beyond all hope. im a 4th year applying in EM and its nice to hear how nice life will be in about 4 years or so. i didnt initially pick EM for the lifestyle, but it sure is icing on the cake. THANK YOU!!

 

[Febrifuge]

That sounds like an opening to a great EM epic poem if I've ever heard one..

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

 

[ccfccp]

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

Man... That was great. You are just on tonight.

 

[da8s0859q]

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

Nicely done.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

That sounds like an opening to a great EM epic poem if I've ever heard one..

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

Beautiful......like a bastard chimera of Beowulf, the Iliad and House of God

 

[ERMudPhud]

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

I think I see the beginning of a new thread like the old "haiku's" thread

 

[EM2BE]

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

wow...I wish I could be a poet like this. Then again, if I were, I'd be a writer and not a dr (well, med student, but you know what I mean)

 

[WilcoWorld]

Snoopy Brown, your argument is flawed.

Your point is that EM docs are lazy. Presumably this is somehow evident in or impacts upon life within the hospital. For if it's neither, than who cares?

You claim as support for this the above posts about an abundance of free time. Nowhere in these posts does it report any lack of activity while at work. Any posts referring to dilligence within the hospital stress just how hard we work while on shift. The free time referred to is away from work, not while there. While at work, many of us hold our urine to get a patient a urinal, skip a lunch to get a child to pass a PO challenge, or get back aches pushing our patients to CT.

The good ones work this hard because it makes us happy. We end up rewarded for our hard work with essential recuperation time.

I must admit though; So we enjoy our free time, so we enjoy our jobs.

 

[southerndoc]

what an amazing post, beyond all hope. im a 4th year applying in EM and its nice to hear how nice life will be in about 4 years or so. i didnt initially pick EM for the lifestyle, but it sure is icing on the cake. THANK YOU!!

Lifestyle was a factor for most of us when we decided to choose EM. I doubt anyone picked it as the only reason, but very few choose EM without regard to its lifestyle benefits.

 

[Arctic Char]

snoopy poopy: cut your losses and bail.

to the OP: i am considering looking for an EM residency in NY, but am curious if you have opportunities to get out of town very often. i'm interested in many other places, mainly because of access to whitewater and/or mountains. you say you have too much free time - if you were in interested in activites such as mine, would you say you have time to pursue those them?

 

[kat82]

just curious- exactly how much free time DO you have in academic EM? this is what i'm interested in right now. i love the idea of teaching and research

how much of your time (hrs/week) do you spend teaching versus research vs clinical work? vs free time?

thanks!

 

[snoopy brown]

Your posts are like herpes, the gift that keeps on giving. Pure entertainment when I sit here and imagine how truly bitter and unhappy with your life you are that you look for any sort of way to disagree and stir up debate on an anonymous internet forum.

I got this far and then there were a lot of posts about herpes. Apparently the EM docs are extremely entertained by the word "herpes" because it is so clever. What a great insult since you realized that you are indeed lazy.

i'm interested in many other places, mainly because of access to whitewater and/or mountains.

I wonder how many other specialties have "access to whitewater" as a criteria for residency. 😆

 

[deleted87716]

I wonder how many other specialties have "access to whitewater" as a criteria for residency. 😆

Why not? "Access to ocean/beach" was one of mine. Life's too short, man. Do what makes you happy.

 

[kat82]

snoopy- i am curious, what field are you in? are you an attending? a resident? a med student?

 

[Dr. Will]

I got this far and then there were a lot of posts about herpes. Apparently the EM docs are extremely entertained by the word "herpes" because it is so clever. What a great insult since you realized that you are indeed lazy.

Poopy...you wouldn't last 5 minutes in our ED. It's just not geared for those who are "lazy." Me thinks someone has EM envy.

 

[hyperbaric]

Not epic epic, necessarily:

Your posts are like herpes,
Your words like chlamydia.
The analogy's perfect --
We just can't get rid o' ya.

I would work with you ANY day. Oh wait, who am I kidding? There is no work involved in EM.

 

[da8s0859q]

Why not? "Access to ocean/beach" was one of mine. Life's too short, man. Do what makes you happy.

Amen.

 

[8744]

I'm not exactly sure why I was dragged into this thread or why my approval is so important to Snoopy Brown.

Besides, ERscutmonkey (AKA Beyond all Hope) is a medical student.

 

[Jeff698]

I'm not exactly sure why I was dragged into this thread ...

Whatever the reason, welcome back.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[da8s0859q]

I'm not exactly sure why I was dragged into this thread...

Since you've come to grace us with your presence, I'll have you know that several of my fellow lowly premed kiddies are newly-minted admirers of some of the things you've said on your blog. I spent a few mornings in physics lab over the summer passing things along to the people around me, and they loved it.

So go you.

 

[mfleur]

I have just been notified that while Hard24Get's post to me was acceptable, mine was not because it insulted a member. This apparently makes sense on this part of the forum due to rationalization (my reply was simply a basic repost of what Hard24Get posted to me, except I redirected it back at him). That is fine because as I have said I have already sent Panda Bear the link and while he will likely also ignore it that will also prove what I intend. You have done your parts.

Due to rationalization....You're funny. Its cool, I wasn't an English major either.

Now, everyone take a deep breath and count to 10. I think that we are at least supposed to pretend to be adults.