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So I'm a prelim doing my medicine prelim year at a categorical program. For some odd reason, we are forced to do 1 month of pediatrics during the year.
I have been on 3 months of medicine and ICU etc with above average evals throughout.
However, this peds rotation is becoming personal. For whatever reason, the 2 pediatrics upper level residents I am working with have been downright obnoxious and rude to me. It is a terrible program to begin with ( ie q4 overnight call, no caps on patients, we have to schedule ALL outpt appointments on our own by personally calling clinic offices etc) but it is made that much worse with the residents. I am getting literally yelled at on a daily basis for perceived/minor errors. I actually had a medical student on the rotation personally call me when I was post-call to let me know that when I am out of the hospital they are trying to make me a scapegoat and talking about me behind my back.
Examples include getting yelled at on my first call for not seeking out an upper level to tell her that one of her patient's central line clotted o/n, for getting there at 7 AM instead of 6 AM (rounds are at 9 and I had few pts to see), not pan culturing a patient with a temp spike of 100.3.
I understand that I have made some mistakes, but I feel I am being singled out and disproportionately criticised for my mistakes. I have been on the fence about complaining directly to the PD, but I'm not sure whether that would be a good idea. Any advice a wise person can give me? I'm all ears..
I have been on 3 months of medicine and ICU etc with above average evals throughout.
However, this peds rotation is becoming personal. For whatever reason, the 2 pediatrics upper level residents I am working with have been downright obnoxious and rude to me. It is a terrible program to begin with ( ie q4 overnight call, no caps on patients, we have to schedule ALL outpt appointments on our own by personally calling clinic offices etc) but it is made that much worse with the residents. I am getting literally yelled at on a daily basis for perceived/minor errors. I actually had a medical student on the rotation personally call me when I was post-call to let me know that when I am out of the hospital they are trying to make me a scapegoat and talking about me behind my back.
Examples include getting yelled at on my first call for not seeking out an upper level to tell her that one of her patient's central line clotted o/n, for getting there at 7 AM instead of 6 AM (rounds are at 9 and I had few pts to see), not pan culturing a patient with a temp spike of 100.3.
I understand that I have made some mistakes, but I feel I am being singled out and disproportionately criticised for my mistakes. I have been on the fence about complaining directly to the PD, but I'm not sure whether that would be a good idea. Any advice a wise person can give me? I'm all ears..