Why do 90% of primary care docs have an ego trip on med students, especially med students that are specializing? Is it that academia is their opportunity to exert their power on others (i.e. Med students)? Or are they just naturally annoying.
Despite the stigma of surgery being known for breeding a-holes, I think my primary care rotations have been worse when it comes to treating students differently if they are not going into primary care. I’ve noticed that surgeons don’t care if you are going into their specialty, they don’t care if you don’t find it interesting, and they could care less if you’d rather spend your life treating uncontrolled DM and HTN rather than to become a surgeon or specialist. Ive noticed that they praise merit and hardwork regardless of your speciality. I’ve noticed similar with ppl in ROADs specialities. They don’t care. They are (usually) very happy with their specialty choice and do not get offended by another’s choice. I had one rotation where the attendings were “reprimanded” after the rotation for incessantly inquiring about our specialty interests which resulted in a student being told that they wouldn’t honor b/c of their specialty choice.
The peds, family, IM etc. ppl seem to get offended at my school.
Maybe it’s a concealed form of buyers remorse? maybe it’s just my school? Thoughts?
Despite the stigma of surgery being known for breeding a-holes, I think my primary care rotations have been worse when it comes to treating students differently if they are not going into primary care. I’ve noticed that surgeons don’t care if you are going into their specialty, they don’t care if you don’t find it interesting, and they could care less if you’d rather spend your life treating uncontrolled DM and HTN rather than to become a surgeon or specialist. Ive noticed that they praise merit and hardwork regardless of your speciality. I’ve noticed similar with ppl in ROADs specialities. They don’t care. They are (usually) very happy with their specialty choice and do not get offended by another’s choice. I had one rotation where the attendings were “reprimanded” after the rotation for incessantly inquiring about our specialty interests which resulted in a student being told that they wouldn’t honor b/c of their specialty choice.
The peds, family, IM etc. ppl seem to get offended at my school.
Maybe it’s a concealed form of buyers remorse? maybe it’s just my school? Thoughts?