Yeah, I'm aware that there are rich kids in all walks of life whose parents pave the way for them and they never really think about what they really want to do with their lives and take being a 1%'er for life for granted. It just seems abnormally common in rad onc. For all the talk about diversity and being underprivileged in medicine, there sure are a lot of people who have every break made for them.
I'm convinced that at some point meritocracy (like free market capitalism and anything else) becomes regressive. Some level of meritocracy is good, but there needs to be space for smart slackers, bad testers, brilliant dyslexics and late bloomers for a system to optimally stimulate innovation and provide opportunity.
Because if any seemingly legit salary survey seems to give bogus data and is suspect, all salary surveys dealing with rad onc are suspect *when* coupled with the externally well validated data that per RO reimbursement is falling.
Look, I am probably the biggest proton prostate cancer critic here, but if it came between treating prostate w/protons and unemployment, I would treat with protons. I don’t have unlimited integrity. Anger and accountability needs to be directed against astro and the academic centers.
Not as good as the ladies who do proton for Stage I breast
Just can't sleep on their stomachs. Gotta protect those ribs.
Sure, not a big deal if they stand for women's rights and public health however imo
The “leaders” are too high on their own supply hot boxing a nice car and ordering a “munchie box” at jack in the box to care
Munchie box? You seem very familiar with jack in the box. Thought they were only in California?
You might want to study your fast food as you study for OLA brotha!
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This is no joke. When I was a resident, our narcissistic chairman purportedly claimed that he provided the idea for the extra value meal to McDonald’s so that residents could grab a cheap, quick lunch and rapidly return to clinic.
...he was joking, right? Right?
No, it really wasn’t clear and he was a textbook narcissist very much like Trump.(you could get away with murder as long as you praised him and professed interest in his career-which in retrospect made it the best residency in the country as far I was concerned) He had claimed to have come up with many of the advances in radiation oncology that he seemingly had no part in.
Did we train at the same program? Your chair sounds awfully similar to my residency program chair. Huge narcissist with lots of unjustified claims about inventions and contributions in the field. I assume these qualities are probably similar amongst most rad onc chairs though, unfortunately.
Just think about when these no talent @$$ clowns actually matched into the specialty and you'll have your answer as to how they got in
Did we train at the same program as well? LOL
I am always in awe of the depth and creativity of your hyperbole.
Metaphor
marginalrevolution.com
I am guilty of this. There is so much data (and opinion) to synthesize into a meaningful whole in radiation oncology that once you feel you’ve finally got your arms ‘round it all (usually this feeling first comes after you’ve passed oral boards), adding new or conflicting information to the Brain Hard Drive is… very uncomfortable.Was reading this and realized that this field (and much of medicine) suffers from this problem: “once and for-all-ism”
People eventually decide they are done thinking about a problem and won’t let future facts or data change their mind. Like anyone who still thinks the specialty is safe. Or that 60 Gy is all it takes to treat stage 3 lung (yah, I went there). More people should think rationally and with Bayesian mindset ..
The intellectual mistake of once-and-for-allism - Marginal REVOLUTION
One of the most common intellectual mistakes! Do note however that it is an efficient mistake for many people to commit, and that is part of why it is so common. “Once-and-for-allism” occurs when people decide that they wish to stop worrying about an issue at the margin. They might either...
Showed the meme to my H&N friend. “There is a reason Batman is rich and espousing protons”
Even if the money where going directly into my pocket, I would draw the line at oop protons to middle class pt.
