Originally posted by jen628:
•i think one of the things that makes the really hard days so bad is that we have very few people that we can identify with. very few, if any, people outside of medicine have any idea what it can be like to tell a twelve year old her brain tumor is back AGAIN and that we really can't do much more for her. but even inside the game, for whatever reason, fellow med students, who you would think would be in a similar position, have a hard time letting you have a beer and just gripe about the way your resident runs rounds like a drill sargeant or interrupts your patient presentation to the attending with a last minute change he just made in management without clueing you in at all.
sure there are times everyone can laugh together and say "oh man, do you remember that attending who pimped everyone on the first names of the people who designed those procedures-what a jerk." but for some (or many) reasons, that end of the day release is often met instead with justification of the behavior and downplaying of events. maybe it's healthier to do this, but it makes things harder for me.
and residents! i mean sure there are a few cool ones. but you would think that since they've been through the med student situation fairly recently, they might remember how it can be. however, it often seems they either quickly forget or take the attitude that since it was tough for them, it will be tough for us. i'm not even simply talking about the work. some residents just have no people skills. how do these people get jobs?? i guess when i look at my class though, i can see those team bosses-to-be. scary.
phew, see now don't i feel better? i should've had a beer
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