tired of being a pediatrician, anyone?

[allylz]

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Hey, since we're talking about being sick of getting called a nurse....

I've always wanted to know whether other people have this problem. Ever since I first decided I wanted to be a doctor and went to interviews at med schools and so forth, I've noticed that people assume they know what I want to go into. And it's always pediatrics. Yes, apparently I look like a pediatrician. Is it because I am a girl? I don't know. That is why I am conducting this not-so-scientific survey, and if no one else answers, well I guess I am just alone in my pediatrician stereotypical look/personality or whatever.

It never fails, approximately 50% of the people who ask me:
"So, what field of medicine do you want to go into?" don't just leave it at that.
They inevitably tack on a guess at the end -
"So, what field of medicine do you want to go into, pediatrics?"
And I say, "Um, emergency medicine actually, I'm terrible with kids."

 

[Leukocyte]

Hey, since we're talking about being sick of getting called a nurse....

I've always wanted to know whether other people have this problem. Ever since I first decided I wanted to be a doctor and went to interviews at med schools and so forth, I've noticed that people assume they know what I want to go into. And it's always pediatrics. Yes, apparently I look like a pediatrician. Is it because I am a girl? I don't know. That is why I am conducting this not-so-scientific survey, and if no one else answers, well I guess I am just alone in my pediatrician stereotypical look/personality or whatever.

No you are not alone,....

...and no, it is not because you are a girl.

I am a DUDE who needs to shave every day, and who gets an "after noon shadow" before noon every day....yet every one who meets me and knows that I am a Med. Stud-ent also tells me that I am going into Pediatrics!

Apparently I look like a giant f*cking teddy-bear to them or something....

Even people who never met me, assume that I am going into Peds....including our very own SDNateers...This is just one recent example: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=334941

Well, to be honest, I do have some features that give people their furtune telling ability...

-I am a big guy, but look like the Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Barney, or whatever the hell kids watch these days.

-I am "good with kids".....

-For some fu*ckin reason,...kids stop crying when they see me...which makes their moms (my friends wifes) horny and want to sleep with me.🙄

-Although I am a big guy, I have a soft voice. I hate this feature, but...

Well, am I going into pediatrics?....Hell No. Not if you count pediatric surgery as pediatrics. Again, to be honest, I like working with kids, and I get a great satisfaction after seeing a sick kid recover from his/her illness. I like helping kids...and I love surgery, that is why I chose Peds Sx...plus fixing a tracheoesophageal fistula is so damn cool.

Good Luck!

 

[Hardbody]

No you are not alone,....

...and no, it is not because you are a girl.

I am a DUDE, who needs to shave every day, and who gets an "after noon shadow" before noon every day....yet every one who meets me and knows that I am a Med. Stud-ent also tells me that I am going into Pediatrics!

Apparently I look like a giant f*cking teddy-bear to them or something....

Even people who never met me, assume that I am going into Peds....including our very own SDNateers...This just one recent example: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=334941

Well, to be honest, I do have some features that give people their furtune telling ability...

-I am a big guy, but look like the Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Barney, or whatever the hell kids watch these days.-I am "good with kids".....

-For some fu*ckin reason,...kids stop crying when they see me...which makes their moms (my friends wifes) horny and want to sleep with me.🙄

-Although I am a big guy, I have a soft voice. I hate this feature, but...
Well, am I going into pediatrics?....Hell No. Not if you count pediatric surgery as pediatrics. Again, to be honest, I like working with kids, and I get a great satisfaction after seeing a sick kid recover from his/her illness. I like helping kids...and I love surgery, that is why I chose Peds Sx...plus fixing a tracheoesophageal fistula is so damn cool.

Good Luck!

ROFL, easy there Teddy!