Worst part of med school?

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If I had posted this question in the pre med section no one would have known the answer because they aren't in med school yet...?
 
Also, I was posting a question that I am honestly wondering the answer to. Do you really have to make nasty comments about my picture or the fact that I am pre med? Everyone has to start somewhere and at one point you all were pre med also. So how about instead of making fun of the "duck face" or the fact that I'm a pre med posting in a med board you just answer the question...
 
CountryGirl92 said:
If I had posted this question in the pre med section no one would have known the answer because they aren't in med school yet...?
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Don't you know? Premeds know everything. Then they become medical students and know nothing.
CountryGirl92 said:
Also, I was posting a question that I am honestly wondering the answer to. Do you really have to make nasty comments about my picture or the fact that I am pre med? Everyone has to start somewhere and at one point you all were pre med also. So how about instead of making fun of the "duck face" or the fact that I'm a pre med posting in a med board you just answer the question...
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Have a sense of humor 😀 The answers will come, as they almost always do, after a little dose of snark and cynicism. 😀
 
You're right, I'm sorry for getting a bit defensive. I just didn't expect to be criticized for having questions about medical school. But I understand lol. No worries.
 
For me, it was OB/GYN clerkship < surgery clerkship = step I prep. The only thing that matched the misery of OB/GYN clerkship was my general surgery rotation during internship. This may sound strange, but those were the only times that I hated to go to bed because I knew what was coming when my alarm went off.
 
A large number of medical students give advice and answer questions in pre-allo, so posting your questions for medical students there is more appropriate. This forum is for medical students to ask our questions, and when a pre-medical student asks questions it often results in the ire that you are experiencing. Your thread has been moved to pre-allo.
 
had a toxic OBGYN attending
that **** sucked

she would only ask me questions out of the whole group and keep going until i got it wrong and then drop lines like this:
"if you spent more time studying and less time working out you would have known the answer"
"you should quit med school and be a personal trainer" etc etc.

it wasn't just me, a classmate of mine got the same treatment too
 
Alright, I'm on my phone so I don't know how to delete the topic. But I will post elsewhere thank you.
 
ability to take constructive criticism
no duck face

you are already better than 50% of the med students out there
 
Sikkunt said:
ability to take constructive criticism
no duck face

you are already better than 50% of the med students out there
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I can definitely take constructive criticism on my work, it makes me a better person. I have a hard time dealing with people being immature about my looks because it is something so petty to make fun of. But it happens lol. But thanks for your input! 🙂
 
CountryGirl92 said:
Hey I was wondering in your honest opinions what the worst part of medical school and clinicals?
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Hey @Arkangeloid said that the worst part of medical school for him, was being so busy that he never got a chance to take beautiful women, like yourself out on dates. Being so busy and not giving such a wonderful girl enough time.

But thats what he said

For me it was mostly the stress of studying in the pre-clinical years, it was very inefficient way of learning.
 
CountryGirl92 said:
I can definitely take constructive criticism on my work, it makes me a better person. I have a hard time dealing with people being immature about my looks because it is something so petty to make fun of. But it happens lol. But thanks for your input! 🙂
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We weren't making fun of your looks, they're fine. We're making fun of an ire-inducing trend that you happened to be exhibiting that might not garner you the most respect on a professional forum.
 
Mad Jack said:
We weren't making fun of your looks, they're fine. We're making fun of an ire-inducing trend that you happened to be exhibiting that might not garner you the most respect on a professional forum.
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That's fine, and I can totally understand that which is why I changed my picture. I can respect the fact that my previous picture wasn't the most professional. I just wish it wasn't turned into a joke, but I can understand it.
 
Priapism4tooLong said:
Hey @Arkangeloid said that the worst part of medical school for him, was being so busy that he never got a chance to take beautiful women, like yourself out on dates. Being so busy and not giving such a wonderful girl enough time.

But thats what he said

For me it was mostly the stress of studying in the pre-clinical years, it was very inefficient way of learning.
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Wot
 
I think the worst part by far, for me, is coming to the realisation that I'll never know everything (in terms of the knowledge that is available) I need to and that my patients might suffer for it.

It sounds obvious and silly, of course, but I had never imagined I might some day not know enough to treat my patient. I thought I'd manage to always know enough, to somehow stay ahead, but as we start wards, I'm coming to realise that although I've read every recommended text and then some, it isn't even close to enough.

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CountryGirl92 said:
That's what I've heard from some others. I've also heard clinical rotations suck.
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There are annoying aspects of clinical years for sure. But, if you don't enjoy clinicals at least a little bit, you should consider doing something else. Yes, life does get better than being an MS3 on the wards, but the thought should cross your mind that if you don't like working with patients that maybe this isn't the right profession. I am in no way being absolute and saying that everyone must love 3rd year. I'm just saying that it is worth re-evaluating. If you are able to make it that far, you are clearly smart enough and driven enough that you should find something that you will really enjoy doing professionally.
 
CountryGirl92 said:
That's fine, and I can totally understand that which is why I changed my picture. I can respect the fact that my previous picture wasn't the most professional. I just wish it wasn't turned into a joke, but I can understand it.
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My apologies.
mimelim said:
There are annoying aspects of clinical years for sure. But, if you don't enjoy clinicals at least a little bit, you should consider doing something else. Yes, life does get better than being an MS3 on the wards, but the thought should cross your mind that if you don't like working with patients that maybe this isn't the right profession. I am in no way being absolute and saying that everyone must love 3rd year. I'm just saying that it is worth re-evaluating. If you are able to make it that far, you are clearly smart enough and driven enough that you should find something that you will really enjoy doing professionally.
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There's always rads!
 
mimelim said:
There are annoying aspects of clinical years for sure. But, if you don't enjoy clinicals at least a little bit, you should consider doing something else. Yes, life does get better than being an MS3 on the wards, but the thought should cross your mind that if you don't like working with patients that maybe this isn't the right profession. I am in no way being absolute and saying that everyone must love 3rd year. I'm just saying that it is worth re-evaluating. If you are able to make it that far, you are clearly smart enough and driven enough that you should find something that you will really enjoy doing professionally.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. The part I am looking forward to the most would be to actually work with the patients. But I am a little worried about not knowing enough. And having my patient suffer.
 
Asking questions about med school on SDN is like asking about getting high in the a opium den full of degenerates.

Worst part of med school was the lack of control over your own time and schedule, which made it difficult to keep important relationships outside of the school---work continuum. Oh and being told how stupid you are by effing nurses.
 
CountryGirl92 said:
That's exactly what I was thinking. The part I am looking forward to the most would be to actually work with the patients. But I am a little worried about not knowing enough. And having my patient suffer.
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Lol knowledge wise, practicing medicine is a lot easier than actually studying it and memorizing random facts. It's the amount of work you have to do which is harder than the actual mental work. It's not incredibly difficult. But don't worry about not knowing enough, you have a lot more things to worry about before you enter that stage.
 
LEAVE THIS POOR GIRL ALONE.

Sup.

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Brain Bucket said:
I think the worst part by far, for me, is coming to the realisation that I'll never know everything (in terms of the knowledge that is available) I need to and that my patients might suffer for it.

It sounds obvious and silly, of course, but I had never imagined I might some day not know enough to treat my patient. I thought I'd manage to always know enough, to somehow stay ahead, but as we start wards, I'm coming to realise that although I've read every recommended text and then some, it isn't even close to enough.

Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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Lol what? do you think you need to know incredible amounts of information to manage most patients?. When you are just starting to practice, it's not like you are going to go to a patient and be like omg i forgot what antibiotics treat pneumonia, this patient is going to dieee NOOOOO. You know thats not how it is in real life. Its like that in exams yeah. But in real life as long as you have some idea of whats going on you aren't going to do your patients any harm. Medicine is a team game, when you start your internship year make sure you ask so many questions that even if it sounds stupid it doesnt matter.
 
Sikkunt said:
had a toxic OBGYN attending
that **** sucked

she would only ask me questions out of the whole group and keep going until i got it wrong and then drop lines like this:
"if you spent more time studying and less time working out you would have known the answer"
"you should quit med school and be a personal trainer" etc etc.

it wasn't just me, a classmate of mine got the same treatment too
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Can some attendings be really that unprofessional?? How do you react to a comment like that?
 
CountryGirl92 said:
At one point you were all pre med. I would figure that current med school students would welcome questions from pre meds
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We do. It's just that plenty of med students visit the premed forums and answer your questions there. The last thing I want to do when browsing an allo subforum is to have to sift through premed posts. I think it's perfectly fair that if you posted in premed and didn't get an answer from a med student/resident/attending, to then post in allo linking your earlier post.
 
Brain Bucket said:
We do. It's just that plenty of med students visit the premed forums and answer your questions there. The last thing I want to do when browsing an allo subforum is to have to sift through premed posts. I think it's perfectly fair that if you posted in premed and didn't get an answer from a med student/resident/attending, to then post in allo linking your earlier post.
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I was told that this post was moved to the appropriate forum though.
 
CountryGirl92 said:
I was told that this post was moved to the appropriate forum though.
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Yes, yes it was. And then people attempted to answer your question.

Don't feed the trolls and your thread will remain on-topic. Probably a good idea to remove that picture too.
 
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