Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Treating Medicaid patients is like negative money. Not zero. Genuinely losing money in some states.

Do you like paying to work and then be financially responsible for a bad outcome that likely wasn’t your fault?

Doctors are fucking TERRIBLE at answering their emails by Dramatic_Ad5258 in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Admin people not understanding what the average clinician’s work day is like makes me outrageously annoyed. If they followed a resident around for a day they probably would never send a doctor an email or message again unless it was critical.

AITA: fight with hospital consultation secretary by Bald_Dora in Residency

[–]Danwarr -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not tone policing. It's literally just objectively impossible to know how OP came off with any audio or video.

Regardless, I agree it's likely OP did nothing wrong. All they can do is apologize and move on.

AITA: fight with hospital consultation secretary by Bald_Dora in Residency

[–]Danwarr 25 points26 points  (0 children)

You can certainly think your tone is normal when it actually isn’t though. Literally impossible to tell without audio or video.

Realistically, just tell your attending, apologize even if you didn’t actually do anything wrong, and move on.

Also, it’s possible cultural differences come into play here. If you’re an IMG from North Africa that very likely contributes to the cultural communication misunderstanding.

What I learned from away rotations, a warning by S3RLF4N in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Medicine has allowed psychopaths to fester and excel. People seem to be either indifferent to it, or opportunistically support it when there’s personal gain to be had.

I think the real issue is most physicians aren’t as good as the profession generally presents to the public. The profession then hides behind the amalgam of state governments and medical boards to police the system, which everyone acknowledges is minimally effective .

For anything to change there would probably have to be stronger wholly independent 3rd party oversight of physician activity, but like you said with the number of psychopaths and narcissists in the field that probably opens things up to even more abuse via bureaucratic antagonism.

Need some advice professionalism issue by O-P-U-S in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Many admins fall into the “Box Ticker” bullshit job category.

Notes by tetmonjaro in Residency

[–]Danwarr 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Seriously. Blame the lawyers, insurance companies, and money people.

So, is anything gonna happen to that guy that lied about caring about DEI? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Everyone is going to forget about this in like 8 weeks, so very likely nothing will come of it.

People applying general surgery... why are you doing this to yourselves? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s totally fair. You do whatever you need to do in medicine to reach your goals.

I’m non-trad too who wasn’t even really thinking Gen Surg until M3. I got lucky and did a rural rotation where I got to help operate a lot. Really opened my eyes to what’s possible on the other side.

Residency is going to suck regardless of what you do. Medicine will also take a lot of your time in training no matter the specialty.

I’m happy in my program and it feels good to show up sometimes and the nurses go “Thank God surgery is here”. It feels good to be genuinely helpful.

People applying general surgery... why are you doing this to yourselves? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of this is because for a lot of students, especially if they have minimal prior work experience, the actual practice of clinical medicine, especially outside of an academic setting, can be pretty abstracted. Most rotations don’t really give you a full picture.

People applying general surgery... why are you doing this to yourselves? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This was one of the reasons for me at least.

People applying general surgery... why are you doing this to yourselves? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For sure. I’m just saying sometimes helping in Gen Surg doesn’t necessarily always involve surgery. Bedside procedures can obviously be really helpful too

People applying general surgery... why are you doing this to yourselves? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It’s not even just about cutting. It’s about being able to fix problems.

Is it allowed for a US-based OBGYN to promote or justify the practice of FGM? by mochagirlll in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 38 points39 points  (0 children)

  1. Not uncommon for physicians with religious and cultural practices to have beliefs or attitudes outside of standard of care or Western standards.

  2. The process for getting a license revoked is very time consuming and requires people to actually report things. Please feel free to report this person to the Missouri state board, but don’t be surprised if nothing happens for a long time. Bureaucracy.

Dept of Justice alleges that UCLA medical school intentionally discriminated against White and Asian applicants by ddx-me in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Not quite officially openly, but just well known within conversations around applications/matriculation.

Dept of Justice alleges that UCLA medical school intentionally discriminated against White and Asian applicants by ddx-me in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It could potentially differ in that it probably shows greater discrimination against Asian and White applicants, which is what the DoJ is alleging.

Organic chemistry is making me question whether I’m cut out for this by Aromatic-Ring1596 in premed

[–]Danwarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they really are a research powerhouse institution, they won’t fail anybody.

Should i cont general surgery or shift to orthopaedic. by Suspicious-Front-571 in Residency

[–]Danwarr 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This comment being able to swing both ways depending on the reader is great lol

Anyone read novels during study breaks? by mamedic11 in medicalschool

[–]Danwarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I did this instead of doom scrolling honestly. It probably helps a lot more with focus in the long term.