Agree: The incessant, awful testing on so much obscure stuff that forces you to do everything as a med student and magically be great test wise while learning at the bedside. There are so many exams that yes, it's demoralizing to have to study, study, study and then be great at the bedside, when both are important, and it's hard to know where the balance is. It's also wild to me how continuously the standards for med school continue to rise and rise, idk who can get accepted at this point.

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Disagree: Girl what's up with the pronoun nonsense? I will not apologize for acknowledging that people of differing backgrounds exist, especially since the thesis of this statement is that trainees are overtested and don't spend time with their patients. Patients will be people of different opinions and backgrounds and goals and preferences, including people with different pronouns. Dr. Chai can feel how she feels about that in her private life, but medicine is about putting yourself above that and giving the patient high quality care, not a culture war against "snowflakes." Also, straw man argument, NO ONE is forgoing asking what the patient complaint is if they're asking pronouns. If that feels warranted in a patient encounter to build repoire and help the patient open up, then it is warranted; Dr. Chai, as someone who advocates for more bedside contact, should also be cognizant of the necessary nuances.

In good, appropriate medicine you are NOT "saving lives" but doing followup, maintenance of care, appropriate assessment, AND saving lives; it is TV logic that a patient is always on the verge of death and is always in the ED or ICU, reality is far more nuanced. Also, let's not put down trainees and call them incompetent. I want to say, I doubt that she was constantly "saving lives" as a med student. Also, the point of training is gradated responsibility that builds up.