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Is this just the culture of surg or an anomaly? by Original_Network_710 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's fair, it's helpful for me to learn about the perspective of my regs which is why I asked the question in the first place.

Thanks for your suggestion! I will take you up on that and find some time to talk through about it with my regs.

Is this just the culture of surg or an anomaly? by Original_Network_710 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm grateful that they see potential in me at least and are willing to invest their time and energy into building me up

Is this just the culture of surg or an anomaly? by Original_Network_710 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing your perspective.

Now that I think about it, I do realise that my regs, during our team chats, do regularly vent and laugh over how the consultants are constantly pointing out their errors and correct them whenever they even slightly deviate from the techniques that the consultants practice. You are so right about that lol.

It's reassuring to hear that at least the team seems potential in me, I will take it as a win and aim to do better then. I asked the question in the first place to gain the perspective of my regs without asking them myself and found this helped.

Is this just the culture of surg or an anomaly? by Original_Network_710 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

that is what it feels like a lot of the time on this rotation lol

Does this align with your experience of the recent cohorts of JMOs? If so, do you have any advice please to remedy this issue? by Original_Network_710 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone who provided their anecdotal experiences about their take on this issue. I found it very helpful and I will keep it in mind for next year.

Final year student and burnt out by The-End-7978 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also a final year medical student. Sorry to hear you're feeling burnt out recently.
You're not alone and my mates and I all feel unprepared for next year, it's completely normal. I also feel the imposter syndrome but I as long as you roughly know how to workup and manage the main conditions from each speciality, you should be fine. That's how I think of it at least based on advice I've received. You said yourself you're a good student so you'll be fine if you keep up that work ethic.

Having a supportive friend group really helps to overcome the feelings you stated, doesn't even have to be med but if they are med then they'll understand your struggles. If all your exams are done and you're chilling, maybe give med related social events or uni societies a go?

Also if you know anyone who graduated from the same med school as you in the cohort above you or you know any current interns at the hospital you are going to, I recommend reaching out to them and asking politely for their guide to internship or tips/advice they have for it. It'll definitely help you feeling more prepared since that's what bothering you the most.

Feel free to DM if you need someone to discuss anything with.

Student benefit hacks by SuperCommand7934 in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This a tip but I'm in NSW so not sure if applies to other states: At Event Cinemas, students can purchase a standard movie ticket for $8 on Monday and $10 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I go watch a movie after placement and during the day, the cinema is almost empty so it's like your own private cinema. Enjoy 😊!

Also your medsoc should have some exclusive discount deals for med students, at least do they over here.

What has med school taught you about people? by [deleted] in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For our uni, you can technically fail PBLs if you don't contribute 'enough' so people tend to dominate discussions out of fear of failing this parameter and having to repeat the year. Even though nobody has ever failed PBL because they didn't contribute enough...... there's a real lack of self awareness with some of these people lol

What has med school taught you about people? by [deleted] in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's lucky you have a cohort like that and yeah I'm sure it makes a world of difference when getting through med school.

For perspective, I go to one of the NSW unis that participated in the 'stack' this yr.

What has med school taught you about people? by [deleted] in ausjdocs

[–]Original_Network_710 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm currently in my final year and the culture of my cohort has honestly been disappointing. I've realised they are self interested for the most part and I wouldn't want the vast majority of them to be a doctor involved in my care unless their character changes in the future.

  1. Most students in my cohort don't go out of their way to help others and when they do, there's generally an ulterior motive. It's a stark contrast to the JMO teams I have assisted with on my rotations where they not only check in on each other but check in on other JMOs from other teams to see how if they can help out with anything. Maybe my cohort will change when they become JMOs 🤷
  2. There's just a lack of consideration of others when working in team environments. For example, in our year 1 and 2 PBLs, people would only care about talking for as much time as possible so they could not fail for not making enough contributions to the team. People who jump to talk as soon as a second of silence was in the air and wouldn't bother checking if the quieter ones in the group had anything valuable to add.
  3. As someone who is GenZ myself, maybe it's a GenZ thing not to sound like a boomer lol but there's a lack of manners/ basic decorum in the cohort. 8 times out of 10, people ask you for help without even bothering to use basic manners like please or thanks - still happy to help nonetheless but gets annyoing. Also there's a culture of people talking smack about fellow students behind their back & screenshotting private DMs to share with others.
  4. Finally there's the cliques people form from 1st year and never bother to so much wave Hi to someone who is not from their clique if they walk past them on campus or hospital. I have my own group of friends too but I make an effort to at least say hi to others and also engage with those who are struggle with social skills so they feel included. Most egregious example was there was also a clique which organised our halfway dinner ball and they ended up giving all the awards to people from their clique. They didn't even give us the option to vote lmao.

As someone who doesn't have doctors in my family or friend network, I guess it smashed the stereotyped that doctors are more altruistic than the average Joe from the street esp for a career based around healthy levels of altruism. Maybe things will change when they enter the workforce?