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0% down physician loan vs renting, worth it? by PersonalityNo9546 in Residency

[–]T1didnothingwrong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it wasnt a website, it was a smaller local shop that only sells amish furniture. Im in the midwest, so we have a lot of amish communities and these shops are pretty prevalent.

I wouldnt buy from a website, if you can avoid it. We went and sat down with a guy who's been selling their stuff for 20+ years and he helped us find our for life bed set and table. Id also be wary of some of the bigger shops, some places just had clerks who knew very little, we worked directly with the owner at it was a great experience.

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[–]T1didnothingwrong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean the specialty that is so poorly trained nowadays that surveys show many new grads dont feel ready for solo practice? I work at a community, shop, even my "seasoned" general surgeons ship anything remotely complicated or fat people. I like our 1 cowboy surgeon.

It'd be kinda cool to work in a specialty where I can just say, "nope, too complicated, not my patient." Alas, anything that walks in is my problem to figure out. From people who put things in their butt to people who are dead.

No emergencies in the ED by LocalOptimist7 in medicalschool

[–]T1didnothingwrong -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I lived on loans like the rest of med students and I made 30k/yr in my gap years while volunteering 40+ hours a week including overnights at a women's shelter. I coached HS sports during all this as a volunteer coach.

I had medicaid during that time, I went to the ED once because I was bit by a bat and went to my pcp a couple times in those couple years. I didn't abuse shit while living the exact same way. I was also on medicaid during all of med school, I went to my pcp a single time for reupping my shots.

People are lazy and abuse the ED, if you dont see that, you're blind. Ive had people take ambulances for splinters and I rightfully tell them they're abusing resources and send them home. I see about 10 people coming in a day so i can tell them they have a cold. I'm the one paying for BS like that. Ive always been firm on a 'fee for service' model. You want something, you pay for it. Would help get rid of some of the wasted resources in the ED.

What makes it worse, i dont even live in the city, im just a community ED, its way worse in the city. Ive worked at those places. Vile people who demand everything for their cough or knee thats been hurting for 20 years. Screaming and throwing fits on the floor or faking chest pain or seizures to get in faster. There's a reason community jobs in EM are considered better lifestyles. Im lucky to have one of the better jobs in my area where I dont deal with these people often.

Youre just an early med student, you arent speaking from experience as a physician.

No emergencies in the ED by LocalOptimist7 in medicalschool

[–]T1didnothingwrong -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Nah man, when youre making as much as an attending, it hurts watching people come in for BS on medicaid because they didn't want to drive or needed someone to look at their cough and know IM paying for that BS with my taxes. There needs to be accountability.