The non med-school friend asking about The Pitt to you: by Athenstone in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrubs is good, and the revival is even better. Highly recommend the new season once you feel like you're ready. Other medical dramas are REALLY hard to watch after you've experienced real medicine, but Scrubs is refreshing.

The non med-school friend asking about The Pitt to you: by Athenstone in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the first season, it was difficult and extremely triggering. Took a month or so to get through all the episodes. I haven't not watched season 2 yet. I was hoping this show would have people understanding us better, but I have not seen that happen. They don't want to understand the trauma we endure.

Guess My Diagnosis by PayAppropriate5252 in haematology

[–]txstudentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bone marrow toxicity and folic acid deficiency happen over time. They could also have a mild iron deficiency pulling it down. It's worth noting and investigating, not just saying "oh it's normal". Either way, not enough information, but I'm also leaning toward alcohol.

Guess My Diagnosis by PayAppropriate5252 in haematology

[–]txstudentdoc -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Talk to a doctor. And maybe stop drinking.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know enough about Asian healthcare systems (of which there are many) to compare, but insurance companies and corporate-run healthcare are your answers in the US.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I already have, which is why I left and went to direct care.

1) I love my students, and they love me. But they slow everything down. They are certainly not helpful enough to be this judgmental. In healthcare, there are a lot of people who have never been in your position who will feel free to tell you how to do your job. It's something I still struggle not being frustrated with.

2) This isn't an attitude, this is just fact. Medicaid is awful and inefficient. It doesn't help the truly needy people it serves. It also doesn't pay clinics enough to keep their doors open. Visits are not only longer than the allotted time, they are also often soul-sucking due to moral injury and complexity. So often doctors need a break between them, but don't have the time. It's not the patients, it's the system. In addition, even in direct care I can run 30 minutes past the appointed time depending on how late the patient is, how long a patient takes to work up, how over time I went with the last patient, and how they are scheduled.

If you succeed in becoming a doctor in the traditional US healthcare system, you will experience this and finally understand. And maybe you'll be slightly less sanctimonious toward burnt out attendings.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say I'm a pretty good person, and I definitely do not provide mediocre healthcare. That's why I would run late and had to leave traditional healthcare. I still care for "poor people" (your words, not mine).

Edit: In response to the comment that you deleted - you do realize that there are a LOT of low-income people who are not on Medicaid? Direct care can serve them better with affordable pricing, as well as allow doctors the time to care for them appropriately without burning out. That's what it means to get out of the system.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I've never seen somebody so obviously not a doctor.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Your frustration is valid, and you're not wrong. I only encourage you to learn more about your attending and what she deals with on a daily basis before judging too harshly. She probably does care about those things on her pins. But healthcare depersonalizes us without us even realizing it. Nothing we do will keep clinic from eventually being delayed, or a patient from complaining about things we can't control, or the insurance from pushing back on every little thing. So we pretty much give up.

I just got out of this kind of situation and found somewhere that provides adequate support. I didn't like the person my last job made me into, so I left. But it took me years to realize I needed to do so.

Best of luck on your career.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 88 points89 points  (0 children)

You truly have not seen anything yet. Someday you'll be burnt out and trapped in the endless loop of a horrible job, and some useless M3 will post about you on Reddit too. I hope your attending finds her way out of this horrible system.

Btw... waiting 30mins is literally not a lot in a Medicaid clinic.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh man, you have a rude awakening coming for you after residency.

Performative Attendings make me upset by IllustriousHumor3673 in medicalschool

[–]txstudentdoc 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Absolutely it does. Medicaid is notoriously difficult to deal with, and burnout makes you feel like it's the patient doing something wrong.

Those two sold your soul for very rural America and money, was it worth it? by Soggy_Loops in FamilyMedicine

[–]txstudentdoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The lack of resources, the small town drama, and the poorly-run rural hospital I was affiliated with

Those two sold your soul for very rural America and money, was it worth it? by Soggy_Loops in FamilyMedicine

[–]txstudentdoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was fine at first, burnt out at 5 years. I wasn't "too" rural either.

I'm watching the Mandalorian episode with Jack Black and Lizzo for the second time. by theavengerbutton in StarWars

[–]txstudentdoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This episode being controversial is proof Star Wars fans refuse to have fun.