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I have a friend who is graduating from med school this week and starting residency. The stories of med school drama, gossip, backstabbing and cheating are insan
by hbosch 9y ago
I have a friend who is graduating from med school this week and starting residency. The stories of med school drama, gossip, backstabbing and cheating are insane - on par with anything on television drama. Moving into residency, they also feel alone, exhausted and anxious... I don't know how many people manage.
I think knowing a doctor, or someone becoming a doctor, has changed my perception of doctors entirely.
- kendallpark 9y agoI am fortunate that my school seems to vet the students well for character. Or perhaps it's self-selecting because we do PBL which requires collaboration. We don't have the issues with backstabbing and drama that I've heard from other schools. I think my classmates are perhaps my favorite part of the med school. The scariest thing in med school is how vulnerable you are to someone with authority screwing over your entire future. Piss off an attending? Well, they could right a terrible letter for you that hurts your ability to match into the specialty you want. You could straight up witness mistreatment of a patient by a superior, report it, and have your entire future altered forever because of people above being petty or vindictive.