July 2, 2007
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My first Day
Well I have officially begun my 3rd year clerkships, beginning with
internal medicine and I have learned several things i did not know
previously1. The hospital hierarchy is as follows
Chief/DME> Doctor> Nurse> Resident>Intern>Janitor> Food staff >Decorative plants> med student…
2.National
Holidays no longer apply to you. Case in point-my first on call day is
July 4th. Which actually is not terrible, because I am still all bright
eyed and bushy tailed, but just to give you an idea.3. I, like
many med students (at least i am hoping it is many and not just me…)
suffer from the reverse Cassandra syndrome. What is this? Picture
this…There is a fact. You KNOW this fact. You have devoted years of
your life and sacrficed many things you consider valuable to achieve
knowledge of this fact. This fact is buried in YOUR SOUL. Now picture
that someone, anyone, asks you a simple question about this fact and
*POOF* all your knowledge of said fact is GONE. Now picture that
happening on an hourly basis. You, my friend, have just been pimped. I
call this the Cassandra complex after the greek myth about the
prophetess of agammemnon, cursed with the ability to foresee the
future, but have no one believe her when she told them. Instead, I have
a complete inability to see the past whenever asked about it.4.
Eating Habits: Whatever guidelines you tell your patients to follow
will probably be the EXACT opposite of how you are currently feeding
yourself5. The Pager: my new girlfriend…VERY JEALOUS and needy i might add.
Well that sums up day one…lets see how this goes, shall we?
-J
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I wouldn’t be so sure about that, crisco.
at least the med students rank above patients
well, at least you’ll be really good to your new girlfriend. Since you’re always at her beck and call. ;P Good luck!!
Working in a hospital and doing doctor like things…AWESOME!! I know you’ll do a great job even with your Cassandra Syndrome!!
ryc: i just like to whine
besides, we’re all gluttons for punishment…why else would we be in medicine? (and the sad part is, i think deep down, we really like it…) and thanks =)
oh. i read that wrong. pager= gf. ah.
hey it was early.
i don’t like kermit. he’s scary =(
1. as one renal attg told me last year, s*** flows downhill…and stops at the intern. while you may be lesser than the decorative plants, you also have (i hate to say it) about as much responsibility of a decorative plant…it only gets worse. sorry bud.
2. try 24 hour call on july 4th, and then working a full day of a ridiculous overbooked clinic july 5th. oh…and at least as a med student, you still get to go home for christmas break. i won’t be home for any big holidays this year–on backup call for thanksgiving and christmas.
3. if only the reverse cassandra sydnrome didn’t just last during med school. it never ends.
4. what’s wrong with chocolate raisins for breakfast?
5. yeah. i’m a b**** to my pager. it goes off, and i sadly, have to respond.
good luck =P (you have to admit though, it is better than class…)
i’ve never come across a specialist i have LOVED. hopefully you’ll be different one day and your soul won’t be completely sucked dry from all the years of study and work.
and.
dating a med student is probably reallllllllllllly shitty. hey, we’re all needy- kinda just ingrained in our dna’s? : ) good luck to you and your lady!