The Medical Thread

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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

We do 6 weeks on inpatient, 3 weeks of a selective (I'm doing ER at the VA, which isn't a real ER, but it's good for learning bread and butter initial work-up type stuff) and then 3 weeks of outpatient clinic. Our outpatient clinic time is only for a half day each day, the other half being taken up by small group work on high-impact cases...essentially a more challenging PBL session with much more questioning/pimping.

What school do you go to? What specialties are you thinking about? Where are you hoping to end up for Residency?

Wow, again @ all the variety in clinical experience! I'm with the same attending all day every day. He does inpatient in the morning and clinic in the afternoon. He went to medical school in Nebraska, too. I'll have to remember to ask him which and let you know. I go to school in Florida, but I don't plan on staying here. As far as residency, I'm torn between Gen. Surgery and FM. I love them both for different reasons, and so I will have to figure that out over the next few months. Are you leaning towards anything yet?

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I was watching Nightline and a few months ago they had a topic about student loans. Some people are going to med school to be doctors just so they can pay off their loans. For some it isn't what they truely want to do for a living. That's sad. School should be free.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a dolphin trainer at a zoo. I wanted to do that for a long time, after I saw a mother give birth to a calf at a zoo. I didn't change my my mind until I got to highschool. That's when I made the decision to be a vet.

Awww! As an animal lover, I think being a vet is awesome! I see how it could get get very hard though, dealing with things like neglect or animal fighting. Is vet school like med school you have to do more training after you graduate? Is there some special training you have to do for something like marine veterinary medicine, or is that all a part of the same program?

Going to med school to pay off your loans is crazy! I had no debt from college. Even with some scholarship help, my loan statements from med school would make you lightheaded. Not to mention the new legislation in the works trying to make residents, who don't make a whole lot for the hours they work, pay their loans right out of school. Stop the madness!

Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

On a side note, I have an ex-girlfriend who is a third year med student at a different school (Creighton) and her parents are paying her medical tuition for her...I really wish I hadn't screwed that one up.

LOL Yeah for real!