June 18, 2021
An unpaid job
The worst job I ever had wasn't even a job to begin with. In my country, after you finish med-school you have to work at the hospital for a year in order to get the license for free practice. If you're thinking that's too little time, you're right, but that doesn't even cover half of it. Since there are just a few doctors, all the administrative and clerical work falls upon us. The first week you're so excited to begin to work with real patients that you don't even care doing a few orders, getting the labs from other buildings and pushing the beds of the patients, not even the awful shifts of 36 hours every 3 days get into your head. What really breaks you is the attitude those doctors have with you. You're just starting up, right? Of course you'll make mistakes, and since that's the case the attendings won't let you take any decission about the patient. Good right? I mean you're learning... but the thing is, they don't even check the patient with you most of the time, they see you as an assistant, they don't teach you or ask you, they don't allow you to discuss the patient, the diagnosis, the treatment, absolutelly nothing. All because you did some mistakes in the paperwork. I was banned from ever watching or helping in any surgery because of the paperwork. They assume that "you can't even make paperwork properly, you don't know medicine". That's just ridiculous. After every mistake you get punished by staying in the hospital extra shifts or doing extra academic work. That's just absurd! They teach you to hate the hospital, hate the system, even hate the patients. The sallary also is way below the minimum wage. That's why when most of us graduate, almost all of us pursue an specialty, because we don't learn anything during that year. That's why first contact health services suffer. We should be out there, doing family and rural medicine... but we aren't, we're pursuing specialties that take three to four years, where the conditions are the same or even worse, wage-slaves for the hospital, where suicide is a real possibility for any of us, instead of solving little but frequent problems that tend to clog the hospitals.
An unpaid job
The worst job I ever had wasn't even a job to begin with.
In my country, after you finish med-school you have to work at the hospital for a year in order to get the license for free practice.
If you're thinking that's too little time, you're right, but that doesn't even cover half of it.
The first week you're so excited to begin to work with real patients that you don't even care about doing a few orders, getting the labs from other buildings and pushing the beds of the patients, not even the awful shifts of 36 hours every 3 days get into your head.
"don't even care about doing.." or don't even mind doing"
What really breaks you is the attitude those doctors have with you.
You're just starting up, right?
just starting or just starting out. One might start up a game or a machine.
Of course you'll make mistakes, and since that's the case the attendings won't let you tmake any decissions about the patient.
You could also say about the patient's care.
Make decisions
Good right?
I mean you're learning... but the thing is, they don't even check the patient with you most of the time, they see you as an assistant, they don't teach you or ask you, they don't allow you to discuss the patient, the diagnosis, the treatment, absolutelly nothing.
All because you didmade some mistakes in the paperwork.
to make mistakes
I was banned from ever watching or helping in any surgery because of the paperwork.
They assume that "you can't even makedo paperwork properly, you don't know medicine".
to do paperwork
That's just ridiculous.
After every mistake you get punished by staying in the hospital extra shifts or doing extra academic work.
That's just absurd!
They teach you to hate the hospital, hate the system, even hate the patients.
The sallary also is way below the minimum wage.
That's why when most of us graduate, almost all of us pursue an specialty, because we don't learn anything during that year.
That's why first contact health services suffer.
"First contact health services" isn't used in the UK (where I'm from) so maybe an Estadounidense can confirm whether it's correct there. In the UK we say "front line health services".
We should be out there, doing family and rural medicine... but we aren't, we're pursuing specialties that take three to four years, where the conditions are the same or even worse, wage-slaves for the hospital, where suicide is a real possibility for any of us, instead of solving little but frequent problems that tend to clog the hospitals.
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I'm so sorry this final year of training is so horrible! You're absolutely right, the practising doctors should assist you to learn, not punish you for silly mistakes (mistakes which they probably made too once!)
Your English is really lovely though, colloquial in places. The spelling errors were minor and maybe lapses of concentration. You wrote about a difficult topic with passion and clarity. Great quality writing.
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The worst job I ever had wasn't even a job to begin with. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In my country, after you finish med-school you have to work at the hospital for a year in order to get the license for free practice. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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If you're thinking that's too little time, you're right, but that doesn't even cover half of it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Since there are just a few doctors, all the administrative and clerical work falls upon us. |
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The first week you're so excited to begin to work with real patients that you don't even care doing a few orders, getting the labs from other buildings and pushing the beds of the patients, not even the awful shifts of 36 hours every 3 days get into your head. The first week you're so excited to begin to work with real patients that you don't even care about doing a few orders, getting the labs from other buildings and pushing the beds of the patients, not even the awful shifts of 36 hours every 3 days get into your head. "don't even care about doing.." or don't even mind doing" |
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What really breaks you is the attitude those doctors have with you. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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You're just starting up, right? You're just starting just starting or just starting out. One might start up a game or a machine. |
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Of course you'll make mistakes, and since that's the case the attendings won't let you take any decission about the patient. Of course you'll make mistakes, and since that's the case the attendings won't let you You could also say about the patient's care. Make decisions |
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Good right? This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I mean you're learning... but the thing is, they don't even check the patient with you most of the time, they see you as an assistant, they don't teach you or ask you, they don't allow you to discuss the patient, the diagnosis, the treatment, absolutelly nothing. I mean you're learning... but the thing is, they don't even check the patient with you most of the time, they see you as an assistant, they don't teach you or ask you, they don't allow you to discuss the patient, the diagnosis, the treatment, absolutel |
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All because you did some mistakes in the paperwork. All because you to make mistakes |
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I was banned from ever watching or helping in any surgery because of the paperwork. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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They assume that "you can't even make paperwork properly, you don't know medicine". They assume that "you can't even to do paperwork |
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That's just ridiculous. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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After every mistake you get punished by staying in the hospital extra shifts or doing extra academic work. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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That's just absurd! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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They teach you to hate the hospital, hate the system, even hate the patients. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The sallary also is way below the minimum wage. The sal |
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That's why when most of us graduate, almost all of us pursue an specialty, because we don't learn anything during that year. That's why when most of us graduate, almost all of us pursue a |
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That's why first contact health services suffer. That's why first contact health services suffer. "First contact health services" isn't used in the UK (where I'm from) so maybe an Estadounidense can confirm whether it's correct there. In the UK we say "front line health services". |
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We should be out there, doing family and rural medicine... but we aren't, we're pursuing specialties that take three to four years, where the conditions are the same or even worse, wage-slaves for the hospital, where suicide is a real possibility for any of us, instead of solving little but frequent problems that tend to clog the hospitals. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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