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lots of it. and when you really love medicine that's all you want to do

i wish i could talk about financial burden too, because most drs go into a quarter million-half a million USD dollars in debt to get to where they need to be. there's also physical burden, because you're drinking out of an educational firehose every single day of your life.

but. there is joy, too

if you can stomach VERY realistic gore/injury/trauma I definitely recommend checking out The Pitt 🙂‍↕️it has the best depiction of medicine on TV and handles pretty obvious topics that happen on a day to day

both at a colleague level and at an instructor level. additionally, there's a unique phenomenon where everyone's trying to pull each other up. doctor instructors have notably remarked kindly on our class bc of it too. lots of sincere gratitude for accepting their education instead of bearing w it

a hospital does not need to be a cold place. nor does medical school 🙂‍↕️ but it's up to individuals to choose their battles and recognize their limits before it starts to hurt others

my cohort is recognized as a unicorn because the "gunners" are /really/ nice and try to advocate for others.

treated differently. it's a complex case of burn out vs empathy, wherein older patients are no longer recognized as 'people' bc of how many of them come around. and the loneliness epidemic in geriatrics is something I've kept a keen eye out for, since so many don't have family within proximity.

which has an added layer of joy and grief to it. to put it lightly.

i've also shadowed geriatrics during high school and university, and there's so much empathy you have to pour into the elderly. in medicine, balancing burn out and empathy is important, and i find that the elderly are often

than death as an inevitability and a responsibility. I have yet to encounter my own case but have shadowed cases where doctors have to prepare families and pts for terminal illnesses. sensitivity in how you announce cases will always be difficult too.

i also want to work in pediatrics

as for death of patients, that is unfortunately inevitable. we're all taught to be very empathetic, and if a dr in training really takes that to heart, losing a patient marks you. it's heavy but there's always the demand for emotional balance in the workplace. like death as a concept is different

substance abuse, oppressive and extremely high depression rates marked with unregulated & often biased complaints, group chats feel like a perpetual funeral and IRL is even more so, "favors"

but! i will say, if you scoop out bad company most cohorts typically maintain a lot of good will

honestly?

subterfuge, predominance of "gunners" in both positive and negative senses (gunners are people who always want to gun for top seats and some are wonderful others absolutely want to oppress their peers), internal politics (blackmail, cheating, bribery), excessively high (tw:suicide) rates

Our 85 year old neighbor just told me rapturously of a brand new fruit she'd found at the supermarket that was like a sweet tangerine with no seeds. She was really excited to give me some to try, so I pretended I'd never heard of a clementine.

i owe you my life forever

i'm jinxing myself and i know it btw. giant *ss hammer over my head

"annie this is supposed to be the way" not in medical school, no. they call my cohort the unicorn cohort because of how normal everything is

my cohort is so normal. you ask questions, you get answers. you have tips, you give them. you heard something helpful, you inform the rest of the group. you think something on an exam was unfair, we all collaborate to write to the curriculum team. :crylaugh:

"yuzu experiences bisexuality" burst out in laughter

i'm glad you're here kanoesa

Thank youuu pat!! 🍲 I'm thrilled bc I've been on the grind for some opportunities

Cinched two research opportunities (fist pumps) i need to bulk up for residency apps

Finn would you love him if his bowl cut was actually a bowl cut

asking his beautiful wife if she'd still love him if he styled himself with a mullet and ethlyn evaluating if gae bolg was not the only curse on the family

yes the horrors are indescribable and your death is preordained but u still have to serve (gods)

sorry your whole nation loves and adores you but your best friends are always coming in matching outfits and duos man 💔

burst into laughter. i'm sorry prince of leonster you really do kind of get mike wazowski'd sometimes (favorite ongoing trope)

Bernadetta and Ferdinand next to each other, both saying “edelgard, you arrested my father?!” With Bernie saying it hopeful and excited while Ferdinand is shocked and mortified

good moment from the scarlet blaze prologue

Thank youuu aster! 🍲

thank youuu Susanne! 🍲