Comments on: an apt comparison http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/07/an-apt-comparison/ an academic medicine weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew L. http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/07/an-apt-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-8620 Andrew L. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:49:32 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=950#comment-8620 Well-I was once an aspiring MD/PHD student while my father was dying of cancer. I got quite an education about medicine in this country-which is why I said "to hell with it" and became a PHD student in pure mathematics. One of the reasons-by no means all of the reason-most young doctors' main aspiration to become the head of an HMO and own half of Long Island is that the process of becoming a doctor effectively dehumanizes them and destroys whatever compassion or curiousity they have. When my father had a septic infection he fell into a coma from several years before he ultimately died 2 years ago,I had the ugly experience of walking in on several medical students WHO WERE TAKING BETS AS TO HOW LONG MY FATHER WOULD LIVE AND MAKING JOKES ABOUT HOW THIER BILL DETERMINES LIFE EXPECTANCY.And that's one incident among HUNDREDS I can relate.At my alma mater,most of the premeds were buisness or accounting majors and learned very early on how to program entire textbooks in code in time for exams. I was ridiculed as "Honest Ass". To answer spenlo's question-if you have a good enough lawyer to cover up the fact you think urea is made in the kidney,I'm sure it doesn't mean a damn thing in America. So don't worry,if you become an MD in this country and prefer the Wall Street Journal to The Journal Of Biological Medicine,you'll be on the board of a major hospital in no time,I'm sure. This is why 50 countries have higher life expectancies then ours. And it's a major reason why I may have to flee this country with my family in 10 years in search of a health system of caregivers instead of sadistic vampires. An American leaving his native land looking for a better life. Irony worthy of the drama. Well-I was once an aspiring MD/PHD student while my father was dying of cancer. I got quite an education about medicine in this country-which is why I said “to hell with it” and became a PHD student in pure mathematics. One of the reasons-by no means all of the reason-most young doctors’ main aspiration to become the head of an HMO and own half of Long Island is that the process of becoming a doctor effectively dehumanizes them and destroys whatever compassion or curiousity they have. When my father had a septic infection he fell into a coma from several years before he ultimately died 2 years ago,I had the ugly experience of walking in on several medical students WHO WERE TAKING BETS AS TO HOW LONG MY FATHER WOULD LIVE AND MAKING JOKES ABOUT HOW THIER BILL DETERMINES LIFE EXPECTANCY.And that’s one incident among HUNDREDS I can relate.At my alma mater,most of the premeds were buisness or accounting majors and learned very early on how to program entire textbooks in code in time for exams. I was ridiculed as “Honest Ass”.

To answer spenlo’s question-if you have a good enough lawyer to cover up the fact you think urea is made in the kidney,I’m sure it doesn’t mean a damn thing in America. So don’t worry,if you become an MD in this country and prefer the Wall Street Journal to The Journal Of Biological Medicine,you’ll be on the board of a major hospital in no time,I’m sure.

This is why 50 countries have higher life expectancies then ours. And it’s a major reason why I may have to flee this country with my family in 10 years in search of a health system of caregivers instead of sadistic vampires.

An American leaving his native land looking for a better life.

Irony worthy of the drama.

]]> By: splenomegastar http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/07/an-apt-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-7724 splenomegastar Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:19:03 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=950#comment-7724 This isn't related, but what are your thoughts on PhD field and specialty choice for md/phd students? Does the PhD topic not matter as all the old folks say? This isn’t related, but what are your thoughts on PhD field and specialty choice for md/phd students? Does the PhD topic not matter as all the old folks say?

]]> By: Disgruntled Julie http://www.mudphudder.com/2009/07/an-apt-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-7716 Disgruntled Julie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:20:18 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=950#comment-7716 I can't vouch for the med school half, but that is an absolute perfect description of graduate school. A labmate and I were at a welcome party for the first year students today, and when one asked what year we were, we had to count up from when we started because we had no idea. The situation was not helped when the first year literally gasped when we finally concluded that we were 5th year students. I can’t vouch for the med school half, but that is an absolute perfect description of graduate school. A labmate and I were at a welcome party for the first year students today, and when one asked what year we were, we had to count up from when we started because we had no idea. The situation was not helped when the first year literally gasped when we finally concluded that we were 5th year students.

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