>> I certainly thought I knew what I was getting into in med school and for the most part I did but I was way more into preparing than some of them <<
By the time I got into college, I had already sold a few things. One of my writing teachers was delighted. Another threw an absolute tantrum because I brought in a published piece to share with classmates before class started.
I think, if someone wants to be a medic, that's one of those fields where they should probably do some hardcore volunteering before they invest tens of thousands of dollars in college/med school.
>> but that was over 30 years ago. It's completely different now. <<
Yyyyyeah. I know that "kids these days" is at least as old as writing -- there are 6,000 year old Sumerian graffiti inscriptions amounting to that -- but some time periods it's more concrete than others.
>>Trust me, most health care professionals wish hospitals were run by health care professionals and not business men/accountants because they don't understand what it needs <<
*sigh* The whole thing is a business now, aimed at making money rather than helping people. Consequently, we have the most expensive health care in the world, and not a very healthy population. >_< Among the more egregious examples I've seen:
* One article mentioned that surgeons no longer set their own schedules. That means every time something goes wrong -- which isn't uncommon -- it causes a domino pileup in the schedule. That one is pretty much guaranteed to kill some people.
* Psychiatrists have gone from being high-end mind fixers for the most serious problems to glorified pharmacists who only dispense pills. Unsurprisingly, job satisfaction has plummeted and now nobody wants to be a psychiatrist.
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Re: O_O
Date: 2022-01-12 05:34 am (UTC)By the time I got into college, I had already sold a few things. One of my writing teachers was delighted. Another threw an absolute tantrum because I brought in a published piece to share with classmates before class started.
I think, if someone wants to be a medic, that's one of those fields where they should probably do some hardcore volunteering before they invest tens of thousands of dollars in college/med school.
>> but that was over 30 years ago. It's completely different now. <<
Yyyyyeah. I know that "kids these days" is at least as old as writing -- there are 6,000 year old Sumerian graffiti inscriptions amounting to that -- but some time periods it's more concrete than others.
>>Trust me, most health care professionals wish hospitals were run by health care professionals and not business men/accountants because they don't understand what it needs <<
*sigh* The whole thing is a business now, aimed at making money rather than helping people. Consequently, we have the most expensive health care in the world, and not a very healthy population. >_< Among the more egregious examples I've seen:
* One article mentioned that surgeons no longer set their own schedules. That means every time something goes wrong -- which isn't uncommon -- it causes a domino pileup in the schedule. That one is pretty much guaranteed to kill some people.
* Psychiatrists have gone from being high-end mind fixers for the most serious problems to glorified pharmacists who only dispense pills. Unsurprisingly, job satisfaction has plummeted and now nobody wants to be a psychiatrist.