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Originally posted by diggitydot View PostMedicine is a small, SMALL world. People talk. A lot. Med peeps are some of the worst gossips ever. A juicy tidbit WILL make the rounds several times, particularly where there is a lot of turnover like training programs.
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What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
Originally posted by Curegirl View PostOh yes, totally. There was an instance last year when I had the opportunity to get to know a couple of partners of Caribbean med school peeps and something told me to hold off. Turns out they were interviewing at SO's hospital later on. Bullet dodged.
I talked with the candidate and asked lots of questions trying to get to know them better, hoping I had misunderstood. Nope. The candidate reiterated the same story SEVERAL times. I eventually clued in the chief resident and PD when they cornered me and asked me my opinions on the candidates that they needed to double check this person's claimed work history carefully because the clinic they was claiming to work in didn't exist. (I still have family in that town who are in medicine and double checked with them before saying anything.)
Come to find out that the work history wasn't their only fib.
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This makes me laugh because what you learn is THE journey, that's what its about. Of course you make stupid, rash mistakes when you're young. What the hell is the point otherwise? LOL.
I will tell you that you will get to the next stage before you know it. And it's all good. Even when it really feels the opposite of 'all good', it really is turning out the way it should. it definitely is easier to know where you want to go and then work backwards to take steps every single day.
Enjoy the ride! You know, because I've been so LOW KEY every step of the way. LOLIn my dreams I run with the Kenyans.
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I wish I'd known neurosurgery would be such a good match in personality for DH. He spent months and months navel-gazing between neurology and neurosurgery, because I was so afraid of giving him my inclination (neurosurgery) because I didn't want to be "responsible" if he ended up unhappy...that he was left to think about it all alone.
I wish I'd known that you are never "ready" for kids. I spent a lot of time paralyzed about having kids because I was obsessed about not messing up his professional life. Turned out that having kids man him a better doctor and a better person.
I wish I'd known that (unlike, I think, a lot of spouses) I came into medicine under the impression that it was a truly miserable venture that would be difficult to survive. My MIL had been so miserable all her life. I wish I'd know that it would not be that bad, and in many ways, truly great.
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