Most students used to think they wanted to be “real” doctors
But by the time third year rolls around and they start witnessing how much their attendings hate their lives, things change
They see how overworked and underappreciated they are. They see stupid ass administrators who have absolutely no business in healthcare acting like they are the white knights “you just do the medicine, I’ll run the business”
They see how RVUs and FFS medicine force doctors to grind volume instead of compassionately care for their fellow human beings
They see professional societies and major institutions impose draconian and non-evidence based policies across the board, and how those who dare speak out and think for themselves are immediately ostracized
They see tech bros and bro bros thinking they’re going to come in and revolutionize an industry with zero knowledge of how it actually works
They see marriages failed, children’s basketball games missed, other dreams put on pause indefinitely, all while going into half a million $ of debt
They see society shit on doctors for being lemmings and accused of putting profits over patients
And they think… fuckkkk that
Now the cool thing is to get the MD and then *act* like a doctor so they can go be part of a startup or work for McKinsey
And it’s hard to blame them.
It’s not about indexing on the right people to start. By and large, medical school attracts deeply passionate and intelligent people who care about humanity.
It’s about fixing the absolute shit show of a system that we are then subject to for the next 40 years of a career. We need to fix THAT, and then, the good ones will stay, and commit to patient care for the rest of their lives.
@RobertKennedyJr@MartyMakary@DrJBhattacharya@DrOz
I took care of a black family in the ED today. The moma asked me where I went to medical school. I told her. She say, “my daughter is a jr in college & wants to be a doctor - she would love to ask you some questions.” My reply was ABSOLUTELY.
I’m here to be a bridge
Great real time example of how pointing out basic facts often does very little to change someone’s mind once they’ve bought into so much misinformation
COVID patients are short of breath, again. I’m looking at the same damn chest x-rays, again.
They tell me this is a milder variant.
What does that mean? “Milder?”
Can you please sit down and explain it to the ghost outside that room over there?
That it was only “mild”? 7/
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