RichardHammond Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm excited to get a backpack! I hear that premeds are eager to hold the door for you if you're wearing one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm excited to get a backpack! I hear that premeds are eager to hold the door for you if you're wearing one! If that is true, it is hilarious. Please tell me that there isn't some premed hero worship nonsense sort of stuff that goes on. No experience with that at my school (no med students!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm excited to get a backpack! I hear that premeds are eager to hold the door for you if you're wearing one! Ok if they fetch me coffee I will 100% rock that (potentially pink) bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 If that is true, it is hilarious. Please tell me that there isn't some premed hero worship nonsense sort of stuff that goes on. No experience with that at my school (no med students!) ahhhh..........sorry but yeah kind of at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Ok if they fetch me coffee I will 100% rock that (potentially pink) bag Oh bad form Staff buys for fellows Fellows buy for senior residents Seniors for juniors Juniors for the med students Hierarchy in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBronto2019 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Oh bad form Staff buys for fellows Fellows buy for senior residents Seniors for juniors Juniors for the med students Hierarchy in action REALLY? I kept thinking buying coffee would be in the reverse hierarchy where the youngest ones must treat the next up in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 REALLY? I kept thinking buying coffee would be in the reverse hierarchy where the youngest ones must treat the next up in line. Lol, nope! Residents and staff remember what it was like to be a poor med student with debt. Medicine is nice that way and coffee buying is a pay-it-forward type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Lol, nope! Residents and staff remember what it was like to be a poor med student with debt. Medicine is nice that way and coffee buying is a pay-it-forward type of thing. the lowest positions in the hierarchy are doing annoying tasks that help the higher ups - and in particular help make the staff serious coin. It is definitely a pay it forward approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 ahhhh..........sorry but yeah kind of at times That has to be such a weird feeling. Top of the pack (more or less) on campus, bottom of the pyramid at the hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeping_sickness Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 i did an elective where the staff bought my lunch every day and the resident bought my coffee every morning. i gained weight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 That has to be such a weird feeling. Top of the pack (more or less) on campus, bottom of the pyramid at the hospital. Yeah, it's really odd. I feel so accomplished when I'm in med sci / main campus... then I walk across the bridge to University Hospital and immediately feel like I'm on the bottom rung of the ladder. Although the nurses/other health professionals seem to give a lot of respect to med students, which is nice. Despite being in first year, the nursing staff was really quick to act on requests I made for an ER patient I was seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Yeah, it's really odd. I feel so accomplished when I'm in med sci / main campus... then I walk across the bridge to University Hospital and immediately feel like I'm on the bottom rung of the ladder. Although the nurses/other health professionals seem to give a lot of respect to med students, which is nice. Despite being in first year, the nursing staff was really quick to act on requests I made for an ER patient I was seeing. I have so many nurses in my family (and currently work for a nurse) that I've been advised repeatedly that the key to a happy life as a med student is to respect the nurses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I have so many nurses in my family (and currently work for a nurse) that I've been advised repeatedly that the key to a happy life as a med student is to respect the nurses. Because they deserve respect! They know way more than us, for the most part, due to the fact that some have been around the block and they spend all shift with the patients, whereas we spend a few minutes with them. I don't understand when med students/clerks/residents don't ask for nursing input or ignore all nursing concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellorie Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Staff have definitely given me their cafeteria cash cards to USE to buy coffee in exchange for my going to get it. But they laugh at you if you offer to buy them coffee. Although if I'm obviously going for coffee, I usually still ask if anybody wants anything just to be polite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisencat Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 You should see the debates we get into about the colour every year The selection process is very rigorous. Its more fun watching your comments and reactions though.... PLEASE PLEASE pick TEAL! (Although I imagine the bags have already been manufactured...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikillreid Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I'm so bored of things that are coded masculine being considered gender neutral, but things coded feminine can only ever be feminine. It's okay to have a blue backpack but heaven forbid we impugn anyone's precious, fragile sense of masculinity with a pink one. Haha agreed. This comes up every year! Double agreed. Can't wait for the year that this finally becomes a non-issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robclem21 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Bring on the pink! But honestly, who even cares. I'll be too busy hugging it to even notice what colour it is. LOL (only half joking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNick Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Teal all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacrolimus Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 12 days 'til we find out the colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have so many nurses in my family (and currently work for a nurse) that I've been advised repeatedly that the key to a happy life as a med student is to respect the nurses. Yes. Don't ever disregard this. This remains true for residents, fellows and staff. If you foolishly ignore this your life shall become exponentially less pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmun12 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Guys..... has anyone seen the latest post to facebook by MD Financial?! What does this mean.....https://www.facebook.com/MDFinancialManagement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commanderadama Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Guys..... has anyone seen the latest post to facebook by MD Financial?! What does this mean..... https://www.facebook.com/MDFinancialManagement What does it say? It says the link was broken. Was it the photo of the backpack behind the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmun12 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 What does it say? It says the link was broken. Was it the photo of the backpack behind the wall? Oops sorry, yes!! I can't see anything through those flower things?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIsForApple Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Backpacks confirmed to have a fall foliage pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBronto2019 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Backpacks confirmed to have a fall foliage pattern. Great, it's going to be brown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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