lovemedicinesomuch 1 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 If preceptor write they enjoyed working with you. How do you know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W0lfgang 102 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 If they cared to spend time to teach you something or socialize with you, those are good. Also good if your preceptor trashes another med student to you behind their back, which means they at least like you more than that other one. Edict, honeymoon, mew and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearded frog 593 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Really the same as any other interaction. Are they showing interest in you beyond what is required? Are they asking you questions about yourself, making small talk? Are they making any effort beyond baseline to teach you, involve you, etc. Did they buy you a coffee? Hard to gauge sometime is whats just baseline stuff but after working with a few you can get somewhat of an idea. Also I assure you that residents/preceptors will almost never talk negatively to one medical student about another, let alone talk at all, and if they do they should be reported. I have said stuff like "I once had a med student who did X" but if you're hearing about others specifically that's pretty toxic and at least where I've studied/worked admin would come down hard. That being said, residents and staff definitely do talk about medical students among each other. Edict 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowmen 592 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 10:09 PM, W0lfgang said: If they cared to spend time to teach you something or socialize with you, those are good. Also good if your preceptor trashes another med student to you behind their back, which means they at least like you more than that other one. Careful though, if they trash him really bad, being better than that student doesn't really guarantee you're good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
indefatigable 700 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 I know of two transfers out of a small competitive surgical subspecialty. The PD was known to trash residents and students behind their back while smiling to their face. Apparently, as Snowmen says, hearing trash talk didn't give immunity from getting trashed either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edict 674 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Sometimes you get this said directly in your feedback. Other times you just get a feeling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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