UGH
What does it take for me to get into the operating room to observe a surgery?!??!!??!? I have called all the hospitals in the area, and NONE of them have given me a clear answer. One never called me back. The surgical director at GMC said to call back next month because they are changing their management (which is code for "fat chance, girly girl"), PMH never called me back, I spoke to the surgical director at SGMC and he said no and to talk with my school, USCUH told me to become a volunteer so I MAY get a spot, and AMC brutally rebuffed me and told me it was an invasion of privacy. ;__;
It is an invasion of privacy. Thanks for letting me know -.-;
Isn't that weird, though? I know that there are unique opportunities for students to observe surgeries, but I can't imagine the amount of paperwork and protocol about privacy that must be dealt with to have this privilege for students. o.o; Why can't we watch surgeries on YouTube and call it a day? :D
I don't want to go back to USCUH. I honestly don't want to because I want to work for moneeyyyyy lol. They will most definitely stick me at the nurses station, have me do bitch work, and chain me behind the desk. Which brings me to a really annoying statement I have heard from someone who said this to me: Doctors are only good for paperwork. They don't care about their patients..they come in, look at you for ten minutes, fill out paperwork, and then leave you. All they do is paperwork.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. HOLD ON A SECOND.
Obviously this person was very biased, fine, I get that. Coming from your upbringing, ok, I get it. Kinda, sorta. But the person interrupted me in a condescending tone when I was discussing my career goals, and I didn't have a chance to defend myself. The person knew of my interests. The person knew what I considered doing as my career. Yeah, I thought that person had known better. Stop thinking that you always need to have the last say in everything, dear. My blood was boilingggg.
Honey, I've probably had more clinical experience in two minutes that what you've had in a year. I have been volunteering in hospitals since 2003, and I have covered almost all departments you can think of. I have shadowed doctors and interacted with nurses. MY doctors have never spent ten minutes with me as their patient; no, they've spent at least half an hour. So, the shit that's coming from your mouth was an attack to my doctors and me.
And the doctor's I've shadowed? They have *engaged* in conversation with them, genuinely expressing their concern for their health, and they were not drowned by paperwork. They wrote NOTES about their patient. Furthermore, they DICTATED their notes at then end of their clinical appointments. Doctors have assistants who help keep the barrage of paperwork at bay. You know, secretaries, nurses, and volunteers?
That's the team.
RAWRRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWR
LOL I had to get this out somehow. I've talked to Linda about this so many times. I think it would've been fine had the person not been rude and "all that."
I've been trying to get a job and it's been hard :( I'm under-qualified (severely, LOL) for the jobs I like and over-qualified for the jobs I don't like. It's not a time to be picky. People out there are grabbing whatever jobs they can get o.o;;; People who had salaried jobs are taking up hourly jobs. $30/hour to $15/hour. Yikes.
I hope I can get something.
On a happier note,
This is the type of conversation Linda and my girlfriends engage in. Not completely accurate, but accurate enough. LOL
It is an invasion of privacy. Thanks for letting me know -.-;
Isn't that weird, though? I know that there are unique opportunities for students to observe surgeries, but I can't imagine the amount of paperwork and protocol about privacy that must be dealt with to have this privilege for students. o.o; Why can't we watch surgeries on YouTube and call it a day? :D
I don't want to go back to USCUH. I honestly don't want to because I want to work for moneeyyyyy lol. They will most definitely stick me at the nurses station, have me do bitch work, and chain me behind the desk. Which brings me to a really annoying statement I have heard from someone who said this to me: Doctors are only good for paperwork. They don't care about their patients..they come in, look at you for ten minutes, fill out paperwork, and then leave you. All they do is paperwork.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. HOLD ON A SECOND.
Obviously this person was very biased, fine, I get that. Coming from your upbringing, ok, I get it. Kinda, sorta. But the person interrupted me in a condescending tone when I was discussing my career goals, and I didn't have a chance to defend myself. The person knew of my interests. The person knew what I considered doing as my career. Yeah, I thought that person had known better. Stop thinking that you always need to have the last say in everything, dear. My blood was boilingggg.
Honey, I've probably had more clinical experience in two minutes that what you've had in a year. I have been volunteering in hospitals since 2003, and I have covered almost all departments you can think of. I have shadowed doctors and interacted with nurses. MY doctors have never spent ten minutes with me as their patient; no, they've spent at least half an hour. So, the shit that's coming from your mouth was an attack to my doctors and me.
And the doctor's I've shadowed? They have *engaged* in conversation with them, genuinely expressing their concern for their health, and they were not drowned by paperwork. They wrote NOTES about their patient. Furthermore, they DICTATED their notes at then end of their clinical appointments. Doctors have assistants who help keep the barrage of paperwork at bay. You know, secretaries, nurses, and volunteers?
That's the team.
RAWRRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWR
LOL I had to get this out somehow. I've talked to Linda about this so many times. I think it would've been fine had the person not been rude and "all that."
I've been trying to get a job and it's been hard :( I'm under-qualified (severely, LOL) for the jobs I like and over-qualified for the jobs I don't like. It's not a time to be picky. People out there are grabbing whatever jobs they can get o.o;;; People who had salaried jobs are taking up hourly jobs. $30/hour to $15/hour. Yikes.
I hope I can get something.
On a happier note,
This is the type of conversation Linda and my girlfriends engage in. Not completely accurate, but accurate enough. LOL