med school update number two!
i'm still trying to be positive about this whole school thing. at least i know that if i stick with it, there should be some jobs out there for me.
last week, there was a "health professionals' recruitment fair" which consisted of a bunch of rural and/or underserved communities coming to visit campus and recruit doctors. they didn't even care that we were only in our first year; instead, they just foisted all kinds of swag onto us and kept telling us to "keep them in mind for the future." it was kind of fun but mostly awful; it's unusual to feel so desperately wanted by complete strangers and it just made me guilty. i did get a few nice pens though, and a "toothpaste squeegee". my life is complete!
i think i need to start doing some more positive things with my spare time. it seems that i frequently assume that whatever i'm reading or thinking about a lot is actually reality. for example, for a month after my first aid course in the summer, i kept assuming that everywhere i went people would be choking and having heart attacks and going into anaphylactic shock. then reading hundreds of papers for work about children with cancer, coupled with our classes on pediatric developmental problems, have made me assume that most children out there suffer from some kind of terrible illness. and now i've just watched all of the first season of 'dexter' in less than a week, so i've started thinking that every creepy guy on the street is a serial killer. time to go back to 'the office'.
last week, there was a "health professionals' recruitment fair" which consisted of a bunch of rural and/or underserved communities coming to visit campus and recruit doctors. they didn't even care that we were only in our first year; instead, they just foisted all kinds of swag onto us and kept telling us to "keep them in mind for the future." it was kind of fun but mostly awful; it's unusual to feel so desperately wanted by complete strangers and it just made me guilty. i did get a few nice pens though, and a "toothpaste squeegee". my life is complete!
i think i need to start doing some more positive things with my spare time. it seems that i frequently assume that whatever i'm reading or thinking about a lot is actually reality. for example, for a month after my first aid course in the summer, i kept assuming that everywhere i went people would be choking and having heart attacks and going into anaphylactic shock. then reading hundreds of papers for work about children with cancer, coupled with our classes on pediatric developmental problems, have made me assume that most children out there suffer from some kind of terrible illness. and now i've just watched all of the first season of 'dexter' in less than a week, so i've started thinking that every creepy guy on the street is a serial killer. time to go back to 'the office'.