Here's a little something I began writing in the midst of finals.
Even though I love med school, and I'm glad that I'm a part of it, and I'm excited to become a doctor, and it's a dream come true... there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing."
Just picture a dump truck full of your favourite ice cream pouring its load all over you (or "pancakes every morning").
That's what med school is like when things get intense...
you remember liking it way back when,
you know you worked hard to get there,
and yet you still feel like it's taking over you, drowning you, going to kill you.
It's nice to be in my summer break and back to enjoying the dump truck load of ice cream from the sidelines, and not drowning in it.
Jail: Several hours a day spent in a 9' x 9' cell with small windows, where you sleep as well.
Medschool: Several hours a day spent in a 9' x 9' PBL room, where you sleep as well during naps and finals.
Jail 1, Medschool 0.
Jail: You get to leave early if you display good behaviour. If you misbehave, you stay the full length of your term.
Medschool: You don't get out any earlier if you display good behaviour. If you misbehave by acting unprofessionally, you stay longer (repeat a year.)
Jail 2, Medschool 0.
Jail: You have to do something pretty horrible to get in (kill a person, rob a bank, etc.)
Medschool: You have to do a lot of pretty horrible things to get in (MCAT, applications, interview, etc.)
Jail 3, Medschool 0.
Jail: You meet cool people, like folks who know how to draw tattoos, make crossbows out of toothbrushes, and survive a jail brawl using a cafeteria tray as a riot shield.
Medschool: Over 99% of the people you meet can do none of the above things.
Jail 4, Medschool 0.
Jail: Nobody bats an eyelash if you're a little rude to somebody.
Medschool: You have to take a class on being nice to people, which only makes you want to be more rude to people, but you're not allowed. So, you secretly live vicariously through a certain Dr. House.
Jail 5, Medschool 0.
Jail: Regular conjugal visits (or so I learned from the movie Office Space)
Medschool: No regular conjugal visits.
Jail 6, Medschool 0.
Jail: No homework.
Medschool: Homework.
Jail 7, Medschool 0.
Jail: If you don't like something, there's nobody to talk to, so it won't get changed.
Medschool: If you don't like something, you have to search amongst the bureaucracy to find out who to talk to, and once you do, it still doesn't get changed.
Jail 8, Medschool 0.
Jail: The feeling of freedom when you leave is like none other.
Medschool: The feeling of freedom when you leave is pretty great, but it's overshadowed by the feeling of having to start residency.
Jail 9, Medschool 0.
Jail: You're surrounded by people who never wanted to be there.
Medschool: You're surrounded by people who competed to be there and are starting to question why they are there.
Jail 10, Medschool 0.
Jail: Physically violated by other occupants in unimaginable ways.
Medschool: Mentally violated by faculty by means of meter-high stacks of textbooks and notes to memorize...in unimaginable ways.
Jail 11, Medschool 0.
Jail: When you complete a jail term, people don't want you in your neighbourhood.
Medschool: When you complete a medical degree, people would love to have you in their neighbourhood.
Jail 11, Medschool 1.
Jail: When you find a job once you're out, people avoid you.
Medschool: When you find a job once you're out, you get called by people at all hours of the night.
Jail 12, Medschool 1.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Jail vs. Medical School: An Objective Comparison
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My PBL room has bigger windows than a jail cell does. They still don't open though.
We don't get windows in our office.
We're not even allowed to use the closest staff washrooms now; they're only for "medical" staff.
Poor medical students...many med students do put up with a lot of hierarchical crap. Also, I have worked in the prison system, and your right, it really doesn't seem that bad (except for all the scary weapons made out of household items).
I think it should be jail 11, school 2, because I'd rather be mentally violated. But hey, I don't judge...
Hilarious! Possibly the only thing that's made me laugh this week!
LMAO!!!
excellent!!!
true to the core!! :D
Ha! This is too funny! I am considering medschool and reading all sorts of things about life in medschool. I love that people like you can maintain their sense of hummour through the hard work :)
Both have advantages and disadvantages, for example, when finish to study medicine you will work to much hours but you will see good money too, but when you went out of jail, It's gonna be very difficult to find a job, If you find one you will earn a crap of money, in this life If you want to live well in the future, teh youth It's for study, not for be lazy, or be lazy in your youth and you will end working for someone else the rest of your life, well It's the choise of everyone.
Good luck, make good choise.
ajajaja the worst part of all this, is that you are right, the medical school is like the jail, and this can become worst if you have a teacher like the one that I had, holy mother of God, she was like devil!!!
My dream is to become a doctor too. Since I was in high school I realized Medicine is for me. I have been studying three years so far. My piece of advice is to be perseverant.
Great comparison. I agree with the author.
Being in the field of medicine takes a lot of perseverance in order to attain your goal.
Great post.
Being in the medical field is a noble profession. You should keep in mind that you are there to do public service, not just to make more money.
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I love how you related jail and med school. Med school is definitely tougher and more stressful.
I had the same experience when I was in law school. Especially when Hell week comes. Its worse than jail.
Superb post however , I was wanting to know if you could write a little more on this topic? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit further. Thank you!
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Good comparisons, but I like the last one the most. Most people will avoid you like you have a disease or something.
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In medical school you are paying your professors to put you to a lot of years of suffering. At least after you graduated people will start paying for your services.
Yes life in the medical field is crazy starting from med school till your practice. However it is all worth it, rather than spending your time in jail.
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You still have your freedom though and you can give up your profession. Jail, on the other hand, strips you of everything including your thought process.
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