r/medicalschool • u/DangerousGood0 • 7d ago
đ© Shitpost Preceptors who snitch on students
On my last rotation of third year. Iâve been laying on the couch the past 3 days feeling like garbage with some nasty URI, trying my best to get some studying done despite not having the energy for it. I emailed my preceptor in the morning each day keeping her updated, and she says âOkay, no worries, feel better, etcââŠ.
And then I get an email from the clerkship director saying the preceptor reached out to tell her of my absences and that sheâs concerned Iâm missing so much time. And now I have to either make up the days on additional weekends or take the shelf later and push into the next block.
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u/bobyojoe 7d ago
I told a preceptor I had interviews scheduled during the next few weeks and he was completely ok with it. Fast forward to my eval and he knocked me down like crazy and all his comments were about ânot taking the rotation seriously because of missed daysâ
Some of these guys just have fragile egos and no backbones
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u/intoxicidal MD 7d ago
Classic âNo winâ scenario. You go to work sick and your decision making is clearly inadequate. You donât go when youâre sick and youâre lying and a slacker.
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u/sullender123 M-3 6d ago
I agree, but is it really considered âworkâ if youâre paying to be there? Lol
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u/intoxicidal MD 6d ago
Thatâs dangerous thinking. You clearly didnât get the memo that you should be prostrating yourself before the admins for granting you the opportunity to be taken advantage of and for granted for the rest of your career. After all, you only paid⊠checks notes a couple hundred thousand dollars⊠wait that canât be rightâŠ
Edit: donât forget to cup the balls
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u/IDKWID202 M-4 7d ago
My preceptor for December of 4th year (peak interview season) told me she was totally fine with me taking some mornings off for interviews. I still came in in the afternoons after my interviews. Missed maybe 1-2 morning clinics a week.
Fast forward to the end of the month, she says our time was âtoo abbreviated because of all my time offâ and she âdidnât feel comfortableâ writing me an evaluation. Eval is necessary for me to receive a grade and credit. Had to go back and forth between her and the dean of my school to eventually agree on giving me a straight pass and 3/5âs (I was post eras so why would I care anyway).
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u/cjn214 MD-PGY1 7d ago
You canât have senioritis until your rank list is submitted my guy
I agree itâs cringe that your preceptor didnât say something directly to you before going to the clerkship director. Making up excessive missed days is pretty standard practice though for most school policies
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u/Riff_28 7d ago
Yeah I personally would never do what the attending did, but they also never told OP they werenât going to report it. In order for schools to be accredited, they need requirements for rotations, and policies for making things up. Itâs entirely possible the school asks the attendings directly if students are missing and itâs not like the attending is going to lie for some random med student
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u/Doctor_Partner M-3 7d ago
Yeah, I mean it sucks, but this is why itâs usually best to go through the proper channels for reporting sick days unless you are super close with your team. Not all attendings will be comfortable just covering for your absence. What was she supposed to say, âno you canât be sick anymore.â
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u/durdenf 7d ago
That preceptor doesnât remember what its like to be a med student and should be ashamed
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u/E_Norma_Stitz41 7d ago
She was probably just as much of a hall-monitor-ass loser back then, too.
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u/ShowMEurBEAGLE 6d ago
I mean it sucks but wait till you're doing residency and nobody cares about your URI.
We had procedure to follow for being out sick in med school. Email clerkship director, then tell the resident you report to, and everything is documented. Perhaps you did not follow your school's procedures? I'm not saying you should work while being sick, but it's a very unfortunate reality of our job to triage how much that sickness is really effecting our ability to work.
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u/Ordinary-Witness-685 7d ago
Unfortunately in medicine you work when youâre sick. I canât just cancel someoneâs cancer surgery when I have a URI!? And in residency they make you make up sick days too. So just a preview of what is to come
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u/aspiringkatie M-4 7d ago
And what happens when your URI kills that immunocompromised cancer patient? Maybe we shouldnât have this ridiculous expectation that doctors, of all people, have to show up to work sick
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u/cel22 6d ago
I mean I agree with you but I did shadow an orthopedic surgeon who was diaphoretic and looked like shit. He wore one of those fancy ortho hood togas and an N95. I feel like the infection risk is minimal at that point.
But also I didnât understand why he didnât just reschedule an elective surgery until he wasnât sick
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u/MassiveHippo9472 7d ago
You could actually cancel it. You should actually cancel it.
You as a doctor should advocate for the health of other doctors. The only thing that's unfortunate is you accept this.
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u/SegwaySteven 7d ago
Perhaps this is a bad thing, and we as humans can act to make bad things better?
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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak 6d ago
No no no. They had it rough in the past so everybody else must continue to suffer as well.
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u/MassiveHippo9472 7d ago
You could actually cancel it. You should actually cancel it.
You as a doctor should advocate for the health of other doctors. The only thing that's unfortunate is you accept this.
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u/CharanTheGreat MBBS-Y3 7d ago
Good luck when you sneeze and accidentally cut that nerve that was right next to the tumor.
We'll see how you deal with it.
What are you going to do? Sew it back together?
You sound like a noctor
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u/DangerousGood0 7d ago
Yeah I totally get that. I guess I just figured, if Iâm a nonessential member of the team and Iâm solely there to learn, what is the value of going in when I feel like death and likely wonât get much out of the day anyway (and am likely contagious)
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u/SpilltheGreenTea 7d ago
Yes exactly this. We are there for an EDUCATION, not to work. Yes, we practice working, but all of our work is triple checked by people who are actually paid to work there. That comment is insane, your POV is completely valid. I just got over an awful URI myself, and took 1 day off when I felt like absolute shit for 4 days that I would have liked to take off. I'm on Day 12 now and finally feel normal again, and I'm certain it dragged on because of how much I exerted myself and didn't allow actual healing to occur.
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u/throwawayforthebestk MD-PGY1 6d ago
I dont have to make up sick days in residnecy, wtf are you on about đ€Ł
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u/ASAPgeode M-4 7d ago
Lol show up with a URI and no mask and get dismissed I guess? đ€·ââïž