When I was in my third year of med school, I ran into a fellow med student named Greg soon after finishing my OB/GYN rotation and thought he was going to ask me about the best way to study for the rotation:
Greg: "Hey, Fizzy, you just finished OB/GYN, right? Can I get your advice on something?"
Me: "Yeah, sure."
Greg: "Do you think I should start working out?"
Me: "... What?"
Greg: "Well, all the residents on OB/GYN are women, right?"
Me: "Um, yeah..."
Greg: "So they'd probably appreciate it if I were more in shape, huh?"
Me: "..."
Greg: "What do you think I should do?"
Me: "Um, OB/GYN Blueprints is good."
Sadly, I think Greg was on to something.
ReplyDeleteMy OB/GYN clerkship rotation was the one that led to the most number of crying-in-a-bathroom-stall sessions (definitely - for me- worse than Surgery). Near the end of the rotation, I was talking to one of my classmates who was also doing his OB/GYN rotation (at a different site), and he said "I just don't understand why people hate OB. It's actually kind of fun!". He, incidentally, happened to be a cute guy.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, I agree that Greg was onto something...
I can't speak for other OB/GYNs but I would appreciate it :P
ReplyDeletewell i'm glad my latent narcissistic tendencies will finally pay off.
ReplyDeleteI don't care how good looking you are, an over-worked, under-slept OB resident will ream into a door that she thinks looked at her funny.
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