Okay. Just finished my surgery rotation. Man that sucked. I'm sure it's much better as an attending than it is as a resident or a student. Students have to get to the hospital to round on the patients before the senior, who has to get to the hospital before the attending to round on the patients to present to the attending. Overall, the experience is one that I will never forget and one that I will never regret. I saw some of the craziest things; liver transplants, for example.
About half-way into the rotation, I felt myself getting bitter about waking up at 4 or 5am in the morning even on the weekends and having to come into the hospital. Then I remembered something again. Something that I realized earlier this year. I COULD complain about going into the hospital. But...BUT...before I complain, I need to remember that there are other people who want to be in the hospital even less than me, earlier than me, and longer than me. Sometimes, that's the resident. Rarely, it's the attending. Every single time, it's the patients.
No matter what field of medicine I go into, I need to remember something. People come first. Medicine is not a job. It's a commitment. Getting paid is not the number 1 goal. Helping people get better is the primary goal. Everything else is just frosting and sprinkles.
Still torn between surgery and emergency medicine. Why can't I do both?
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