First Day of Cardiothoracic Surgery

[weeklyfont]

Canonically I believe this was the start of the med student starting to stand up for himself. Origin story of the med student mafia.

[snehasowmy]

The Med student has nerves of steel to look a surgeon in the eye and nope out of there.

[notwytia]

I know a med student who was really happy to get COVID because it made him avoid his rotation in cardiothoracic surgery.

[shilling]

I know a team of two older (over 65) cardiothoracic surgeons who have so much fun that they make it look easy. "That aortic aneurysm surgery was so much fun, so textbook. We spent time debating whether or not to replace the mitral valve but decided that it would be best long-term for this patient. Such an enjoyable surgery!" As a nurse, I just stood there in awe, with my mouth open. Hours and hours on their feet. They enjoyed every minute of it. Who are these superhuman people? And fresh as a daisy afterward.

[metalheadami]

as a CVICU nurse who quit to go into research I can say this is 100% accurate and that med student is smart to leave lmao

[dkg_gdk]

This is me running back to pediatrics after helping out at the ICU one night

[Tiafain]

Man, I remember witnessing a heated argument between my boss (chief of neurosurgery) and the chief of thoracic surgery. I swear, I thought the hospital would explode that day.

[melaninmonroe]

Ironically, I did a rotation in cardiothoracic surgery and he was the kindest surgeon I ever worked with. He was intense in his every day life though (I think he climbed Mt Everest or something??) 😂

[VersieKilgannon]

I'm having flashbacks to the Grey's Anatomy episode wherein Cristina has a breakdown and winds up sitting in dermatology just marveling at how nice and calm everything is compared to cardiothoracics 😂

[clairmac]

Bill is smart, palliative care doctors are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Seriously they will ask you how you are doing and will be genuinely invested.

[Dltp]

I worked with a yelling dr for a long time, until one time I told him to stop and listen to what I was saying because I had a solution to his problem. Never yelled at me after that, but the rest of the staff were shocked I raised my voice to the god!

[KyleRayner]

The head of the cardiothoracic dept at my hospital is renowned for his temper. Everyone's terrified of him.

[melaniescharrer]

I had a really good rotation in cardiothoracic surgery- I told them I was going into psychiatry- and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to see them do amazing surgeries on hearts and lungs. *Everyone* responds well to authentic praise and validation- even grumpy CT surgeons. No one expected me to know anything and I kept sharing my reactions during the rotation when it seemed appropriate to share them. I wasn’t blowing smoke up any orafices- watching the work literally inspired awe. I got full marks and saw incredible stuff. Would never in a million years pick it as a specialty though…😅

[sibelius]

This rotation in Med school was so intense it was later disbanded. Was so demeaning it was the only time in my entire career I took an opportunity to ditch. I’ve held that against myself the rest of my life. Now I’m an ophthalmologist lol

[davidjackson]

One of my first RN jobs was working the CT surgery floor in a teaching hospital. The attendings would ask the most impossible to answer questions to the residents and students, then yell at them when they didn't know the answer. We, as nurses, had already heard them ask the same questions over and over to different groups, so we knew the answers. After they would dress down the residents for not being able to come up with anything, the attendings would look over at a nurse and ask them for the answer, which we of course had already heard a dozen times. You can imagine the ass-chewing they would get after that. Felt sorry for them.

[ismata]

as a med student, seeing my first chest cavity opening an experience....

[ninjason]

My CT surgery rotation was definitely the most intense one. My surgeon had a military background as well so he was tough as nails. Obliterated my ego on a daily basis. But I did learn a lot and he let me assist with some surgeries. I did get a letter of recommendation from him as well which I believe helped me immensely for residency. Don't run away from these rotations, they'll change your life for the better.

[melodychanribis-roy]

The fact that med student could speak at all in presence of hospital "God" and leave showed that he really has a iron core. Well done doctor. I had this rotation and everyone was scared to death of the H.G. I went in and introduced myself shook his hand and and he was looking at me with daggers for eyes, I pulled his head down so I could whisper in his ear, "if you're mean to US I'll tell baba. Which is Chinese for dad. We all had a great rotation and learned a lot. It wasn't until our last day that someone asked me what I had said and why I was never scared of him. When I told them he was my oldest brother and what I said to protect us all they were shocked and asked H.G. if it was true, he said yes and that from now on if any of us ever saw him at the bar across the street they'd better buy him drinks. 😅🤣😂 I felt bad for the next group in his rotation because they had him with all that pent up frustration. 😅🤣😂

[TerriMTR]

today was my first day as a cardiothoracic surgery intern and this is EXACTLY what happened and how i felt. Run you fools!

[Synechiae]

Ophtho resident here, the only things I remember from my CT surgery rotation are (1) being yelled at for resting my hands on the towel covering the patient’s aorta, (2) being yelled at for moving my hand a little while it was being used as a retractor, and (3) being yelled at for laughing in the SICU work room. Good times