First Day of Neurosurgery

[DGlaucomflecken]

This is a different Jonathan. A far more inferior Jonathan.

[notshaneF]

"Why?" How do you make one word sound so condescending? Now that's true talent.

[RamnaViaz]

It's always so soothing to know that the most difficult areas in the field of medicine rest comfortably in the hands of role obsessed sociopaths and narcissists because they are the only one able to shrug off and handle the stress.

[angeliquec]

"The ego of a neurosurgeon twice his age" 🤣

[novascript]

"Joey hasn't been outside in months" "And I LOVE it" Made my day

[sleepygoose]

The fact that he clarified “Why?” Instead of expecting an immediate answer is still somewhat nicer than the neurosurgeons that I’ve met

[theladbros]

We need a short where neurosurgery and neurology meet 😂

[heyoitsollie]

The
“…he has a wife-“
“uh hey boss” *shakes head*
“again??“
is SUCH good comic pacing, god I love it.

[NiaJustNia]

Jonathan's wife left him after meeting the true Jonathan (scribe), and realised her Jonathan could never live up to that perfection.

[poloortiz]

I thought neurosurgery attendings didn't exist. No one has seen one to this date.

[WildKat]

My degree is in Psychology (I graduated almost a decade ago now) and we learned something very interesting. Apparently, Surgeons have an abnormally high rate of sociopathic personalities within the field (like 75% of them have sociopathic traits that are significant enough to be judged as having a sociopathic personality). Considering how many Surgeons I have worked with or had as patients, I consider that statistic pretty accurate.

[dsramsey]

The neurosurgeon has apparently been taking lessons on how to pronounce "Jonathan" from the opthamologist.

[laurahueller]

I thought the question ended in “why?” and I mean….. pretty valid still

[꿀단지]

Working in neurotrauma for almost ten years, I can honest to God say this is not satire. I once watched an attending make a resident cry because he suggested hospice to a family.

Of course it was over the phone because you cannot get an attending to appear on the floor unless you say their name three times into a mirror.

[enricojanbudzejko]

Kind of hits home. I am at the end of my 3rd year of neurosurgery residency in Germany. On average my colleagues tend to have a high level of ego and do not empathize much with patients. Interestingly enough, the chief neurosurgeon and a couple of top specialists are, on the opposite, very warm hearted, kind people and very humble, not missing any opportunity to learn something new from anyone surrounding them. They even have no problem whatsoever in admitting they don't know something and ask to be explained if that is the case. I have been trying my best to not let myself be influenced by the egomaniacs and take the chief neurosurgeon as a an ideal figure to which I strive. But it is honestly hard to be the empathetic and gentle kind when you are at the bottom of the ladder surrounded by sharks.

[executivelifehacks]

I love the in-jokes from this specialty, that neurosurgery go through a string of wives... it took another play for the joke to register.

[mafegam]

I love how the med student always looks like he's about to cry

Edit: holy crap 2.8k votes? Med student if you're reading this we all love you keep strong

[ryannpalermo]

I’m am forever grateful that the neurosurgeons I work with are all pretty friendly and some of them even answer my questions without being visibly annoyed 🙌

[liebeundhasst]

A nice classic still gets me everytime

[Bitterpill]

Have worked w neurosurgeons for 25 years. They deal w crazy stess and have alwaybeen there for patients during all types of tough cases. Thank God someone wants to do that job