Though I am two years into my residency, I still experience flashbacks to my time as a medical student on the wards. The adrenaline of arriving at the hospital 2 hours before rounds, scrambling to see my patients, constructing a note that no one would ever look at, and preparing a hastily-constructed presentation to deliver in a half-performance, half-examination outside of our patient’s room.
I remember being the object of a thousand microaggressions, coming from scrub-techs residents, nurses, and (gasp) attendings. I was always standing in the wrong corner, using the wrong computer, or choosing the wrong time or person to ask a question, things I would have gladly changed had I known how to do them right. Medical school seemed like a game, and I never understood the rules. Slowly, through getting fouls and penalties, I learned some of the basics, and being hardworking and earnest, I was able to, at least, get by.
As a resident early in my training, I now have the benefit of seeing medical students from both sides of the MD. I try to share my unsolicited wisdom with students the first day they are on my service. I have committed these lessons to paper, so hopefully, a few more students can understand the game before they are tossed into the ring. In no particular order, here are the rules for my medical students:
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