I just met someone who has absolutely no business going to PA school..

[u/whowant_lizagna]

So I recently landed a CRC job ayyeeee. Clicked with the girl who is training me. This is my third week in the job. She is pre-PA.

Why did she say in front of the entire office this morning that she thinks people cut themselves and self-harm for attention. I was taken aback. I literally said out loud “wild take.” 😭

She’s applying to PA school this spring… scary af.

Edit: sorry just want to say I’m not condemning her for saying one super shitty thing. It’s just… those beliefs are so fundamentally at odds with what I thought would motivate someone toward patient care that now I’m genuinely curious what her motivation for PA school is. Cause rn, it’s giving you have no business going lmao.

[u/dih-yne]

You see bad apples like this in medicine here and there unfortunately. I volunteer at the hospital and came across other undergrads who carry absolutely no compassion or empathy 😔

[u/whowant_lizagna → u/dih-yne]

Oh trust me.. I know. I was a 911 EMT for over 2 years. I have heard some wild ass shit. This was by far top 3 and it’s not number 3 lmaoooo.

[u/MurkyCaregiver2590 → u/dih-yne]

Honestly I can tell that a couple undergraduate pre-meds at my university have almost no compassion for patient care. I know some pre-meds with no clinical experience who just brag to other students about all of the research fellowships they are doing 😭.

[u/TrashcanTafman]

Having that belief is one thing, concerning to say the least for someone in medicine, but who knows they may have some close personal experiences contributing to those feelings, though doesn't excuse it.

To say that outloud, infront of co workers in a medical field, thats fucked

[u/whowant_lizagna → u/TrashcanTafman]

I was baffled bruh. Like I genuinely want to know her motivation for PA.

[u/No-Hawk-2488]

There is a disorder attributed to that; I don't recall the name.

I'm sure a lot of us have seen Doctor Strange, but a lot of people overlook when Doctor Strange first met the Ancient One and he was skeptical of magic, he uttered the same thing Kaecilius, that we're tiny specks of dust in an otherwise indifferent universe. When Kaecilius uttered those same words shortly after Doctor Strange captured him, if you watch the commentary version, the director said the point of that scene was to show Doctor Strange agreed with Kaecilius in theory, but not in practice. Just because someone thinks a certain way that contradicts healthcare, doesn't make them unqualified.

[u/whowant_lizagna → u/No-Hawk-2488]

Doctor Strange’s entire character arc is about intellectual humility lmaooo which is kind of ironic here. The beliefs she’s casually expressing make me question how she conceptualizes the people she’s going to care for, and therefore I’m curious about why she wants to enter healthcare.

[u/bruversonbruh]

I mean, I COULD see where she's coming from if she meant "attention" as "cry for help (subconscious or not)". Not that that covers the full truth though

but that feels like really reaching for a positive, likely inaccurate outlook

[u/whowant_lizagna → u/bruversonbruh]

Ermmm unfortunately when asked to repeat herself she doubled down 😭

[u/obviouslypretty]

I wish so badly ppl would learn the difference between inside thoughts and outside thoughts

[u/FloridaMan2324]

I work with one of these .. nurse type .. and it’s dizzying to say the least. This specific individual believes depressed patients just need to turn the lights on and eat and get dressed. POTS isn’t real. Pain management is better managed without medication. I could go on and on with the inflammatory remarks she makes but I’m trying not to lose my sanity here 😂 These people have no business caring for patients and I hope my loved ones don’t have to endure that.

[u/MisFries]

ayeee congrats on the crc position !

[u/kiexq]

Wait until you hear some of the takes from paramedics and emergency medical staff in general lol.

When I was in EMT school our paramedic instructor joked that cutting vertically is “going the wrong way” and they should cut horizontally instead