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This message could not be more on point. Devaluation of education should never, ever be acceptable. Because there would no longer be pursuit of excellence, only pursuit of mediocrity.
Taz
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Taz
@Suburbanbella
Emergency Physician/Army Vet/Patient-Physician Advocate/Opinionated Citizen/Hippie chick/MUA; opinions expressed are mine and mine alone, thank you very much.
Sacramento, CA
Joined December 2008
- Just wanted to give a shout out to these med students who stepped up to the plate when there were no physicians on board. Kudos to our future physicians!!
- Replying to @NRAHey NRA, in case you forgot, for us emergency medicine military physicians, GSW's are not only in our lane, it's our highways, byways and airways...always. Think before you speak fools. Happy Veteran's Day.
- Replying to @allisonoconnMaybe because it isn't horrifying. It's humbling. And necessary. Our class prayed over those who donated their bodies and thanked them for allowing us to learn.
- Replying to @BurgerKingUK and @kfcgamingHere you go. Maybe you will understand neanderthal lingo better....
- People, it is imperative to understand that this is not ok. This is not "modernization", this is some 5th world kind of s**t. I want the public to understand that this is not how medicine/surgery works. Some 100+ years ago standardized medical training became a necessity becauseNon-surgeon removed gall bladders at hospital bbc.in/3wyIBYD
- Replying to @Daily_MailUS @DailyMail and @GallaherCarenThat's all? After 36 years in a public service job serving under 6 presidents? Health insurance executives who don't do jack for this country make obscene amounts no one says a word.
- Replying to @dermatoIogyOh man...the Black cafeteria workers took care of me when I was in residency. Made sure I had food to eat before they closed. They were so proud.
- Dear Student Doctors and Unmatched grads, DO NOT allow yourselves to be used as free labor by any medical institution or facility. You are not indentured servants who are required to put your lives at risk for the business of medicine. If they want you to work as
- Staff are human beings. They need rest. Doesn't help to have the public continue to have superspreader events or not heed mask-wearing as if we have an unlimited supply of health care workers.
- I remain baffled as to how the PA role in the UK was permitted to move forward BEFORE scope of practice was clearly defined, BEFORE a regulation body was identified, BEFORE the education curriculum was nationally standardized and BEFORE they were licensed. Relying on trusts or
- Replying to @greerplasticsI had a colleague in a similar situation. Husband initially agreed to be a househusband since she made in a day what he made in a month. Didn't help around the house or assist the kids with their homework. Didn't do jack. She lost respect. Lose respect for a man, you lose love.
- Listen, I have to get this s**t off my chest. Who the f**k actually believes it is acceptable to allow a so-called "health profession" to have access to patients, to do whatever the f**k they want, yet have no regulations or guidelines(so the public is not protected),
