A shocking experience with dentistry/medicine students!!

Its not all about the money. Its the rewarding nature of medicine that money can't buy. Ur an idiot if u went into dentistry for the money, coz there isn't any. As a medical student I've already saved 2 peoples lives by resuscitating them. I saw them the next day talking to their family and that moment was probably the highlight of my life so far. How many lives have u saved?

lol hoping you aren't actually a real medical student

Obviously not, a medical STUDENT is not involved in saving lives rofl.

Why not? Medical students are involved in the healthcare team, and may be the first on scene in resuscitation attempts, or involved in some way when someone gets sick. Even clerking in a sick patient in A&E, or putting in a cannula is being involved in saving someone's life. Hell, undertaking a GP consultation and starting someone on treatment as a student is being involved in this.

Rofl.

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Obviously not, a medical STUDENT is not involved in saving lives rofl.

Well im obviously talking directly, if you want to talk about indirectly saving lives we can go on for days

Fair play although I gotta admit I seriously doubt Thewildcat is a genuine medical student.

lol, im 100% sure oral surgery is more onerous than dermatology or radiology for example.

Seeing as people here are meant to be future doctors, dentists and other professionals this thread is awfully petty


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I've said this before and I'll say it again...

I honestly just think "good for them", not even in a sarcastic way. They'll work ****ty hours. Have to spend a ****load more time after their already long 5-6 year course to specialize. Continue to work ****ty hours and then finally hit comfortable 6-figures when middle aged (most medics are deluded in thinking they'll be rolling in it before hitting middle age) in one of two ways: 1. Becoming a surgeon in which case you must be the creme de la creme (which by definition, most people won't be) and be willing to be called in the middle of the night... or 2. Become a GP and sit in a room meeting miserable sick people all day. And dentists must sit in a room poking around teeth all day for similar pay, hours seem a lot nicer though.

I'm not even bashing here, I don't understand why being a doctor/dentist is seen as such a glamorous job, although it benefits the general public (which of course includes me) that it is seen that way.

If you think I'm just bitter...

Its seen as glamorous because of how difficult it is to get into medicine/dentistry, and the GUARANTEE of high salary/status.

If you meet those kind of students, just tell them you study maths. It works perfect. Because they are below Mathematicians/Physicist by far and they know it.

That's very subjective... and I'd argue that in London it's an outright lie.

I've said this before and I'll say it again...

I honestly just think "good for them", not even in a sarcastic way. They'll work ****ty hours. Have to spend a ****load more time after their already long 5-6 year course to specialize. Continue to work ****ty hours and then finally hit comfortable 6-figures when middle aged (most medics are deluded in thinking they'll be rolling in it before hitting middle age) in one of two ways: 1. Becoming a surgeon in which case you must be the creme de la creme (which by definition, most people won't be) and be willing to be called in the middle of the night... or 2. Become a GP and sit in a room meeting miserable sick people all day. And dentists must sit in a room poking around teeth all day for similar pay, hours seem a lot nicer though.

I'm not even bashing here, I don't understand why being a doctor/dentist is seen as such a glamorous job, although it benefits the general public (which of course includes me) that it is seen that way.

If you think I'm just bitter...