Introversion in PA School

iamjommyj · 14 days

I just finished my fifth week of PA school and I sort of had the same issue for the first couple of weeks. Some of the students in my program came from the same stepping stone postbac program that made them competitive for PA school and it definitely felt cliquey going in. But I found that I just sort of had to put myself out there and eventually just sort of assimilated into a study group that I don't mind hanging around with.

One other thing to keep in mind is that some of your classmates are just forcing themselves to be extra sociable and are just hanging out with the people that respond the right way to their signalling. And there a lot of other people (probably in your class) that might be feeling the exact same way you are. You'll probably see after the first or second exam people starting to soften up and taking down their own barriers. You're going to have your peers wanting to vent or wanting to talk about something other than school. You are all having this experience together.

Just keep saying hello to people and doing your best to stay on top of your studies. It can and often does getting better.

You can do it!

iamjommyj · 2 months

Super Metroid. I didn't know what I was doing then but the atmosphere and feeling of adventure on my own still resonates in me today.

iamjommyj · 3 months

I start my program on the first day of next month. I was in your shoes last year and I remember how nerve-wracking it is. But you can do this!

Keep your head up!

iamjommyj · 3 months

I'm pretty sure most, if not all schools, do background checks. Perform a background check on yourself and see if those things even still come up. If they do, make sure to be up front about those mistakes during your interview. Tie it into a learning experience and you should be alright.

iamjommyj · 3 months

I said in 2012 that GKMC was the best album of the year and it has been every year since.

iamjommyj · 3 months

If they ask me if want this change

"Absolutely, I do."

iamjommyj · 3 months

Genuinely curious as to what "actual data" you're referring to here considering claims from the left that the opposite is happening.

iamjommyj · 3 months

Before applying to PA school, I had the privileged of shadowing Matt Probst, the PA followed in The Providers. Honestly, the most incredible and inspiring person I've ever met.

iamjommyj · 3 months

I totally agree that it shouldn't have taken his daughter wishing death on herself for him to have the very important epiphany that he did. However, the reality is that many bigoted parents have their head so far in the sand and are too far gone that their child saying the same thing would not have phased them at all.

iamjommyj · 3 months

Good on your father to finally reach that point of reflection.

iamjommyj · 5 months

I watch those ads to completion with a smile knowing they'll have to fork over some cash to Kyle (and other YouTubers in the lefty space).

iamjommyj · 5 months

Colligative properties.

iamjommyj · 5 months

Read A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes.

iamjommyj · 5 months

You should see the Fox News website comments on the matter.

iamjommyj · 5 months

We are barely functioning WITH the guns.

iamjommyj · 5 months

That is exactly what this is called.

iamjommyj · 6 months

The idea is that if we managed to get single payer in the US, congresspeople should be subject to the same system.

iamjommyj · 6 months

I guess that’s one way to get your senses sharpened before takeoff.

iamjommyj · 6 months

It is not your job to pick and choose which laws you get to enforce.

You are not above the law.

iamjommyj · 6 months

No loan on the car. Bought it outright, cash, with the title signed over to me.

iamjommyj · 6 months

I'll give them a call. Hopefully they can help me out. Thanks for the advice!

iamjommyj · 6 months

The times these types of things happened, the doc always handled the situation on their own and it definitely never seemed like it was their first rodeo. For patients that pressed the issue (mostly the intoxicated ones), I tended to act more like a silent physical barrier standing between patient and the doc as we exited the room.

Back in the office, the docs tended to vent for a minute or two about the encounter, sometimes they'd thank me for listening and for the gentle reassurance, and they always shifted our focus right back to making sure the patients (including the offender) were treated and cared for.

We all want to believe that this kind of behavior doesn't occur anymore in 2019 -- but it does. If I am honestly, I didn't really believe it happened either before I saw it myself.

Thank you, /u/themockingju for the work that you do (despite the BS that you've had to deal with). I know it is not always easy but you have absolutely earned your profession and you deserve to be respected as human being (and not an object) while doing your job.

iamjommyj · 7 months

ER medical scribe here.

I am a large male with a shaven bald head standing over 6 feet tall. This kind of harassment from patients towards young female physicians that I have scribed for is real. I have seen it firsthand. Multiple times. It didn't even seem that it mattered that I was standing right there in the room.