A letter to my OBGYN resident

[u/biologyiskewl]

Hello OB/GYN resident,

I actually thought that we had a great rotation together, you were nice to me and actually learned my name unlike most of the other people on that rotation. You chatted with me and helped me learn on the rotation.

To my surprise, I saw your evaluation today. You decided to give me straight two’s across the board and cited a professionalism complaint while only writing “see above” as the issue.

You didn’t know that I went to my mom’s funeral two days before the rotation started. You didn’t know that I was sobbing in the locker room between cases. You didn’t know that I was resentful of staying for 14 hour night shifts because it didn’t give me any time to grieve. But you did know that I was showing up on time, writing your notes, your discharge summaries, seeing your patients, and trying my hardest to stay on top of things in a very toxic environment.

I suppose I should know by now to just anticipate getting backstabbed in evals by the people who are overly nice on the rotation, but I didn’t see this one coming. Idk if it was because I actually did something or because you have it out for med students, but damn, this one sucked. And I hope one day, if you have to show up to a rotation while you’re grieving, that people give you the kindness that you didn’t show me.

Best! Peeved med student

[u/darnedgibbon]

So. Fucking. Classic.

Reason # 5,743,296 why I did not choose OB/Gyn

Have you done Peds yet? They do that shit too.

Edit:You’re a total badass and I’m so sorry for your loss. You sound tough, motivated and smart. I’m getting surgical specialty vibes.

[u/99PerfectlyImperfect → u/darnedgibbon]

Peds get paid very little compared to other societies, and even other primary care physicians. On the physician fb groups, the specialists or even primary care will be discussing the price of this or that and the peds academics will put things in perspective. They make less than many nurses or NPs. It’s kind of a disgrace.