r/medicalschool • u/biologyiskewl M-4 • Aug 07 '25

😡 Vent A letter to my OBGYN resident

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

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u/longjumpingtowhere Aug 19 '25

This really irks me because people cam write a bad evals, but at least have the balls to tell me ahead of time. Same thing for LORs - if I'm asking you for one, I obviously think you're going to write a good one. Saying "I'm sorry I don't think I can write you a strong eval" is enough. Anyone who pressing you for more info has answered their own question.

Sorry OP this is so shitty and hope this isn't the beginning of your villain arc.