Observations from a medical student a week into his surgery rotation.
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A great post. Brought me right back to my vascular and transplant surg rotations as a med student. I loved it as much as I hated it.
The paragraph stating medical students on their first day in the OR “are handed instruments and instructed to jump right in….hands deep within peoples’ bellies…” has to be one of the most shocking revelations I’ve ever read about surgical training.
I wonder if anybody in that OR witnessing such a cavalier disregard for patient safety would ever have their surgery done by that doctor.
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