Saturday, July 10, 2010

Repel

(Overheard the discussion between two anesthetists.)

"There are so many young doctors who want to get our training post. I can't really make the head or tail of it." The senior consultant said.

"Why ! Our job is perfect. We seem to have a leisured life in the public hospital, and we could make quite some money when we come out as private practice. Haven't you heard of the ROAD to success ?" His SMO commented.

(Please refer to http://ccszeto.blogspot.com/2010/05/road.html for the "road".)

"But that's not true ! To say the least, life in the operating theatre could be quite stressed." The consultant replied.

"Who knows ? We have no house officers, and everyone applies because of their own romantic idea about us." The other said with a grin.

"Oh, you are right. Why don't we asked for some house officers - they could come once a week or so and see what we are actually doing. That would turn away 80% of the applicants that are not our cup of tea."

"But, my boss, we are slightly late. Our friends from Family Medicine have just started a similar program !"

PS. This story is, of course, fake. To say the least, it does not happen on earth - but only on another planet outside the solar system.

1 comment:

TW said...

If the anaes has the house officer program, I think MORE new MO will choose anaes.