Ugh, I heard this narrative over and over as a resident, and still today. This ‘we are the REAL working-class heroes of medicine’ campaign is such bullshit. I’ve worked with some great nurses who really taught me a lot. But, I’ve worked with some real assholes too. God-forbid if a patient needs something and its a…

I think female residents have it worse that the RNs actually. Dealing with the good old boy network of old school physicians can’t be fun.

Not to divert away from the point here, but at some point can we discuss female physicians, specialists, and medical residents? Women who on average have 10-13 years of post secondary education and hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt; women who are not backed by unions, not protected by work-hour…