#i remember reading an article bout a doc who was on a flight and was asked to help someone w a medical emergency

[kirishwima]

also just voicing a random thought i had since yesterday after a phone call w a coworker but. I wish people treated working in medicine less like a lifestyle and more as a...job?

Like, yes, studying medicine and then working in the field takes up a LOT of your time, life, effort etc. But...it's still a job. I still clock in and clock out, I'm allowed sick days like anyone else, and at the end of the day when I go home, I do other things with my life and enjoy other hobbies. Being a doctor shouldn't immediately mean you live and breathe for your work and love it more than anything. It's a job!!! And the stigma around medical professionals expressing just that is kind of baffling to me. A doctor doesn't have to be on 'doctor mode' 24/7, just as an idk, a teacher, doesn't have to be on 'teacher mode' outside of work. Just. food for thought