When tragedy strikes at the hospital, feeling guilt is a very natural reaction for medical students. Not so much because we feel we didn't do enough or that we were responsible for it. Rather, it's due to the misplaced feeling that we willed the tragedy to happen.
As a medical student, one wants to learn. One wants to see things, to experience things. Learning in ways that textbooks cannot provide. As such, the dramatic is high on the wishlist of many a medical student.
Does this mean we want to see people getting cardiac arrests? Of course not. It does, however, mean that when cardiac arrests happen, we'd very much like to be there - perhaps to help, perhaps to learn. There's a world of difference there.
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I so understand what you are saying (although I'll never wish to be in that situation myself). Just remember to stick to de medical drama, and stay away from the "grey's anatomy"-drama ;)
ReplyDeleteHehe.. Can't say I've watched all too much of that series, but I can imagine what we're talking about :)
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