Delta Disqualifiers

Cptnchia said:
The guy who graduates last in his class from med school is still called Doctor.
Or
Who is the better Doctor? The guy who graduates last in his class from Duke, or the guy who graduates first in his class from that med school in Grenada?
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...and where does Erby-Diddle figure into this particular conversation?
 
Cptnchia said:
The guy who graduates last in his class from med school is still called Doctor.
Or
Who is the better Doctor? The guy who graduates last in his class from Duke, or the guy who graduates first in his class from that med school in Grenada?
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Could be a misconception, but I've always heard those that graduate last or next to last in med school are typically the doctors that you find at the county hospitals, or urgent care facilities and clinics. Or are doctors working for the welfare system/Obama Care and its associated patients. Or snap selfies of themselves while Joan Rivers anesthetized body is on the OR table. Dunno, I can say with certainty, that I feel safe having my pilot graduate school with a 2.0 and flying people around the country. But I would not feel the same about a doctor with a similar GPA performing surgery on me or my loved ones. But that's just me. I want a tier 1 doctor.
 
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Meh. The thing about Medicoes is that nothing is nearly as cut and dried as any of us poor sheeple think it is. And let me head you off at the pass...I'm not talking about vaccinations. But an airplane is a basically legoes next to the human body, and that's before you even deal with the brainpan. I've seen some aw-shucks country doctors who, under certain circumstances, I'd rather have supervising my care than the top guy/gal at the Mayo. I can say with certainty, at least, that if I manage, someday, to wrap my bike around a car or a tree and don't die instantly, I'd rather have a Flight Nurse or Paramedic working on me than a Med School Professor. *shrug*
 
I find myself split on this issue.

I'm okay with Delta, or any carrier, using time-to-completion as a scoring metric. Yeah, there's a lot of guys that had a struggle or extenuating circumstances and took longer. There's likely even more guys that just didn't care, slacked off, procrastinated, and took semester upon semester off because they didn't have the wherewithal to realize they may someday want to fly big league 121, and therefore didn't prioritize the next 10, 20, and 40 years around that desire. If there's a punishment for that in the application pool, I really can't cry foul.

All the same, it serves to weed out those who had any inkling to break themselves out of the mold, discover their own meaning of their lives, and try different things. Those people may be more well rounded and 'experienced,' in the broad sense of the word.

I don't know. And no, I'm not butthurt that I'll never, ever be a tier one Delta applicant... or tier two... or... hey @Derg , how many tiers they got over there?
 
Not to derail on medicine , but graduating medical schools doesn't mean you start practicing medicine, in fact , for civilians you aren't qualified to do much more than you were before school. Your graduation "ranking" is a piece of what allows you to get into a residency which is what really matters. Finish last in your class in medical school from a no name island school and you likely aren't going to get into an orthopedic residency.
 
Kingairer said:
Not to derail on medicine , but graduating medical schools doesn't mean you start practicing medicine, in fact , for civilians you aren't qualified to do much more than you were before school. Your graduation "ranking" is a piece of what allows you to get into a residency which is what really matters. Finish last in your class in medical school from a no name island school and you likely aren't going to get into an orthopedic residency.
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In other words...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Resident_Matching_Program
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Aren't med school professors usually practicing doctors and surgeons who also do teaching on the side?
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It depends. Many, but obviously not all, med school positions are not clinical. The med students rotate through the teaching hospital and their "teachers" are clinical in that scenario. But the ones teaching classes aren't necessarily practicing any more.

My wife was offered a position in Miami at a med school, but she turned it down because it was VERY limited clinical and the pay was horrendous. She teaches at the residency program in Savannah, where she is an attending physician. She has med students rotate through, but she isn't a "med school" professor.
 
AA34 said:
Yes, especially those teaching resident programs. Most, where I'm from, see patients through the university system that they also teach at.
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I suppose it depends on the system. In our system the professors aren't clinical. The med students rotate through the residencies, and the twain do not meet.
 
PhilosopherPilot said:
It depends. Many, but obviously not all, med school positions are not clinical. The med students rotate through the teaching hospital and their "teachers" are clinical in that scenario. But the ones teaching classes aren't necessarily practicing any more.

My wife was offered a position in Miami at a med school, but she turned it down because it was VERY limited clinical and the pay was horrendous. She teaches at the residency program in Savannah, where she is an attending physician. She has med students rotate through, but she isn't a "med school" professor.
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I see an ABC spin off. "How to Get Away with Medicine."
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
I see an ABC spin off. "How to Get Away with Medicine."
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One thing is for SURE. Our jobs freaking rock in comparison to doctors. Jesus, but do they work hard! We did the math, and I earn far more per hour than my wife does. She's family medicine, so certainly not the highest paying end of medicine, but she works far more than I do, and only earns marginally more.

My brother in law is a plastic surgeon. He earns far more, but his QOL sucks. He seems to enjoy it, but he only sees his kids maybe 2 days a week, assuming it's not a call week.

I'm too lazy for that BS.
 
PhilosopherPilot said:
One thing is for SURE. Our jobs freaking rock in comparison to doctors. Jesus, but do they work hard! We did the math, and I earn far more per hour than my wife does. She's family medicine, so certainly not the highest paying end of medicine, but she works far more than I do, and only earns marginally more.

My brother in law is a plastic surgeon. He earns far more, but his QOL sucks. He seems to enjoy it, but he only sees his kids maybe 2 days a week, assuming it's not a call week.

I'm too lazy for that BS.
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" here endeth the lesson "
 
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