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Berating a junior colleague (faculty/resident/intern) for no reason is a regular scene ingrained in the (in)famous workplace culture at most medical colleges of the country.
We seem to can't get over the feudal and hierarchial system and love to boss over hapless folks down the hierarchial ladder.
The most common victims are junior residents or interns as they are at the mercy of higher-ups and rarely got anybody bat an eyelid at or protest their victimization. The reasons can be as myriad and weird as you can imagine. Orthopaedics and Medicine colleagues I know at various hospitals in Delhi are harrassed for their inability to get an early date for a radiological investigation 😐 (I'm sorry folks, I can't give you an early date without a valid indication). Surgery and OBGY colleagues are berated for some inconsequential errors or slips during an exhaustive work shift extending well over 36 hrs.
The most common yet subtle one is the desire to be addressed as sir/ma'am or worse 'boss’. Ragging or Personality Development Program or whatever nonsense you call it in 1st MBBS is where the roots lie. 'Seniors' assume the responsibility of mending the ways of juniors and are seen craving for respect. Why's it so hard to understand that maybe you aren't worthy of respect ?
T'was a dejavu in PG when the same argument as in 1st MBBS were seen popping up. Why's it always similar to “The seniors/PGs/Senior Residents/Faculty are complaining that you don't wish them when you find them in campus/ workplace. They ask if we haven't taught you manners ? 🥱”. There's absolutely no reason one should be doing this to a 24+ y/o postgraduate. C'mon you can do better !!
Year after year, postgraduate residents succumb to suicide and then Resident Doctor Associations shed crocodile tears on the unfortunate demise. It's very much possible for the representatives in RDAs to make the change but they won't.
They would always love to take the scut work and grind in junior years while conveniently pass it on as they move up the ladder.
The medical education system would continue to remain toxic as long as people up the ladder play arrogant and keep justifying the (mis)treatment of junior colleagues.
We seem to can't get over the feudal and hierarchial system and love to boss over hapless folks down the hierarchial ladder.
The most common victims are junior residents or interns as they are at the mercy of higher-ups and rarely got anybody bat an eyelid at or protest their victimization. The reasons can be as myriad and weird as you can imagine. Orthopaedics and Medicine colleagues I know at various hospitals in Delhi are harrassed for their inability to get an early date for a radiological investigation 😐 (I'm sorry folks, I can't give you an early date without a valid indication). Surgery and OBGY colleagues are berated for some inconsequential errors or slips during an exhaustive work shift extending well over 36 hrs.
The most common yet subtle one is the desire to be addressed as sir/ma'am or worse 'boss’. Ragging or Personality Development Program or whatever nonsense you call it in 1st MBBS is where the roots lie. 'Seniors' assume the responsibility of mending the ways of juniors and are seen craving for respect. Why's it so hard to understand that maybe you aren't worthy of respect ?
T'was a dejavu in PG when the same argument as in 1st MBBS were seen popping up. Why's it always similar to “The seniors/PGs/Senior Residents/Faculty are complaining that you don't wish them when you find them in campus/ workplace. They ask if we haven't taught you manners ? 🥱”. There's absolutely no reason one should be doing this to a 24+ y/o postgraduate. C'mon you can do better !!
Year after year, postgraduate residents succumb to suicide and then Resident Doctor Associations shed crocodile tears on the unfortunate demise. It's very much possible for the representatives in RDAs to make the change but they won't.
They would always love to take the scut work and grind in junior years while conveniently pass it on as they move up the ladder.
The medical education system would continue to remain toxic as long as people up the ladder play arrogant and keep justifying the (mis)treatment of junior colleagues.
