Modern youth in medicine

I have the pleasure of communicating with young doctors. Just today I spoke with a general practitioner, a young man of 29 years old. He works in Moscow and goes to study ultrasound at the Nizhny Novgorod Medical Academy.

Verbatim dialogue:

— Why did you decide to become a therapist and not a surgeon?

- Why should I become a surgeon? I work as a local therapist: I served three hours at an appointment and am free, but I don’t go to calls, because I taught all my patients to call me at home, I trained them for six months.

— Do you go on duty at the hospital? After all, it’s interesting: difficult cases, related patients, communication with nurses and colleagues over a glass of tea on long nights on duty?

- Why do I need this? It's hard. I work part-time in a sanatorium: I came, looked at the office, if no one was there, then I went home. They pay me 40 thousand. Why do I need to be on duty?

- Who did you study with at the institute, otherwise I don’t remember you, although we studied together? (the girl next to me asked the question)

My interlocutor frowns for a long time and says with a laugh:

- Yes, I don’t remember anyone, I almost didn’t go to classes.

A parallel discussion is taking place in the Russian Surginet group. Everyone is amazed at the extreme indifference and reluctance of young doctors to work and improve the level of their knowledge.