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by paggle 2479 days ago
Yeah, med school is the only “brainy” career path that endures military-style hazing on a ritualized and widespread basis.
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To be precise: med school is (comparatively) a walk in the park. Years 3 and 4 of med school are a sort of "residency lite" where you rotate in different specialties, but the doctors don't really expect you to be useful, so it's fairly low-pressure other than odd hours. Study up so you can know what you're talking about, don't get in people's way, and you'll be fine. Residency is when the 80+hrs/week institutional hazing happens.
Yes, “medicine” would have been the correct term.