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I just feel I have to disagree with one statement, that "their" school has failed them. One thing I have learned as an instructor at present, based on being a preceptor in the past. The school may give out the proper professional attire, but the students baulk at not wearing earrings that are hooped or see nothing wrong with not covering tattoos, which are, at times offensive, or wanting to cover their weaves or long hair with head coverings to keep hair off their collars. It, honestly is a constant battle. The thinking of students is also, what's it matter, when I get my license I can do what I want. And some of that is true! how many managers interview future employees and tell them that if they have any tattoos they will need to cover them up. How many preceptors have addressed the nurses that they are precepting to follow the hospital dress code. How many of us ever thought to put it in their evaluations weekly preceptor evaluations? How many managers address this in our evaluations and yet our professionalism is part of being, acting and looking professional is being evaluated. So please, I know that at my community college, tattoos are covered, their are no hoop earrings, students do not have long fingernails with colored polish and hair is kept off their collars, and we are not very popular with students because of that. My suggestion to you, all precpeptors, managers and any one else with history of keeping professionalism alive in our profession, reward when professionalism is warranted and delay rewards until professionalism is across the board, because when we graduate our students, they know what it is to be professional, keeping them professional is preceptors, clinical supervisors, managers, even the DON to keep professionalism going.

“Just so you know, he said he could’ve banged you...”About ten years ago I was the only woman in my SCUBA divemaster class. Our primary instructor was about thirty years my senior. I came to like and respect him during our training.I had missed a testing segment and was making it up on a Saturday afternoon. It was a more difficult portion of the training and I was thrilled when I received great feedback and high marks. My instructor said, “Let’s grab a beer across the street while we go over everything”.We chatted about the training and I had a chance to pick his brain a bit. One beer turned into several. I was really enjoying myself. Keep in mind, I was 25 years old, having a couple beers with someone I considered a mentor. Our conversation was centered entirely around SCUBA. I went home that evening feeling proud that someone I admired thought highly of me.The next day, a classmate told me my instructor had been bragging to two other members of our class about having a drink with me, and my supposed availability for “banging”.I felt my cheeks flush. I re-examined our conversation, my body language, everything- looking for anything I could have done to give the wrong impression. I re-evaluated my performance during testing and wondered if I had actually done well. I was mortified.A similar scenario happened several years later with a paramedic preceptor I admired.Men, if you are in a position to mentor a woman, particularly in a field that is predominantly male, please be aware of your influence. Don’t be an asshole. Don’t use women who want to learn as a way to score points with other men. Share your knowledge and experience with someone of the opposite sex without strings attached.Don’t be a creep.

In my opinion, these are your obstacles:First, I'm assuming you are applying for medical school. This would mean you will have to take pre-med prerequisite classes, and doing all the extracurriculars, researches, volunteer work, etc. This is a full time endeavor. The total classes are at least 4 to 6 semesters worth of full time classes. You will have a hard time working and earning an income. Some of the classes may seem to be related to your field, but when you actually take them, you will notice just how different the information, the thought process and examination is going to be. Plus now a days, MCAT included subjects that were previously not included, such as psychology.Second, getting into medical school is actually the toughest part. Acceptance rate is VERY LOW. This basically means you are taking all of your achievements over the last two to three years, your MCAT score and all of your activities and hope they are good enough to be accepted.Third, once you get to medical school, this is basically doing a full time job with around 50 to 60 hours of study per week. You have to keep passing each block, passing each exams, and of course, pass your preceptors evaluation to be allowed to take board exam, and of course passing the board.Every step I mentioned above is labor and effort intensive. As we age, our energy and drive decreases. I have definitely seen some of my older classmates ace every test like a champ, but I have also seen people failing and not able to keep up with the pressure.Then there's the residency… More labor, more work, more scrutiny…And last, total time spent and the reward. Let's say you start your pre med classes in September thid year, and everything is going smoothly. You will graduate from residency, let's assume it's internal medicine, in 9 years. You will be 47 by then. I'm assuming at this point you have racked up hundreds of thousands in debt in student loans, and its time to pay back.