What Does the Cerebellum Do?

Re:What Does the Cerebellum Do? by dogmatism on Sunday January 07, 2024 @07:32PM (#38906760)

OP said "did" implying finished. It's a six year residency minimum, though the first year is general surgery. It's not often people do the whole damn thing, then decide to bail. Usually it's after 2 or 3 years

Though some people are less burdened by golden handcuffs and sunk-cost fallacy

Plus, I've never met a happy (or sane) neurosurgeon

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Re:What Does the Cerebellum Do? by butlike on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:45PM (#38916249)

I'm in no way even close to being in the medical field, but I could see it as an unreconcilable dichotomy between the hippocratic oath and the fact you're going to be causing damage no matter what.

Sure, the hemmhorage needs to be fixed, so you're preventing further damage, but every cut may cause unknown ramifications. Anyway, I'm postulating a neurosurgeon would be aware of this, and have to carry that around with them.

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Re:What Does the Cerebellum Do? by pineal on Monday January 08, 2024 @02:19PM (#38916721)

Medicine as a career offers immense personal fulfillment, variety, human interaction, and prestige at the expense of dealing with difficult outcomes and ranges of personal sacrifice -- neurosurgery as a specialty just takes all of these to their extremes.

I value the former and find ways to discount the latter. So I am very happy. Though sane or not would be up to others.

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