From the outside looking in, it seemed to me that I would have no common ground with the undergraduates on the course. I have a stable relationship to take care of, we are moving house, I will soon be a godmother - being a medical student is no longer the 'be all and end all' of who I am and what my priorities in life are. So how am I supposed to fit in?
Well, as it turns out, it is very difficult and not that difficult at all.
Going to medical school as a graduate is a wild experience, because you are in a completely different head-space, but you are subjected to the same course structure, the same practicals and supervisions and all that jazz as your baby-faced coursemates. And in that setting, you are all just poor confused medical students trying to survive to the end of the semester. Yes, I can't joke about the house market in my area, but I can very much swap stories about dissections and the slides we are trying to work on as a group. The ten-year age gap has so little bearing on the banter and I think this illustrates an interesting point - you can find common ground with anyone.
And on that note, here is live footage of how I will be partying with the undergrads once we're allowed to do so again:
Such a poignant point about being able to find common ground with anyone. It speaks to one's ability to see a path for connection with any other human being. To me that's such a beautiful thing, especially in these times.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? So true for working in the medical profession as well - no matter what walks of life your patients come from, there is always common ground to be found.
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