heart failure failure?

So...tomorrow I switch to the Heart Failure team, leaving my beloved Acute Cardio team with its always-willing-to-listen-to-you-and-teach-you attitude behind. The reports I've received from my colleagues who've suffered through 8 days of the Heart Failure team are very discouraging. The Attending doesn't listen to you when you present, the team will see your patient in the middle of the day without even paging you, and a resident was cleverly cruel to one of the sweetest gals on the planet on a daily basis.

So for 2 days only do I have to deal with the undercover-mean resident on this wacky team. Then I get back my loveable geeky Senior and my sweetheart of an intern, who'll be switching to Heart Failure from Acute on Saturday. But for FOUR days I have to deal with the frickin lame Attending who apparently makes you feel like he doesn't give a crap about you when you're there but makes you feel like you're supposed to be there when you're not. I hear he's socially awkward. I can't wait til I'm rid of him, honestly.

I just don't understand a couple of things about this profession. First, why on earth would one accept the position of Attending if one had no interest in teaching? Second, how does trashing the med students make you "look good" as a resident? That's f-ed up. And third, if I do have a bad experience on this team, will I have the audacity to stand up for my rights and be able to do so in a professional way? I'm investing too much time and paying way too much money to waste four days.

The patients are what kept the gals on the Heart Failure team sane. I'll just have to look to them, work hard for their benefit, and do my best.

Cross your fingers kids.