I ' ve been yelled at by attendings . One of them even made me feel so bad I cried one day . But you know what ? She was 100 % right . I kinda stopped at this , as I ' m of the opinion that even if she was 100 % right , and you really should ' ve known that , it is unacceptable to yell at anyone for something like this . People especially students I find will change to meet your expectations . When senior clinicians browbeat the students , it shows that what they expect of us . This wouldn ' t be acceptable in any other area , it doesn ' t help , and nobody should be putting up with it . You ' re right about extending courtesy and respect to the patients , but only because everyone deserves it . You ' re right that there are people who ' re not into medicine for the right reasons , and their expectations as a student are unrealistic . But you lost me with your comments that depression and suicide risks are something that need to be addressed but The sad truth is that some people may not be cut out to go through the rigors of medical trainingThis is blaming the patient for their disease here , which is something of a standard practice when it comes to med students and depressionsuicide . Just because they happened to be a med student doesn ' t exempt them from the same standard of respect you ' re wanting to apply to the patients . I think your general message is that negativity breeds negativity , and that ' s why it should stop . I agree with you 100 % on that , but we need to make sure we ' re applying that across the board . How we treat med . students , and how they treat each other is a reflection of how they ' re treated . I would hope more senior physicians see this as an opportunity to mould their thinking in a manner that creates a doctor that does treat everyone with respect .