Doctor Dale?
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PinkPancreas — 11 years ago(March 29, 2015 01:11 AM)
I couldn't figure out if Dale was supposed to be a doctor already or a 4th year med student? If she was a senior when Kirbo was a freshman then she would only have completed 3 years of med school so would therefore not yet be a doctor. She would be in her last year of school since med school is 4 years.
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melco92 — 10 years ago(April 29, 2015 03:11 PM)
That's never made sense to me. Kirby says that she was a senior when he was a freshman, so that would make her a 4th year med student. So not only is she not a doctor yet but they made it seem like she was in a position of authority, like when the hospital called her during her lunch with Kirby.
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muzhik_dva — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 08:32 PM)
She was a 4th year medical student in the midst of a clinical rotation in a hospital- probably internal medicine. Thought it was interesting that she was schtuping her attending which in this day and age would be a set up for a sexual harassment suit. A 4th year student back then wouldn't rate a pager- hence the phone call at the restaurant. I remember a resident telling me as a 4th year student " for all the respect you're going to get here you might as well wear a beanie and sell ice cream".