Last meal..what to cook??

Trashtruck said:
I'm not quite understanding how a last meal is unheard of. Ungrateful #$%^#@^^#$$#...but I digress.
However many weeks the student is riding with us, they don't pay for jack. They get free meals, coffee, house snacks, whatever they want that's in the station. They get a bed, too!
The 'last meal' is a 'thank you for having me as a guest in your house' meal.
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There are other ways to thank people other than cooking them a meal...

I don't get a bed at work or free meals at work so my students sure as hell don't get them either.

I'm not sure how it works where y'all are at but here if you're a medic intern preceptor you signed up for it and get paid a decent differential when you have an intern. It's your job to teach them, it shouldn't require a thank you. It's always appreciated and I'll admit it's agitating if they don't thank you but in the end, that's your job...do y'all complain when patients or their family members don't thank you?

For what it's worth an intern here rides with the same preceptor their entire internship. The preceptor will change if they get extended for the remainder of their internship. They can also ride with a different preceptor if their usual one calls out sick.

Trashtruck this isn't directed solely at you and isn't intended to be condescending or confrontational, just quoted your post because its the most recent one.
 
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At many of the fire departments, a medic student is shoved into a small, tight knit group as a forced family member for a few months. Yeah, the medic preceptor may get extra pay for it, but the rest of the crew doesn't. And like it or not, there is a long tradition of "earn your way and show some respect" in the fire service. Helping with chores, making coffee and cooking a meal is an easy way to show your thanks and keep things pleasant and smooth for the next student that may show up there. It's also a good way to show you're a team player if you're looking for a job at the department where you're riding. My paramedic program frequently placed students at fire departments were hiring and the students were advised to treat that ride time as an extended job interview. Worked great.

Obviously, if you're riding SSM and sitting on a street corner, all of this is moot.
 
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DEmedic pretty much summed it up. It's a cultural thing.
We do NOT get payed extra to be a preceptor(trust me, it's been argued time and again, but we do not get payed more for it). You decide if you want to take on students or not.
And like I said before, nobody expects steak and shrimp from a student. It's the thought, so don't walk in and throw a few bags of double cheeseburgers on the table from Micky D's.
 
DEmedic said:
Obviously, if you're riding SSM and sitting on a street corner, all of this is moot.
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Ya, I was SSM my entire internship. I think I bought my preceptor a can of soda one day, but he might of paid me back. I cant remember, that over 6 years ago
 
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