I've been hanging out with soley surgeons for the last, umm, 5 months. And surgeons don't make fun of surgeons. But I spent today with a bunch of my non-surgeon classmates who DO make fun of surgeons- ie ME. Here were a few of their better zingers.
"Hey Laura, do you want a medicine consult for that patient? They were talking an awful lot."
"You probably haven't done psychiatry stuff in a long time. Except narcissism."
"It must be exhausting to spend 4 whole hours with patients who are awake."
Truth? I can't argue with a single one of those. This morning was our 4th year OSCE, which is where we see standardized patients all morning who mimic a typical day in a primary care office (back pain, depression, headaches, runny noses) and are observed and graded to make sure that we will be a good doctor.
It was exhausting to talk to people for that long. They were just all so.... awake. And they were talking an god-awful amount. I kept wondering when the anesthesiologist would come in to put them to sleep for me... :-)
It was a fun morning, but it definitely reaffirmed my lack of interest in primary care. God bless you, primary care physicians, every one.
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Why have you not blogged about our days as standardized patients?
ReplyDeleteRachel - you stole my comment.
ReplyDeleteLaura - I think you tenure as a standardized patient gives you a unique perspective. It isn't a bowl of cherries for them either. :-)