February 20, 2008
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Deep Thoughts
CopyPasta’d from intueri, another medblog i recently discovered while wasting time on the interwebz
Questions.
Questions That Patients Never Ask:
- Where did you go to college?
- What did you study in college?
- What were your MCAT scores?
- Did you graduate from college with honors?
- Where did you go to medical school?
- Were you in AOA (the honor society in medicine)?
- Did you match at your first choice for residency?
Questions That (Some) Patients Ask:
- Where are you going for vacation?
- What did you do for Valentine’s Day?
- How many other patients have you treated with X condition?
- What’s your first name?
- How much money do you make?
- How old are you?
- Are you old enough to be a doctor?
- Do you like your job?
- How do you do this day after day, year after year?
- Where’d you get those pants?
Questions That (Some) Attendings Ask:
- Where did you go to college?
- What did you study in college?
- What were your MCAT scores?
- Did you graduate from college with honors?
- Where did you go to medical school?
- Were you in AOA (the honor society in medicine)?
- Did you match at your first choice for residency?
Questions That (Some) Nurses Ask:
- Are you single?
- Do you have a boyfriend?
- When are you going to get a boyfriend?
- Have you gone on any dates recently?
- When are you graduating?
- Are you going to work here after you graduate?
- Why not?
Questions That Medical Students Ask:
- Where did you go to medical school?
- How did you choose to go into X specialty?
- Why did you choose to come to this residency program?
- What books should I get for this rotation?
- Is there anything else I can help you with (… so you can let me go home…)?
Questions That Hospital Operators Rarely Ask:
- Before I page this physician for you, can you tell me who you are?
- How do you spell that last name?
Questions That Residents Always Ask:
- Where are the bathrooms?
- Where is the cafeteria?
- Where is the call room?
- How do I get into the call room?
Hahaha oh this has SO been me.On call again tomorrow (3 of 4-almost done!!!)
Lunar Eclipse Tonight, Bon Jovi Concert on Tuesday. Ohhhh I’m halfway there!
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hey josh, sweet picture. what did you do- roll around in snow pre-pic?
have fun delivering some more babies.
last few gory posts are STILL ingrained in my head, btw. ah, the miracle of birth.
Questions I would ask – where did you get those pants? Do you have a boyfriend? hahaha, just kidding. If I get the balls to do so I think I’m going to ask my doctor part one of these questions, hehehe.