Doctor dictating next to me: "The patient complained of frequent urination. She said she woke up multiple times during the night to urinate. However, during the day, she only urinated a smaller amount. She is not on any medications that would cause her to urinate more frequently."
Me: "You're saying 'urinate' a lot."
I don't know why, but the word "urinate" just seems weird to me. I always say "void" in my job and at home, I say "pee." Actually, at work I say "pee" a lot too when I'm talking to patients. Anything I can do to avoid saying "urinate."
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Monday, July 17, 2017
Worse than Ben Carson
I tend to think of neurosurgeons as incredibly hard-working individuals--definitely up there as the most dedicated and intelligent and diligent physicians out there. But there's one neurosurgery practice we deal with that repeatedly baffles me.
Our unit coordinator: "We'd like to schedule a follow up visit for Mr. Johnson."
Neurosurgery practice receptionist: "Hmm. Well, he had a motorcycle accident. We don't see people who were in motorcycle accidents."
Us: "What???"
Them: "Sorry."
Us: "But you saw him at the hospital."
Them: "Well... that's true. But why does he need to be seen by us again?"
Us: "Um, because you removed half his skull?"
Honestly, call me old fashioned, but I really believe that once you take off someone's skull, you owe them at least one follow-up appointment. Just sayin'.
Our unit coordinator: "We'd like to schedule a follow up visit for Mr. Johnson."
Neurosurgery practice receptionist: "Hmm. Well, he had a motorcycle accident. We don't see people who were in motorcycle accidents."
Us: "What???"
Them: "Sorry."
Us: "But you saw him at the hospital."
Them: "Well... that's true. But why does he need to be seen by us again?"
Us: "Um, because you removed half his skull?"
Honestly, call me old fashioned, but I really believe that once you take off someone's skull, you owe them at least one follow-up appointment. Just sayin'.
Friday, July 7, 2017
The perils of being in medicine
When I was a med student, I went to the student health clinic for my annual women's exam. This was something that I'd done many times before, and there was nothing significant about the exam.
Except for the fact that one week later, I was assigned to work with the male attending who had been up in my lady parts.
We were both totally professional about it, but it was hard not to think about. A friend of mine had a GI problem requiring her to go to a colorectal surgery, and not long after, had to scrub with the surgeon who did her proctoscopy. I'm not sure which one of us had it worse.
But what can you do? I went to med school in a small community. I didn't even have a car for part of the time. Student health was the best option.
One thing that really amazed me though was that when I was on my OB/GYN rotation, the chief resident came on our L&D service to deliver her baby. She chose that. She was okay with letting med students who had been on her service do her exam. Am I crazy or is that something nobody in their right minds should ever want to do?
Except for the fact that one week later, I was assigned to work with the male attending who had been up in my lady parts.
We were both totally professional about it, but it was hard not to think about. A friend of mine had a GI problem requiring her to go to a colorectal surgery, and not long after, had to scrub with the surgeon who did her proctoscopy. I'm not sure which one of us had it worse.
But what can you do? I went to med school in a small community. I didn't even have a car for part of the time. Student health was the best option.
One thing that really amazed me though was that when I was on my OB/GYN rotation, the chief resident came on our L&D service to deliver her baby. She chose that. She was okay with letting med students who had been on her service do her exam. Am I crazy or is that something nobody in their right minds should ever want to do?
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