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?