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?
19 Feb 2008 |
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Pingback by over my med body! » Maria on Questions | 20 Feb 2008 @ 5:46am
The reason patients rarely (I won’t say “never” because I have actually asked some of those questions!) ask those questions…
what do you call the person with the low MCAT scores whom graduated last in his/her class from a relatively unknown medical school? Doctor.
Comment by Fallen Angels | 20 Feb 2008 @ 6:10am
awesome post and so very very true. Being copied, pasted, and attributed to you on my site. Many thanks
Comment by rveblade | 20 Feb 2008 @ 3:35pm
This is crazy, but I actually had someone come in and ask my MCAT scores before she’d let me do her H&P. And then she asked why I didn’t go to a “better” school. Seriously.
Comment by Amanda | 21 Feb 2008 @ 1:23pm
Most of these questions I find difficult to answer. But true that people do ask these kind of things. The important thing is how we answer them.
Comment by MK | 21 Feb 2008 @ 5:21pm
I think there needs to be some reconcideration on what “some” nurses ask because more and more you see these questions reversed from the doctor to the nurse ;) TIMES ARE CHANGING…
Comment by LML | 5 May 2008 @ 3:20pm