EYE SCHOOL

HOW I FEEL AS SOON AS I GET TO WORK

Clinical confessions: Confessions/stories of real patient encounters in my daily life

WHEN YOU SEE THAT DIFFICULT PATIENT COMING IN AGAIN ASKING TO SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR

HOW PATIENTS REACT WHEN YOU TELL THEM TO LOOK UP ONLY WITH THEIR EYES

WHEN PATIENTS SAY THEIR VISION IS GETTING BETTER BECAUSE THEY STARTED EATING A LOT OF CARROTS

HOW YOU FEEL WHEN A PATIENT SNEEZES ON YOU WHILE IN THE SLIT LAMP

WHEN A PATIENT IS ACTUALLY COMPLIANT WITH THEIR DROPS

WHEN YOU SEE A NEW VISUAL FIELD DEFECT THAT WASN’T THERE BEFORE

WHEN YOU DIAGNOSE SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER DOCTORS MISSED

WHEN THE PATIENT COMES IN FOR MULTIPLE GLASSES RECHECKS BUT THEIR PRESCRIPTION IS THE SAME EVERY TIME

CLINICAL CONFESSIONS

WHEN YOU ASK PATIENTS ABOUT THEIR PAST OCULAR HISTORY AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE “A STIGMA”

EVERY TIME A GLAUCOMA PATIENT ASKS ME TO PRESCRIBE WEED

WHEN A PATIENT HAS BEEN WAITING AN HOUR IN THE WAITING ROOM BUT NEEDS TO GO TO THE RESTROOM RIGHT WHEN YOU CALL THEM

WHEN THAT HIGH MAINTENANCE PATIENT SAYS THEY ARE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE

CLINICAL CONFESSIONS

WHEN PATIENTS GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU NEED