To be doctorly

EDIT to add this important comment:

My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old.  Here’s my impressions so far:

Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal.  Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.

Age 1 - 2: Hates you.  Hates you so much.  You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them.  There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.

Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe.  Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them.  Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.

Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually.  I did not realize kids were this cool.  Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn.  Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”

Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable.  Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other.  At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult.  Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers.  (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)

Absolutely. I’m still jealous sometimes of my friends who have normal 9-5 M-F jobs and have like 18 cool hobbies, keep up with what’s on Netflix, just have time to chill, read the news, and post on facebook. 

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I’m not certain I understand or agree with this quote. Residents are not held to the same standard as boarded specialists. A resident is always working under an attending. That attending is legally responsible for all actions of that resident. Also, residents are rarely named in malpractice lawsuits (Although they often testify). The main reasons is that as a resident you are essentially always acting on behalf of your supervising attending.

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Edit:  I have written, “Once you become a resident, you are fair game for a lawsuit” which is where I think the above quote was going.

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Lies. Though my attending was legally responsible for my actions, I was personally named along with another resident in a malpractice suit. And my attending’s name was dropped from the suit long before mine was. Folks, do not believe that you can’t be sued as a resident because you ABSOLUTELY CAN. I’m there now. In my lawsuit, I was expected to explain my actions before a lawyer the same way my attending was. I was asked the same questions about diagnosis and treatment guidelines in my deposition. While I may not be held personally liable for the actions disputed in the case, I was absolutely held to the same standard of care as my attending.

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