tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088650287238860716.post2049314245688984272..comments2023-10-26T04:41:49.137-07:00Comments on Training Grounds: MedZag's First Night on SurgeryMedZaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03928608814861961288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088650287238860716.post-82045416897623788942009-10-18T07:21:21.325-07:002009-10-18T07:21:21.325-07:00loved this! :) shall be reading from now on :)loved this! :) shall be reading from now on :)ditzydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008315483151243641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088650287238860716.post-10698573070263547002009-09-09T18:26:44.802-07:002009-09-09T18:26:44.802-07:00I'm so sure this is not the point of your stor...I'm so sure this is not the point of your story but how do you get to 600 pounds if you're homeless? The soup kitchen food can't be that good.Janovecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088650287238860716.post-81423308320338211822009-09-09T17:43:31.195-07:002009-09-09T17:43:31.195-07:00Legitimate concerns ab, and questions I figured I&...Legitimate concerns ab, and questions I figured I'd get with this post.<br /><br />To answer your question concerning my specific experience - on my surgery rotation nicknames were almost solely used for the sake of patient privacy when we had to discuss patient care in public places, the elevator, etc. Nicknames often rhymed with or were a play off the patient's real name. I can't recall any specific circumstance where a patient was nicknamed in a stereotypical or mocking fashion (i.e. gomer, lol, etc), and I consider myself pretty sensitive to that sort of talk. Though those do exist in medicine still to this day.<br /><br />That being said, we often used humor and made jokes in private which I doubt any of us would like our patients to hear. But I never felt any venom from the jokes, and we always made sure such conversations were held in private. In psychiatry, humor is actually considered one of the three mature defense mechanisms in response to stress. And medicine can be a very, very stressful environment. I'd rather work in an environment that's a little un-PC if it means colleagues don't have to resort to other, less healthy means of debriefing and destressing from their experiences.MedZaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369686516173224979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088650287238860716.post-23574415895036673452009-09-09T08:15:47.599-07:002009-09-09T08:15:47.599-07:00I'm curious as to whether the nicknaming of pa...I'm curious as to whether the nicknaming of patients is common among residents and med students?<br /><br />I understand HIPAA and the need to provide aliases in public forums to protect the identities of patients, but it seems from your post as if you're actually referring to the patients privately among yourselves by nicknames.<br /><br />I ask because it seems rather disrespectful of the individuals - but not being there I can't really say whether this is so. No doubt you experience a lot of the underside of life in teaching hospitals. In theory the nicknaming of patients insulates you from some of this - but does it also dehumanize your patients? I'm not flaming on you - this is a sincere query.<br /><br />Is it more difficult to view the morbidly obese, self-inflicted disease-ridden with compassion? There is a lot of hate speech among med students on the forums about the obese and I'm curious if this continues through the training - or if you're provided training in dealing with these situations.<br /><br />Really do love your posts. Thanks for taking the time to update. It's very useful and insightful.abnoreply@blogger.com