today was not much better in regards to my attendings. for the second time my attending put her hand up in front of my face.. yesterday she did it when i was following her into a room trying to ask a questions [she literally put her hand up in my face and then closed the door behind her] today it was in front of a patient [i was talking and she put her hand up to get me to stop talking so she could have the patient answer]. i dont know what kind of upbringing she had but i could not think of a more rude way to ask someone to be quiet. worst part about it is that being a medical student, you really are powerless. you cant say anything to them, you just gotta take it and shut your mouth so you dont get a bad evaluation. this whole situation makes me wonder why certain doctors work in teaching hospitals when they clearly have no interest in teaching and all they want to do is get through clinic days as fast as possible so they can go home?

if i ever become this rude, bitter or unkind when i am an attending i will know its time for a career change...


some humor from the day:

"man, the terrible twos really are the terrible twos" - Torey

"your japanese? so where did you get your eyes from " -attending referring to Torey's very light eyes
"lens crafters..."- Torey


"I saw Dr X in the hall and I could feel my adrenals pumping out the epinephrine"
-Ron [after seeing the attending that yelled/screamed at us last week]

"think costumer service. try to be like nordstroms" - one of the attendings to a nurse in the clinic [clearly trying to increase the amount of patients/money that comes in'