tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post113855128455350484..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: To the Bedside Manner BornDoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-74119120073164208902010-03-22T01:19:06.618-04:002010-03-22T01:19:06.618-04:00Oh this is too funny. I googled "why I became...Oh this is too funny. I googled "why I became a doctor" and stumbled on your blog. I can't stop reading and I need to go to sleep!!! <br /><br />I grew up in domineering household and I started to doubt whether my dream of becoming a doctor was really my own and whether or not I could be a good doctor given my anti-social personality type. Long story short...I am now 36 and I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1140199083519761602006-02-17T12:58:00.000-05:002006-02-17T12:58:00.000-05:00:-) :-)very funny. I love your assignment into med...:-) :-)<BR/><BR/>very funny. I love your assignment into medical specialties. I'm a scientist/faculty memeber in a medical school, and I have to try to apply your predictions. <BR/><BR/>Great shy person advice, too. "Yes, I understand that you're not going to stop being shy, but try to pretend that your not, and that will do well enough to let you pass. "<BR/><BR/>bjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1140029677667144442006-02-15T13:54:00.000-05:002006-02-15T13:54:00.000-05:00Neurosurgeons tend to be a bit crabby. Maybe becau...Neurosurgeons tend to be a bit crabby. Maybe because they get tired of the joke, "Well, it's not brain surgery ... oh wait! Yes it is!"<BR/><BR/>Surgeons are WAY happiest when it's time to cut. And they prefer to schmooze with each other, not patients. Generally speaking, of course.DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139962951071456132006-02-14T19:22:00.000-05:002006-02-14T19:22:00.000-05:00Still trying to crawl out of my shell...The past c...Still trying to crawl out of my shell...<BR/>The past couple years I've had a lot of doctor interactions. I thought the surgeons were the introverts: my hubby's neurosurgeon forgot to call me when he got out of surgery, so I thought he had died (totally socially clueless but a genius) and my son's ears nose throat surgeon was quiet in the office, but, on day of surgery, was unusually chipper, Marynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13287349513768164300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139264507980157142006-02-06T17:21:00.000-05:002006-02-06T17:21:00.000-05:00Well that and my remedial math skills and fear of ...Well that and my remedial math skills and fear of gross stuff...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139258443616578152006-02-06T15:40:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:40:00.000-05:00I'm so out of it I thought I posted and didn't. So...I'm so out of it I thought I posted and didn't. So that is one thing preventing me from applying to medical school. <BR/><BR/>It was interesting being treated by a super new ob/gyn (for a while) and seeing her screw up occasionally and then try to fake it. I totally know what that's like and honestly, after that I thought 'maybe I could apply to medical school.'<BR/><BR/>With respect to your postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139170007598308082006-02-05T15:06:00.000-05:002006-02-05T15:06:00.000-05:00What a smart, funny, interesting post. IS it so wr...What a smart, funny, interesting post. IS it so wrong that I have a crush on my quiet, cool OB? It's probably very, very wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139129938467741872006-02-05T03:58:00.000-05:002006-02-05T03:58:00.000-05:00"I think all that's preventing me from applying to..."I think all that's preventing me from applying to medical school is medical school."<BR/>As a current medical student, let me just say - that is SO smart. I'm shy-ish, but posts like this one keep me aware of what to be mindful of next year when I start my clinical rotations. Thanks for the advice, DoctorMama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139115353263734412006-02-04T23:55:00.000-05:002006-02-04T23:55:00.000-05:00My favorite doctor actually set her clipboard down...My favorite doctor actually set her clipboard down when I got to an...err...emotional rough patch in the patient history. I LOVE your categories...now, what about anesthesiologists? They go either way for me. No, not like that. Our new pediatrician is OK, but the one in Chicago rocked. She had a baby five months older than ours, though, and would periodically gush "it just gets more fun!" betweenFeral Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456760046606299779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1139114289722414692006-02-04T23:38:00.000-05:002006-02-04T23:38:00.000-05:00I think all that's preventing me from applying to ...I think all that's preventing me from applying to medical school is medical school.<BR/><BR/>And now that you've done your quickie guide to physician personalities, I realize the reason my first OB was slightly odd was because he had the internal medicine personality. At least it was odd/good and not odd/get-your-hands-out-of-my-cooter.Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138994580555451482006-02-03T14:23:00.000-05:002006-02-03T14:23:00.000-05:00It's very heartening to hear that chipper, "I just...It's very heartening to hear that chipper, "I just LOVE to help people!"-esque extroverts aren't the only ones who can succeed in medicine.<BR/><BR/>The pediatrician comment made me laugh... I love all of J.Q.'s pediatricians, and they're all so damned sweet and bubbly that someone should bottle them. Well, except for that crotchety old bastard who was inordinately rough with J.Q. at his thumbscre.wshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626759468694284273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138991966802739592006-02-03T13:39:00.000-05:002006-02-03T13:39:00.000-05:00Great post! I have a "bedside manner" report from...Great post! I have a "bedside manner" report from the other side of the railroad tracks...<BR/>Two wks ago, I had to go out of town so I entrusted my clinic to my colleague, "Dr M". Friday evening, he wound up doing an emergency splenectomy on a good client's 12-yr old dog. Happy ending -- he needed a blood transfusion but he survived & is currently thriving (I'll be rechecking him this Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138990256530150542006-02-03T13:10:00.000-05:002006-02-03T13:10:00.000-05:00Good advice. I have trekked through 3 years of me...Good advice. I have trekked through 3 years of med school the very personna of "shy student." And I've found I'm much better with patients than I am with my fellow students. Schmoozing is torture, though I'm trying to look at it as a useful skill, in the vein of knowing-how-to-change-a-tire. <BR/>Wish you were my preceptor. I could take "the talk."cmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459445117945228270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138989011024021692006-02-03T12:50:00.000-05:002006-02-03T12:50:00.000-05:00Your stereotypes made me laugh... but they do seem...Your stereotypes made me laugh... but they do seem to be generally true.<BR/><BR/>In any case, you are so right about the "bedside manner". Whether my doctors is shy or gregarious is not even remotely an issue to me. As a patient, I want to be *heard*, taken seriously, and treated kindly and respectfully. Ideally, the doctor will also be a critical thinker, a scientist. If your friend can manage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138987591619240492006-02-03T12:26:00.000-05:002006-02-03T12:26:00.000-05:00"This may come as a shock, but in general, the peo..."This may come as a shock, but in general, the people who are attracted to medicine as a profession are not the social superstars."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I believe it. During my pregnancy, my two female OB/GYNs were very brisk and seemingly distant and unsympathetic (and one always had cold hands!). The male OB/GYN who actually delivered my son was very charming. Of course, he later lost his license afterB.E.C.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17692965288646024168noreply@blogger.com