Posted on 11/21/2006 6:03:52 AM PST by shrinkermd
MIAMI, Nov. 20 — When I was a new faculty physician, I worked with a resident doctor who was smart and energetic and took excellent care of her patients.
There was just one problem. As she delivered her thoughtful patient presentations to me and the other attending doctors, it was hard not to notice her low-cut dress.
“You two have to say something to her,” one of my male colleagues said to me and another female doctor one afternoon. But while none of us would have hesitated to intervene had she prescribed the wrong drug for a patient, we felt weird saying something to her about her clothes. So we didn’t.
Nearly a decade later, my impression is that more young physicians and students are dressing like that resident. Every day, it seems, I see a bit of midriff here, a plunging neckline there. Open-toed sandals, displaying brightly manicured toes, seem ubiquitous.
My observations may partly reflect the city in which I work, Miami, a subtropical place known for its racy clothes. But colleagues who practice elsewhere report that they, too, have seen medical students and young doctors show up for clinical work in less-than-professional attire.
“Poor choice is not regional — I’ve seen it everywhere,” said Dr. Pamela A. Rowland, a behavioral scientist and director of the office of professional development at Dartmouth Medical School, who has studied the impact of physician clothing on patient confidence. “It always surprises me when there are dress codes for staff but not for physicians
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When you walk into a patients room there is no way of telling if that liquid on the floor that you just slipped on is a spilled cup of ginger ale or did old Mr. Smith miss the urinal.
Better to splash thru with your toes covered.
That guy is in Qualcomm Stadium. Way to go, San Diego!
A pill pushers motto No profit in the cure,just get them back to the office.
One does not 'manicure' one's toes.
The New York Times is illiterate.
Just a little lower, Doc, it hurts a little lower . . . .
"I'm thinking Dr.s offices and making rounds etc."
Sounds like you have zero experience in either of those settings. If you don't see sharps and liquids and other crap on the floors, it is only because it gets cleaned up before you ever see it.
but , she dresses in pretty tight clothes and garb , even a bit gaudy for hospital work.......she's "endowned" on top......
but her history is that she has had breast cancer, so who am I to question her look......
They have smaller fingers.
Couple of things.
1. There are probably more important things in the world to worry about.
2. If the hospital and/or the med school wants to institute a dress code and enforce same there is nothing in the world stopping them. If not, then an individual attending could certainly *suggest* losing the bare midriff (or whatever) but then it would only be a suggestion.
Do you think the Times will ever finger it out?
Erm,
I work in a hospital and I consult in nursing homes.
And all the clinical folks I see at some time wear sandals.
It just may be a climate thing, honest!
I'll take WHATEVER the doc in post #23 is pushing. And I'll promise to keep coming back!
"That's what this one did as well. Also, she would let her breasts lie on my arms whenever she could."
Oh man, God bless them both!
It's too bad that some might bash the mother. I wonder about the upbringing of people who consider it offensive for a mother to feed and care for her baby.
But I like them in the right place, at the right time, in the right context.
The truth is, Low Class is in. Women have no idea how cheaply they sell themselves.
And cheap ain't dear.
IIRC, Dennis Prager mentioned on his radio show a lady physician who
was ticked when she realized that a male patient (terminal) was
checking out her cleavage when she'd lean over to do exams.
She was not happy. Too bad she couldn't take a compliment from a dying man.
I've GOT to go dentist shopping!
"Erm,
I work in a hospital and I consult in nursing homes.
And all the clinical folks I see at some time wear sandals.
It just may be a climate thing, honest!"
It is not a climate thing. I'm a doc in one of the hottest, most humid cities in the country. The rule is that you don't wear open toed shoes for personal safety. Those that do get sent home. You must work in some very poorly managed facilities if that is allowed. Proper attire for safety is one of the first things told to workers on the first day of employment. Anyone who gets puked on won't need to be reminded to stop wearing open toed shoes ever again.
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