Comments on: The Hospital Dress Code Is A Joke http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: carlosc1dbz http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-27737 carlosc1dbz Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:23:08 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-27737 I think that dressing up is kinda dumb. Your clothing is not indicative of intelligence. I heard people say that the patient wants professional attire on their doctor or else they wont trust the doctor and they need to be comfortable with the doctor, or they might not tell the doctor their whole story, or they might not come back. Well if they dont tell the doc the whole story, or if they dont come back, whose problem is that? I think that dressing up is kinda dumb. Your clothing is not indicative of intelligence. I heard people say that the patient wants professional attire on their doctor or else they wont trust the doctor and they need to be comfortable with the doctor, or they might not tell the doctor their whole story, or they might not come back. Well if they dont tell the doc the whole story, or if they dont come back, whose problem is that?

]]> By: Med School Hell » If I Were Your Attending http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-25466 Med School Hell » If I Were Your Attending Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:58:51 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-25466 [...] Business attire in the hospital is stupid. Wear scrubs on my service if you like. If you want to pimp your nicest suit, I don’t give a fuck. [...] […] Business attire in the hospital is stupid. Wear scrubs on my service if you like. If you want to pimp your nicest suit, I don’t give a fuck. […]

]]> By: eaglesfillthesky http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-23008 eaglesfillthesky Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:50:09 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-23008 I had a vascular surgery rotation where the doc made us where shoes. no sneakers. made absolutely no sense (most of our time was in the or with shoe covers on), and we were always in scrubs, and shoes look ridiculous with scrubs on. but that was his thing: shoes. I had a vascular surgery rotation where the doc made us where shoes. no sneakers. made absolutely no sense (most of our time was in the or with shoe covers on), and we were always in scrubs, and shoes look ridiculous with scrubs on. but that was his thing: shoes.

]]> By: Mary Pilly (MD) http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-22054 Mary Pilly (MD) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:43:24 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-22054 I was trained in a foreign country and what they taught me is that if you were going to be working in the ward all day you were to wear scrubs and comfortable shoes, ER/Labor/Delivery always scrubs and comfortable non-slippery shoes. Now in Clinics ALWAYS DRESS IN SLACKS, DRESS/SKIRTS, HIGH HEELS are not necessary, BUT SNEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED (JUST AS IF YOU WERE IN YOUR PRIVATE OFFICE). I work in one of the best hospitals in NYC and believe me it is shameful the way some residents come to clinics I have already heard some patients comment about it. I really think that even if people are sick they do care about the way their doctors look. I was trained in a foreign country and what they taught me is that if you were going to be working
in the ward all day you were to wear scrubs and comfortable shoes, ER/Labor/Delivery always scrubs and
comfortable non-slippery shoes. Now in Clinics ALWAYS
DRESS IN SLACKS, DRESS/SKIRTS, HIGH HEELS are not necessary, BUT SNEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED
(JUST AS IF YOU WERE IN YOUR PRIVATE OFFICE).

I work in one of the best hospitals in NYC and believe me it is shameful the way some residents come to clinics I have already heard some patients comment
about it. I really think that even if people are sick they do care about the way their doctors look.

]]> By: Ralph Cramden http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-18112 Ralph Cramden Thu, 22 May 2008 06:58:55 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/08/15/the-hospital-dress-code-is-a-joke/#comment-18112 Hey everybody! Greetings. Hope I can post here even tho I'm not a med student or doctor or anything like that. I am the next best thing: a surviving cancer patient! Therefore, I think that small fact gives me the right to say this: After my surgery, I was completely "out of it" because it (the surgery) lasted almost 5 hours, and I was still drugged up. During this time, many "auguste" and prominent persons in suits (mostly doctors and hospital admins) came to see me, and to hold lengthy decidedly one-sided conversations with me about what I don't know. I do recall 2 things about that time, the people who came to me in suits were clearly NOT doctors (to my addled drugged brain) and the ones who wore scrubs, with masks around their necks were. Moral of this story: In a suit, to a drugged out or seriously sick patient people in business attire are not doctors. We don't know who the hell they are, but they aren't doctors! Hey everybody! Greetings. Hope I can post here even tho I’m not a med student or doctor or anything like that. I am the next best thing: a surviving cancer patient! Therefore, I think that small fact gives me the right to say this: After my surgery, I was completely “out of it” because it (the surgery) lasted almost 5 hours, and I was still drugged up. During this time, many “auguste” and prominent persons in suits (mostly doctors and hospital admins) came to see me, and to hold lengthy decidedly one-sided conversations with me about what I don’t know. I do recall 2 things about that time, the people who came to me in suits were clearly NOT doctors (to my addled drugged brain) and the ones who wore scrubs, with masks around their necks were. Moral of this story: In a suit, to a drugged out or seriously sick patient people in business attire are not doctors. We don’t know who the hell they are, but they aren’t doctors!

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