Young doctor, nervous patients.

نویسنده

  • Todd Lasher
چکیده

231 July 2013 Anesthesiology, V 119 • No 1 231 July 2013 A“Are you old enough to be doing this?” This became the familiar refrain of many of the patients I encountered upon completing my Anesthesiology residency. At 29, I finished training relatively early and, at risk of sounding conceited, was told that I looked closer to 19. While this is great for actors, boy-band singers, and undercover high school narcotics cops, it can be a problem for an anesthesiologist. We have to gain a patient’s trust quickly in our profession, usually within a few minutes of meeting them. It’s only natural for a patient to prefer a physician who does NOT look like they just came out of training, or middle school for that matter. Needless to say, some of my patients or, even worse, my patients’ parents, were looking for a little extra reassurance. They asked pointed questions such as “How long have you been doing this?”

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Anesthesiology

دوره 119 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013