In NY DOs get MD License plates

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I'm pretty sure this is the case. Just another point supporting equality

i was actually driving behind a guy with an MD plate earlier today and was thinking how funny it would be to start an MD vs. DO troll thread about license plates..... this is truly an SDN miracle. troll on brother!

Originally Posted by nowanmd

I'm pretty sure this is the case. Just another point supporting equality

There are no "D.O." license plates in NY state.

Do these actually exist elsewhere?

Do you have to get those plates or are they voluntary?

Originally Posted by FentanylMC

Do you have to get those plates or are they voluntary?

The M.D. plate is not forced on any physician in any state as far as I am aware.

Originally Posted by nowanmd

I'm pretty sure this is the case. Just another point supporting equality

Wait a minute I have MD license plates. What state is DO?

Originally Posted by batndz

Wait a minute I have MD license plates. What state is DO?

Even my hospital's EMR is biased against DOs. Nearly half of the attendings (and most of the Internal Medicine residents) are DOs. When you need to put in a consult, you click on "Consult MD" and then type in whatever pertinent info you want.

It always makes me chuckle for some reason.

Originally Posted by batndz

Wait a minute I have MD license plates. What state is DO?

DOregon?
DOlaware??

Originally Posted by wanna_be_do

DOregon?
DOlaware??

ColoraDO!

I'm also happy just not being the D-bag with an MD on my license plate. I don't see the point.

Originally Posted by Colbert

I'm also happy just not being the D-bag with an MD on my license plate. I don't see the point.

to make sure you get robbed

Why would you even have a car in NYC?

Originally Posted by Siggy

This meme is just... entirely wrong.

Originally Posted by Colbert

I'm also happy just not being the D-bag with an MD on my license plate. I don't see the point.

there are a nice number of parking spots in the city for anyone with MD license plates. So thats a tiny advantage.

I used to think that having them would get you out of speeding tickets... but just hanging the white coat in the back seat hook will get you out of them. already has gotten me out of a few.

I think the real question is who the F*ck drives around with MD on their car? Do they also go out to restaurants in their white coats with their stethoscopes?

There is an undergrad school near my med school where med students study sometimes since most students live in that area. They are not affiliated with us nor do they have any health care professional programs. I've seen med students studying in scrubs in the library before...... and i always thought to myself "what D-Bag does that?" and now i know. The same one who has an MD license plate

If I remember correctly, during the post-Hurricane Sandy gas rationing program, physicians were given special treatment for fuel purchases.

Originally Posted by GUH

If I remember correctly, during the post-Hurricane Sandy gas rationing program, physicians were given special treatment for fuel purchases.

We were (in NY). I just used my hospital ID card though.

Originally Posted by wanna_be_do

We were (in NY). I just used my hospital ID card though.

Makes sense. The badges from both of the major county hospitals (California) I have rotated at have a blurb on the back about the bearer being employed (or something to that effect, I don't have them in front of me) and to be granted access to restricted areas in the event of a disaster.

Originally Posted by docnotsopc

There is an undergrad school near my med school where med students study sometimes since most students live in that area. They are not affiliated with us nor do they have any health care professional programs. I've seen med students studying in scrubs in the library before...... and i always thought to myself "what D-Bag does that?" and now i know. The same one who has an MD license plate

Scrubs are soo comfy though. They're like pajamas. I like how physicians/med students are bashed for wearing scrubs in public, but everywhere I go I see people in the floral nurse scrubs worn by every RN, LPN, MA, Billing person, janitor, hair stylist, spa worker, and everyone else who works in the vicinity of a medical or some sort of medically/health-related office. If you were saying white coat in public then yes you are a douche, but I wouldn't give scrubs the same. Especially just scrub pants with a jacket on top or something.

Originally Posted by engineeredout

Scrubs are soo comfy though. They're like pajamas. I like how physicians/med students are bashed for wearing scrubs in public, but everywhere I go I see people in the floral nurse scrubs worn by every RN, LPN, MA, Billing person, janitor, hair stylist, spa worker, and everyone else who works in the vicinity of a medical or some sort of medically/health-related office. If you were saying white coat in public then yes you are a douche, but I wouldn't give scrubs the same. Especially just scrub pants with a jacket on top or something.

...and it's just as pants on head stupid when they do it. It's one thing to hop out for a few minutes to grab something or pump gas on the way to or from work, but I'm not going to walk around the grocery store shopping while wearing scrubs.

Originally Posted by Siggy

...and it's just as pants on head stupid when they do it. It's one thing to hop out for a few minutes to grab something or pump gas on the way to or from work, but I'm not going to walk around the grocery store shopping while wearing scrubs.

Nor am I going to make an extra trip home to change before going back out again if I want to get grocery shopping done

Originally Posted by engineeredout

Nor am I going to make an extra trip home to change before going back out again if I want to get grocery shopping done

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Originally Posted by Siggy

...and it's just as pants on head stupid when they do it. It's one thing to hop out for a few minutes to grab something or pump gas on the way to or from work, but I'm not going to walk around the grocery store shopping while wearing scrubs.

It's not like you're wearing them recreationally. You just came from work.

Originally Posted by Siggy

...and it's just as pants on head stupid when they do it. It's one thing to hop out for a few minutes to grab something or pump gas on the way to or from work, but I'm not going to walk around the grocery store shopping while wearing scrubs.

lol. I go shopping with my wife all the time. I'm wearing scrubs, and coming from anatomy lab so I've got some of that formalin-based "cologne" on. She's wearing riding boots and half-chaps since she's coming from riding her horse.

We must look like quite the pair! Thankfully we aren't really interested in what strangers think.

Originally Posted by NeuroSpeed

lol. I go shopping with my wife all the time. I'm wearing scrubs, and coming from anatomy lab so I've got some of that formalin-based "cologne" on. She's wearing riding boots and half-chaps since she's coming from riding her horse.

We must look like quite the pair! Thankfully we aren't really interested in what strangers think.

you should never EVER wear anatomy lab scrubs outside the anatomy lab. that's disgusting. you're a first year med student...the only reason you would wear scrubs in public is precisely because you want to impress strangers (or at least have them think you're someone/something you're not).

Originally Posted by skinMD

you should never EVER wear anatomy lab scrubs outside the anatomy lab. that's disgusting. you're a first year med student...the only reason you would wear scrubs in public is precisely because you want to impress strangers (or at least have them think you're someone/something you're not).

This.

Originally Posted by skinMD

you should never EVER wear anatomy lab scrubs outside the anatomy lab. that's disgusting. you're a first year med student...the only reason you would wear scrubs in public is precisely because you want to impress strangers (or at least have them think you're someone/something you're not).

Or. You are a person who wears sweatpants in public (I'm not) and scrubs are just a natural extension of your desire to wear the most comfortable stuff possible at all times (i'm again, not in that camp).

Look at your med school class about 2-3 weeks in (after that initial urge to look nice for the admin is over). Anyone wearing sweatpants at any point in the 5 day window you pay attention to will be wearing scrubs everyone by the second month. And i mean everywhere.

they dont intend to impress anyone. Its just the most comfortable **** they own and they will wear scrubs as clothes 2+ days a week. If you don't see it 2 school days a week, its because they are doing it saturday or sunday.

Originally Posted by DocEspana

Or. You are a person who wears sweatpants in public (I'm not) and scrubs are just a natural extension of your desire to wear the most comfortable stuff possible at all times (i'm again, not in that camp).

Look at your med school class about 2-3 weeks in (after that initial urge to look nice for the admin is over). Anyone wearing sweatpants at any point in the 5 day window you pay attention to will be wearing scrubs everyone by the second month. And i mean everywhere.

they dont intend to impress anyone. Its just the most comfortable **** they own and they will wear scrubs as clothes 2+ days a week. If you don't see it 2 school days a week, its because they are doing it saturday or sunday.

I think you missed the point. Wearing your anatomy lab scrubs anywhere outside of the anatomy lab is disgusting, and potentially a health hazard.

Originally Posted by GuyWhoDoesStuff

I think you missed the point. Wearing your anatomy lab scrubs anywhere outside of the anatomy lab is disgusting, and potentially a health hazard.

No one said they were anatomy lab scrubs except for detractors.

Thats like me saying "well if they are blood covered that's a biohazard. So clearly the people who wear them are wrong because they are wearing blood covered ones to the library."

A random assumption by a detractor about a detail never suggested by the proponents doesn't haven't to be addressed.

Originally Posted by DocEspana

No one said they were anatomy lab scrubs except for detractors.

Thats like me saying "well if they are blood covered that's a biohazard. So clearly the people who wear them are wrong because they are wearing blood covered ones to the library."

A random assumption by a detractor about a detail never suggested by the proponents doesn't haven't to be addressed.

The post you quoted was in direct reference to someone (NeuroSpeed) clearly advocating (or at least participating in) wearing anatomy lab scrubs outside of the lab.

Originally Posted by GuyWhoDoesStuff

The post you quoted was in direct reference to someone (NeuroSpeed) clearly advocating (or at least participating in) wearing anatomy lab scrubs outside of the lab.

Honestly.... I thought he was being sarcastic hahaha

The school I will be attending has a scrubs dress code, which gives me the best excuse to be seen in scrubs in public.

But I agree in certain situations you can tell when ppl are wearing scrubs, white coat, hospital Id badge in public just to show off.

I see ppl in scrubs occasionally at the grocery store in the evenings, (probably on their way home from work) which in my book is perfectly acceptable.

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Is it bad if I'm still a pre-med and have a gold plated stethoscope that I wear out to the club?

Originally Posted by GuyWhoDoesStuff

I think you missed the point. Wearing your anatomy lab scrubs anywhere outside of the anatomy lab is disgusting, and potentially a health hazard.

Yet wearing the RSV coated scrubs from your peds rotation to the grocery store is perfectly healthy?

Originally Posted by engineeredout

Nor am I going to make an extra trip home to change before going back out again if I want to get grocery shopping done

It is against JCAHO rules to wear hospital laundered scrubs outside the hospital, and your hospital can be fined I think like $10,000 per instance of this happening...

While most people don't follow that, some people come in to the hospital in real clothes, change into scrubs at the hospital, and then change back into real clothes before they leave. Especially if they are going to be going somewhere.

A pair of clean anatomy lab scrubs, I really see no reason why there is any problem or concern over safety. And by clean, I don't necessarily mean freshly washed. There isn't much you are going to be contaminating yourself with in your cadavers, so don't fret. I'd be much more concerned with the Ped's or IM resident who wore scrubs all day at work with their carrier monkey's and then is touching every single tomato to find that perfect one... but I don't believe in the ped's or im resident even wearing scrubs all day at work to begin with...

Wow. I clearly should have qualified my statement more. There are days in lab when I won't even touch the cadaver because we are working on a very small area and one of my groupmates has a genuine interest. That, combined with one of the nicest lab ventilation systems in the country, means I can come out clean. Sometimes my wife won't even know I was in lab unless I tell her. It's only on those days that I would consider being in public after lab wearing my scrubs. Like thedrjojo stated, any nurse on any normal floor in a hospital/nursing home/peds office is going to pick more stuff up on their scrubs than I do on one of those days. And certainly EMS providers (I was one before med school) get the dirtiest of them all. Of course when I'm elbow deep in SQ adipose tissue, or I've broken out the bone saw, or one of my partners inadvertently squirts some juice onto me, I come straight home, shower, and launder my scrubs before doing anything else.

My school has a business casual dress code, and so I go home to change/eat lunch/etc. If my wife asks me to run a quick errand (post office, etc) then I will do all I can to go before lab - but I'll still be in my scrubs because I don't want to take the chance on getting dirty during anatomy lab then having to come home and shower before running back out for a 5 minute errand. It's not about trying to "seem cool." That might be true for some people, but I couldn't care less. In a small area with two hospitals, multiple nursing homes, a med school, vet school, and nursing school, people are out in public in their scrubs all the time. All scrubs mean is you have some association to healthcare - it doesn't say what you do.

At my school we had to wear dress clothes (and tie) in the anatomy lab because it would be unprofessional for the dead bodies to see us in scrubs.

Originally Posted by engineeredout

Nor am I going to make an extra trip home to change before going back out again if I want to get grocery shopping done

You either didn't pay attention in your microbiology class or didn't understand it. (referring to hospital more than Anatomy lab)

Its a health hazard to wear scrubs around a grocery store, you know, with FOOD.

The difference between dress clothes in a hospital vs scrubs is that people often care less about their scrubs and whether or not they get dirty (hence their purpose). They also happen to be comfy, but thats besides the point

Originally Posted by docnotsopc

You either didn't pay attention in your microbiology class or didn't understand it. (referring to hospital more than Anatomy lab)

Its a health hazard to wear scrubs around a grocery store, you know, with FOOD.

The difference between dress clothes in a hospital vs scrubs is that people often care less about their scrubs and whether or not they get dirty (hence their purpose). They also happen to be comfy, but thats besides the point

why is food an issue? how often do people get sick from contaminated food? You think that fresh produce doesn't have bugs on them, and you will very likely to be ok without washing it (you'd be more likely to be damaged by the pesticides on it than the microbes)... What kind of innoculum would be required to get sick from eating a tomato that someone from a hospital touched?

I'd be more concerned sitting next to someone in scrubs on the bus or subway, or other places where they would likely be stationary for a while etc, where they would more likely to spread the bugs and have an increased exposure time...

plus, most health care workers are colonized with some nasty bugs. You swab my nares and I can mostly guarantee that MRSA will be one of the less scary bugs... I've had people die of bacteria that were not covered in med school microbiology class with NO reported sensitivities to antibiotics... nothing that was tested would kill the bug... and it's possibily living on my skin or mucus membranes somewhere... yet I haven't gotten anyone sick with it to my knowledge yet... and the most likely place I would would be the ICU...

Originally Posted by Siggy

...and it's just as pants on head stupid when they do it. It's one thing to hop out for a few minutes to grab something or pump gas on the way to or from work, but I'm not going to walk around the grocery store shopping while wearing scrubs.

You are not busy or are quite vain

Originally Posted by engineeredout

At my school we had to wear dress clothes (and tie) in the anatomy lab because it would be unprofessional for the dead bodies to see us in scrubs.

In Soviet Russia, MD license plates get you!

Originally Posted by Charlie Hustle

In Soviet Russia, MD license plates get you!

I lol'd... in 2005.

I wouldn't do anything or wear anything that would identify me as a physician outside of my work setting. People hate doctors. I tell people I work in 'tech' - whatever that means.

Originally Posted by 113

I lol'd... in 2005.