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It's like the old "I'm becoming my parents" thought.
I'd started as a brand new academic with the idea that I'd be the attending I always wanted to work with: kind, teach a lot, not scut my residents, etc. I also try to see a lot of patients on my own to reduce their workload.
I'm very aggresive with dispo. I get annoyed when services ask for tests that I don't think are necessary. When other services ask for unnecessary tests before admission my response is "Come see the patient and get them admitted!"
I just had a long talk with my fellow attendings and I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing too much. I finish the resident's charts. I get dispo for them. I read their studies. I'm wondering if I should take a step back and let them do more.
I never wanted to be the attending who sat on his *ss, but I'm starting to wonder if that's not the best thing.
I'm also wondering if I'm respecting the other services' education by forcing dispo on them, when they should be more involved in the process of taking emergency admissions.
Thoughts? Which kind of attending do you prefer: the one who eases your workload or the one who just teaches and lets you do the work?
I'd started as a brand new academic with the idea that I'd be the attending I always wanted to work with: kind, teach a lot, not scut my residents, etc. I also try to see a lot of patients on my own to reduce their workload.
I'm very aggresive with dispo. I get annoyed when services ask for tests that I don't think are necessary. When other services ask for unnecessary tests before admission my response is "Come see the patient and get them admitted!"
I just had a long talk with my fellow attendings and I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing too much. I finish the resident's charts. I get dispo for them. I read their studies. I'm wondering if I should take a step back and let them do more.
I never wanted to be the attending who sat on his *ss, but I'm starting to wonder if that's not the best thing.
I'm also wondering if I'm respecting the other services' education by forcing dispo on them, when they should be more involved in the process of taking emergency admissions.
Thoughts? Which kind of attending do you prefer: the one who eases your workload or the one who just teaches and lets you do the work?