best white coat maker?

[Tryonetic]

I thought it would be a good idea to have a few spare white coats around in case my fully pin/tag/emblem decorated one has an accident/can't be found. Does anyone have good experience buying these online or in a store? Unfortunately places like the Amazon.com has very few reviews and the specs don't say much. The search button also gave very few results. Maybe it would be a good idea for me to start a thread on this topic.

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[tkim]

http://aetnashirt.com/medicalcoats/index2.html

 

[Tiger26]

I thought it would be a good idea to have a few spare white coats around in case my fully pin/tag/emblem decorated one has an accident/can't be found. Does anyone have good experience buying these online or in a store? Unfortunately places like the Amazon.com has very few reviews and the specs don't say much. The search button also gave very few results. Maybe it would be a good idea for me to start a thread on this topic.

Or you could just decide not to wear one . . .

 

[csmittyB]

Or you could just decide not to wear one . . .

How could you not wear one? They practically turn you into a super hero!! Check out what a white coat does for one guy:

MY WHITE COAT RITUAL

Every time I put on the [white] coat, I stop for two minutes. I stop for two minutes and remember Galen and Hippocrates. I pick up the coat: "to whatever house I shall enter, it shall be for the benefit of the sick." At that moment I am Doctor of Medicine; I carry with me a 2500 year tradition, and shame on me if I do not carry it out with dignity for the next eight hours. My problems are not the patient's problems. For that period of time, I am the agent and servant of the patient - I am proud to be the servant of the sick. I put on that coat and I'm a better person. All my petty prejudices should disappear when the coat goes on. That's what the coat is all about.

 

[Jolie South]

Or you could just decide not to wear one . . .

Or you could get in trouble for not wearing one...

 

[MossPoh]

Or you could just decide not to wear one . . .

Certain things whether CLC or community activities the first two years or some rotations will actually lead to reprimanding, being sent home or having a grade marked down for not wearing our white coats.

 

[VoiceofReason]

i hate my white coat and take it off and drape it on chairs and **** as much as possible but i would never go into the hospital without it, at least on my arm

showing up without it is 'not acceptable' and 'unprofessional'

 

[Encephalectomy]

I got some off of landsend.com They're not the best, but at 3 bucks a pop it was hard to pass up. Plus that way if you get bled/vomited on you can just chuck it. I don't know if they're still offering it, but it was definitely a good deal

 

[MattD]

MY WHITE COAT RITUAL

Every time I put on the [white] coat, I stop for two minutes. I stop for two minutes and remember Galen and Hippocrates. I pick up the coat: "to whatever house I shall enter, it shall be for the benefit of the sick." At that moment I am Doctor of Medicine; I carry with me a 2500 year tradition, and shame on me if I do not carry it out with dignity for the next eight hours. My problems are not the patient's problems. For that period of time, I am the agent and servant of the patient - I am proud to be the servant of the sick. I put on that coat and I'm a better person. All my petty prejudices should disappear when the coat goes on. That's what the coat is all about.

Someone doesn't take his responsibility to his patients seriously....


muahahahaha

 

[Tiger26]

How could you not wear one? They practically turn you into a super hero!! Check out what a white coat does for one guy:


MY WHITE COAT RITUAL

Every time I put on the [white] coat, I stop for two minutes. I stop for two minutes and remember Galen and Hippocrates. I pick up the coat: "to whatever house I shall enter, it shall be for the benefit of the sick." At that moment I am Doctor of Medicine; I carry with me a 2500 year tradition, and shame on me if I do not carry it out with dignity for the next eight hours. My problems are not the patient's problems. For that period of time, I am the agent and servant of the patient - I am proud to be the servant of the sick. I put on that coat and I'm a better person. All my petty prejudices should disappear when the coat goes on. That's what the coat is all about.

Awesome!

i hate my white coat and take it off and drape it on chairs and **** as much as possible but i would never go into the hospital without it, at least on my arm

showing up without it is 'not acceptable' and 'unprofessional'

Seriously, though, the white coat (as has been discussed ad nauseum) has been so devalued since every nurse practictioner, respiratory therapist, lab tech, janitor (I've seen it) has adopted it as a status symbol.

Really, it's main intent was to visually project that you're the doctor (or student-doctor) to the patient. In the absence of this (for males at least) the most important thing is a sense of confidence and how you carry yourself in a pt encounter. In the ER and ICU, I never wore it and there was never any doubt about my position, having clearly identified myself and giving off the doctor aura (scrubs tucked in, stethoscope around my neck, etc . . . ).

Never once was it an issue, and I really only wore mine for two months this past year and nobody ever brought it up (and it never affected my grade).

Really, if you've been through 3rd or 4th year, you should know that the white coat has become kind of a farce, rightly or wrongly

*As with anything, obviously take what I say with a grain of salt, for I celebrate my 1000th post with a change in status from "med student" to "resident" . . .

 

[MossPoh]

Really, it's main intent was to visually project that you're the doctor (or student-doctor) to the patient. In the absence of this (for males at least) the most important thing is a sense of confidence and how you carry yourself in a pt encounter. In the ER and ICU, I never wore it and there was never any doubt about my position, having clearly identified myself and giving off the doctor aura (scrubs tucked in, stethoscope around my neck, etc . . . ).

That used to be taboo at one time too. I think it started to become a little more hip by the 80s and by the 90s was in full swing. Certain specialities still tend to keep it old school and in their pocket.

 

[Guile]

I got some off of landsend.com They're not the best, but at 3 bucks a pop it was hard to pass up. Plus that way if you get bled/vomited on you can just chuck it. I don't know if they're still offering it, but it was definitely a good deal

I can't believe Lands' End sells anything for $3.

 

[Guile]

That used to be taboo at one time too. I think it started to become a little more hip by the 80s and by the 90s was in full swing. Certain specialities still tend to keep it old school and in their pocket.

Right where it belongs. Even on medicine, my stethoscope was never around my neck for more than a minute or so while I scrubbed my hands between patients.

 

[Encephalectomy]

I can't believe Lands' End sells anything for $3.

Sorry, 3.99

Thank you for placing your order with landsend.com. We wanted you to know that your Lands' End order was shipped on 06/29/2009. Backordered items will ship separately. Items for which you requested monogramming, cuffing or hemming may ship separately with another shipment notification.


You Have Ordered



Item: MN R CS 32IN CONSULT JCKT (#2361046V1)
Size: 40, Color: WHITE, Price: $3.99
Quantity: 10, Status: Shipped via UPS

 

[Guile]

Sorry, 3.99

Thank you for placing your order with landsend.com. We wanted you to know that your Lands' End order was shipped on 06/29/2009. Backordered items will ship separately. Items for which you requested monogramming, cuffing or hemming may ship separately with another shipment notification.


You Have Ordered



Item: MN R CS 32IN CONSULT JCKT (#2361046V1)
Size: 40, Color: WHITE, Price: $3.99
Quantity: 10, Status: Shipped via UPS

Wasn't saying you were lying, just couldn't believe Lands' End sold anything that inexpensive. They make good stuff. You got a great deal.

Don't you have an emblem or something on your school's white coat? Wouldn't these plain ones look a bit odd?

 

[Encephalectomy]

Yea, it was a great deal, got lucky that somebody pointed it out to me. Nobody seems to notice that it is plain, but if you sew your emblem in (they give us ours separately), then you can transfer it from coat to coat if need be, but I've worn the plain one a bunch of times and no one notices. I do throw a couple buttons on the lapel, my nametag and badge on the pocket etc. I think for third year I might just use velcrotape (awesome stuf BTW) +/- a couple of stitches for the emblem.

 

[Guile]

Yea, it was a great deal, got lucky that somebody pointed it out to me. Nobody seems to notice that it is plain, but if you sew your emblem in (they give us ours separately), then you can transfer it from coat to coat if need be, but I've worn the plain one a bunch of times and no one notices. I do throw a couple buttons on the lapel, my nametag and badge on the pocket etc. I think for third year I might just use velcrotape (awesome stuf BTW) +/- a couple of stitches for the emblem.

That's a great plan. Our emblem is embroidered so I couldn't velcrotape it. Great idea though. I wish I had more than one so I could easily get it dry-cleaned. For $3.99, they're basically disposable.