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Depends on who you are. Fellow resident? Med student?
Your answer should include both concern for patients and for the resident. The temptation is to slam down the hammer, but maybe the resident could be reformed. Maybe there are extreme circumstances that led to this situation.
The question tests your ability to think about all the possibilities that caused the scenario.
Your answer should include both concern for patients and for the resident. The temptation is to slam down the hammer, but maybe the resident could be reformed. Maybe there are extreme circumstances that led to this situation.
The question tests your ability to think about all the possibilities that caused the scenario.
I believe in this case you are a student. Would it be wise to just find a middle ground? Speak to him directly?
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We can't answer that for you. You're supposed to do the right thing. Hard, I know.
And FYI, sometimes polished answers come out so slickly that they appear rehearsed.
And FYI, sometimes polished answers come out so slickly that they appear rehearsed.
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As @Goro said doing the right thing is what you need to do, but the real world presents other concerns as well. And you can admit all these questions in your answer. At least for me, for the most part, it isnt the "absolute" answer but how you think it thru and what you consider. If I was answering the question I would go the thru the couple of options and the pros and cons of each. If you tell PD directly that could put you in a tough situation with the resident for the rest of the rotation. If you do it anonymously are you sure anything will actually be acted upon? is that your concern? Its fine to answer like that. You are a premed and not an experienced doc yet.
Just as an aside several years ago, I had an advisee who was a scribe as part of an integrated ER team and who was of Pakistani descent, who got confronted by a nurse who had been on active duty in Afghanistan in verbal racial assault on herself. As we can see the world today, these issues are still as bad as ever
Just as an aside several years ago, I had an advisee who was a scribe as part of an integrated ER team and who was of Pakistani descent, who got confronted by a nurse who had been on active duty in Afghanistan in verbal racial assault on herself. As we can see the world today, these issues are still as bad as ever
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One thing that I've seen medical students do in these circumstances is to go to a trusted advisor outside of the rotation for advice on how to approach the situation. Part of medical school is learning how to deal with these difficult situations and you can hope that the school puts you in the capable hands of an experienced clinician who can guide you. (I recall a student decades ago who came to one of my colleagues distraught because an OB had berated a woman in labor, called her a bad name and insinuated that she could die if she didn't follow his instructions!) Talking it out with someone who knows the environment and some of the personalities can give a student the courage to "do the right thing" and the knowledge of how to go about it.
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There are two sides to using slurs when talking about patients? I think that I would say "really?" too.
No lol. One side being directly confront and report- other being go to PD. Might have worded that poorly.
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Meaning, you replied with a list of possible alternative actions, or a list of the two things you'd do in the order you'd do them?
If the first, it shows that you didn't understand the question, as you were asked, what would you do, period.
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