Doctors and Bowties

[Scintillation]

I recently noticed the amount of doctors wearing bowties is considerably higher than in other professions. Which got me thinkin...why? Bowties suck.

But, I looked it up. And of course found this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2965140.stm

I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather risk causing an infection than risk a fashion foul 😱

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[LifetimeDoc]

I'm a t-shirt and jeans kinda guy. Going into medicine and dressing up is going to be a big change, and I refuse to wear a bowtie. Guess I'll just wear scrubs 😀

 

[DoctorPardi]

I might sport a bow tie once I become a doctor. I would like to just wear scrubs everywhere actually.

 

[KingTutATL]

You'll find it in the south a lot more. It might be easier sometimes wearing a bowtie, maybe a longer necktie gets in the way as well. All of my pediatricians that I can remember wore the bow tie.

 

[Nutmeg1621]

I blame BB.

 

[funkless]

Neckties:

1. Spread Infection
2. Get in the way
3. Can be lethal weapons in the hands of patients (esp. on Peds and Psych, but every ward has at least one resident psycho, at least here in Memphis.)

Regardless, I wear a necktie. I just don't think I could pull off the bowtie look, though some of my friends do.

 

[Vox Animo]

I blame BB.

I knew someone was gonna say it

 

[dr.z]

I haven't seen too many doctors wear bowties.

 

[MarzMD]

Neckties:

1. Spread Infection
2. Get in the way
3. Can be lethal weapons in the hands of patients (esp. on Peds and Psych, but every ward has at least one resident psycho, at least here in Memphis.)

Regardless, I wear a necktie. I just don't think I could pull off the bowtie look, though some of my friends do.

I have yet to see anyone pull off the bowtie look. Yuck.

 

[leviathan]

I recently noticed the amount of doctors wearing bowties is considerably higher than in other professions. Which got me thinkin...why? Bowties suck.

But, I looked it up. And of course found this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2965140.stm

I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather risk causing an infection than risk a fashion foul 😱

Stupid stupid stupid.....of COURSE there's bacteria on your tie, there's bacteria on everything, including your shirt and pants as well, and your hands! You wouldn't do surgery and dip your tie into someone's abdominal cavity, but it isn't an issue to have normal flora present on your clothes in a non-sterile environment.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

The number one reason I want to be an EM doc: I get to wear my pajamas to work.

 

[jojocola]

😳 bowties arent that bad...

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

I recently noticed the amount of doctors wearing bowties is considerably higher than in other professions.

The ratio of geeks is considerably higher in medicine than in other professions... coincidence? I'll let you be the judge 🙂

 

[DrBowtie]

Bowties are sweet... You all are crazy.
Especially matched with a seersucker suit for the whole southern outfit.

 

[leviathan]

The number one reason I want to be an EM doc: I get to wear my pajamas to work.

What about the toe pain x 10 years patients? Number two?

 

[RayhanS1282]

Psshhh....anyone can sport a tie. It takes a man with balls to wear a bowtie...knowing full well that he's risking a beat down, verbal insults, being butt of a lot of jokes, being turned down by the opposite sex (let's face it, when have you heard a woman say, "Oh Bob, you're bowtie is oh so hot") and the general stigmas associated with wearing a bowtie. If I had the cojones I'd wear a bowtie.

 

[UMP]

Psshhh....anyone can sport a tie. It takes a man with balls to wear a bowtie...knowing full well that he's risking a beat down, verbal insults, being butt of a lot of jokes, being turned down by the opposite sex (let's face it, when have you heard a woman say, "Oh Bob, you're bowtie is oh so hot") and the general stigmas associated with wearing a bowtie. If I had the cojones I'd wear a bowtie.

I agree about the balls part... but there are otherways to show off the size of your balls, like constantly making racist and sexist remarks... that will get you a beat just as fast... anyone in their 20s and 30s wearing a bowtie I just asume is doing it as a joke, which takes quite a bit of confidence and should be a plus with the ladies

 

[DropkickMurphy]

What about the toe pain x 10 years patients? Number two?

Yes. Exactly

#3 is being able to put paramedics in their place.

 

[Hopeful_Doc]

I prefer to wear a dress shirt tieless and top button unbuttoned...hopefully that will be professional enough that or a polo shirt.

 

[akinf]

I think I could wear a bowtie, i have the neck for it....😛

 

[etf]

being able to rock a bowtie is the only reason i'm trying to become a doctor.

 

[MarzMD]

*Nerd Alert*

 

[DrFeelgoodMD]

not too sure about the bowtie....but there is one doc in the dept I work in who came in wearing khaki shorts, a polo, and boat shoes. At first, I thought he wasn't wearing anything underneath his white coat since it fell below the shorts when I saw him from behind....thank god I was wrong

 

[Cartesio]

Stupid stupid stupid.....of COURSE there's bacteria on your tie, there's bacteria on everything, including your shirt and pants as well, and your hands! You wouldn't do surgery and dip your tie into someone's abdominal cavity, but it isn't an issue to have normal flora present on your clothes in a non-sterile environment.

There's more than just normal flora present in the hospital environment and it's often transmitted between patients by physicians.

 

[DoctorPardi]

There's more than just normal flora present in the hospital environment and it's often transmitted between patients by physicians.

Cartesio is understanding the question correctly. It isn't is there "any flora" on physicians' ties but instead is there unexpected flora or higher levels of flora than expected on a tie sitting in someone's closet?

 

[DropkickMurphy]

There's more than just normal flora present in the hospital environment and it's often transmitted between patients by physicians.

I'm quite certain that Leviathan knows that better than most, seeing as he has probably more REAL clinical experience than any other premed on this forum (with the possible exception of myself and a couple of others)

 

[Law2Doc]

I recently noticed the amount of doctors wearing bowties is considerably higher than in other professions. Which got me thinkin...why? Bowties suck.

But, I looked it up. And of course found this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2965140.stm

I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather risk causing an infection than risk a fashion foul 😱

Doctors who work with certain orifices obviously don't want ties that can hang down into them. Nuff said.

 

[e_phn]

I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather risk causing an infection than risk a fashion foul 😱

doctors w/ bowties = old school, ppl. imho

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

I think the days of physicians wearing standard neckties are numbered. Ties do pick up nasty stuff in the hospital environment like MRSA and C. diff, and they carry more of it than ordinary clothes because ties are so rarely laundered (I've learned over the years to just throw away stained silk neckties, because they always look so bad when they come back from being dry-cleaned).

I'm really surprised to hear comments about bowties being a Southern thing... to my knowledge, not in my part of the South. The docs I do know who sport bowties are from (drumroll.... ) Harvard. In fact, I assume a doc in a bowtie is a HMS grad.

 

[DrBowtie]

I think the days of physicians wearing standard neckties are numbered. Ties do pick up nasty stuff in the hospital environment like MRSA and C. diff, and they carry more of it than ordinary clothes because ties are so rarely laundered (I've learned over the years to just throw away stained silk neckties, because they always look so bad when they come back from being dry-cleaned).

I'm really surprised to hear comments about bowties being a Southern thing... to my knowledge, not in my part of the South. The docs I do know who sport bowties are from (drumroll.... ) Harvard. In fact, I assume a doc in a bowtie is a HMS grad.

Bowties are popular among 2 types of people: Academics, and old Southerners.

 

[Depakote]

Bowties are popular among 2 types of people: Academics, and old Southerners.

Does this mean that the days before Mint Julips are standard in hospitals are also numbered?

 

[MarzMD]

I have only seen 1 person at Duke hospital wear a bowtie. I dont think it is a souther thing. I did however see a med student at my UKCOM interview wearing a bowtie. It may just be a KY thing Brett....lol

 

[DrBowtie]

Does this mean that the days before Mint Julips are standard in hospitals are also numbered?

I sure hope so. And sweet tea.

 

[chef_NU]

Hey hey hey what about those of us who plan on wearing bolo ties and ten gallon hats to the clinic. Well, maybe not the ten gallon hats.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

I sure hope so. And sweet tea.

The mint juleps were replaced by a breathtakingly expensive Starbucks kiosk in my hospital's lobby a couple of months ago. You still have to specifically order unsweetened tea, though, and you may or may not get it. Iced tea is indeed still the house wine of the South.

 

[LJoo83]

the only doctor i've seen sporting a bowtie is this insanely smart but extremely eccentric infections disease doctor. he's the only one that can pull it off because he has the fluffy white mad scientist hair and harry potter glasses.

i think i'm going to stick with the scrub look.