Got Pimped While Shadowing?

[Tatastrophy]

Sad thing is that is how almost all of my normal every day doctors visits go... you know, when I'm actually a patient. I've only shadowed one doctor so far and he didn't ask any questions. When there are shadows in the room with me and my doctor and if they can't answer, I always ask if I'm allowed to answer. They usually let me and then they yell at me for acting like a doctor. 😀

Hi fellow Emory-ite!
Good luck with the process. Oh and your signature quote is absolutely amazing...I have been living/surviving pre-med by it since I heard Randy Pausch's last lecture.

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[Captain Fantastic]

BTW, to the OP

I was pimped when I was a pre-med and was shadowing. I had one doc even ask me for an impression and a plan (uh, she's got a UTI and we should give her antibiotics, maybe? Ha ha ha).

As a pre-med you aren't expected to know anything, but pimping is the culture of learning in a clinical setting. I promise you that your pre-clinical years won't cover everything and as a student and resident you will be pimped on things you have no idea abot -- just like when you were a pre-med. Learn to love, or at least respect, the pimp session.

Anyway, pimping highlights what you know and don't know and gives you an opportunity to go research an area you are weak in or to learn a clinical pearl on the spot. You are shadowing because you are interested in learning about that profession. Don't take it personally and use it as an opportunity to find out something new.

 

[Old Grunt]

Technically, it's not "pimping" unless clipboards are being thrown.

This is why it behooves a person to always know where cover and concealment is.

Remember: concealment will only hide you, but cover will stop a clipboard. Depending on the arm strength and aim of the "pimper", its imperative to know that.

 

[Old Grunt]

BTW, to the OP

I was pimped when I was a pre-med and was shadowing. I had one doc even ask me for an impression and a plan (uh, she's got a UTI and we should give her antibiotics, maybe? Ha ha ha).

As a pre-med you aren't expected to know anything, but pimping is the culture of learning in a clinical setting. I promise you that your pre-clinical years won't cover everything and as a student and resident you will be pimped on things you have no idea abot -- just like when you were a pre-med. Learn to love, or at least respect, the pimp session.

Anyway, pimping highlights what you know and don't know and gives you an opportunity to go research an area you are weak in or to learn a clinical pearl on the spot. You are shadowing because you are interested in learning about that profession. Don't take it personally and use it as an opportunity to find out something new.

Great advice. I would add, don't be afraid to say "I don't know." or "I am not sure, but I'll take a stab at it."

 

[familyaerospace]

Hi fellow Emory-ite!
Good luck with the process. Oh and your signature quote is absolutely amazing...I have been living/surviving pre-med by it since I heard Randy Pausch's last lecture.

Thank you.

I only ran across this quote a month or two ago. I think it's a good addition to the ever increasing list of quotes on my email signature. In fact I might just replace some of them outright. That will really confuse some of the people since there is one quote I've been using since 2000 when I was a sophomore at the Oxford campus.

 

[DendWrite]

This is a perfect example of why I always tell people that they have to beat the doctor they are shadowing to the punch. You pimp THEM.

Jerk: What do we put in food so that you can see it?
2011MS1: I don't know.
Jerk: Barium you ******!

2011MS1: You are driving your new Aston Martin on an icy road with a bank of 17 degrees. The coefficient of static friction is 0.28. You enter a turn of radius 73 meters. What is the maximum speed you can maintain through the turn without skidding off the road?
Jerk: GET OUT!

2011MS1: *fistpump, triumphantly saunters away*

 

[NoMoreAMCAS]

I've never herd "pimped" used in this context. I guess I'm not up on my hip youngster lingo. 🙂

Me too, what a weird use of pimping.

 

[7starmantis]

If this is youngster lingo, how old are you, exactly?

Earliest reference is 1628 -- a teaching physician was unhappy with his student's enthusiasm and threatened to "pimp" them. First recorded reference to "pimping" as the asking of difficult questions to medical students was in 1889 Germany. In 1916 Flexner noted that Osler's students at Johns Hopkins referred to his questioning as "pimping."

I dont even know how you found that info, but thats awesome. Although, you might possibly have too much time on your hands. 😀