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I've finally run into what you people call a true "gunner" on the wards, and it took me nearly 4 years of med school to find one...but he's a good one.
He:
-constantly asks questions he already knows the answer to, in fact at one point he just stated some obscure fact/neuro pathway and the attending said "Ok, so what exactly is your question?"
-gets bored and needs to look out the window, fix his tie, text message on his cell phone, read his patient list, etc... anytime someone else is talking and he isn't.
-looks up labs on other students patients and goes behind their back to the attending to report said lab values and come up with a plan of management
-consistently chimes into conversations between the attending and another student, talking about the other students patient(s)
-if you follow 2 patients, he will follow 4. If you follow 5, he will follow 8. He will make the "huge" number of patients he's following known throughout the day, sharing it with the other students, residents, and attendings.
-tries to pimp other students
-would rather hear himself speak a wrong answer than ask a resident or attending a question truly out of curiosity.
-wants to go into a very specific field, such as urologicneuroendocrineimmunologicalorthopedics with a concentration in pediatric emergency medical entomology, and makes this desire known to everyone.
That's all I can think of for now. I must admit, it's quite humorous. Some people find it annoying but I can't stop myself from laughing at this tool.
He:
-constantly asks questions he already knows the answer to, in fact at one point he just stated some obscure fact/neuro pathway and the attending said "Ok, so what exactly is your question?"
-gets bored and needs to look out the window, fix his tie, text message on his cell phone, read his patient list, etc... anytime someone else is talking and he isn't.
-looks up labs on other students patients and goes behind their back to the attending to report said lab values and come up with a plan of management
-consistently chimes into conversations between the attending and another student, talking about the other students patient(s)
-if you follow 2 patients, he will follow 4. If you follow 5, he will follow 8. He will make the "huge" number of patients he's following known throughout the day, sharing it with the other students, residents, and attendings.
-tries to pimp other students
-would rather hear himself speak a wrong answer than ask a resident or attending a question truly out of curiosity.
-wants to go into a very specific field, such as urologicneuroendocrineimmunologicalorthopedics with a concentration in pediatric emergency medical entomology, and makes this desire known to everyone.
That's all I can think of for now. I must admit, it's quite humorous. Some people find it annoying but I can't stop myself from laughing at this tool.
