- Joined
- Aug 19, 2011
- Messages
- 514
- Reaction score
- 338
For those who have watched Office Space, you probably remember the was Peter Gibbons was able to leg to of all his worries, roll into work in flip flops, refuse to acquiesce to the BS of his workplace and told everybody exactly what they needed to be told?
I wish I could do the same, minus the flip flops. I wish I could follow my clinical instincts and not over-think or second guess. I wish I could tell patients what they need to be told, set the boundaries that need to be set, to cut through all the noise and have a no-BS approach.
One of my first mentors, before med school even, told me that I would make a good doctor because I could see what was truly important about a patient. Somewhere along the line, I must have lost that. Maybe I stopped trusting myself. Maybe mind is too much on improbable but catastrophic side effects, liability, patients disliking me and retaliating in someway. That isn't good for me or for the work.
Unlike with Peter Gibbons, you can't just flip a switch. However, has anyone succeeded in achieving the above, or at least approaching it? (lol, looking at you @randomdoc1 )
Edit: I guess people heard “Office Space” and instantly thought of the system, but what I really wish I could do is to set boundaries that need to be set with patients and not feel bad about it. Like, if patients are lying, being gamey/manipulative, demanding the impossible, etc I want to be able to say that I won’t stand for it. Everyone says it will come with time but geez, it is hard going. I wish I could fall asleep and wake up ten years later with the learning process already done.
I wish I could do the same, minus the flip flops. I wish I could follow my clinical instincts and not over-think or second guess. I wish I could tell patients what they need to be told, set the boundaries that need to be set, to cut through all the noise and have a no-BS approach.
One of my first mentors, before med school even, told me that I would make a good doctor because I could see what was truly important about a patient. Somewhere along the line, I must have lost that. Maybe I stopped trusting myself. Maybe mind is too much on improbable but catastrophic side effects, liability, patients disliking me and retaliating in someway. That isn't good for me or for the work.
Unlike with Peter Gibbons, you can't just flip a switch. However, has anyone succeeded in achieving the above, or at least approaching it? (lol, looking at you @randomdoc1 )
Edit: I guess people heard “Office Space” and instantly thought of the system, but what I really wish I could do is to set boundaries that need to be set with patients and not feel bad about it. Like, if patients are lying, being gamey/manipulative, demanding the impossible, etc I want to be able to say that I won’t stand for it. Everyone says it will come with time but geez, it is hard going. I wish I could fall asleep and wake up ten years later with the learning process already done.
Last edited: