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[sunset823]

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Out of curiosity, besides the surgical specialties and anesthesiology, what other specialties can you get away with wearing scrubs all the time? Or at the very least don't have to dress up every day? I don't wear sweats to class, but I'm not a big fan of 'dressing up'...as a female, I spend a grand total of 2 minutes randomly deciding what to put on that day, and I own a grand total of 2 pairs of shoes, one set of sneakers and one set of flat black pumps that I wear to any occasion where I can't get away with sneakers. 🙄

and yes, I realize dermatology is probably not a good fit.

 

[DrMom]

Emergency medicine

 

[RySerr21]

go in to family practice and do whatever you want. my preceptorship is in family medicine and she wears scrubs every day.

 

[BigRedBeta]

Neonatology

Peds Critical Care (PICU) - Adult ICU's tend to be slightly different beasts and there seems to be greater variability in the level of formality.

Pathology

As a female, wearing scrubs always puts you at risk for being called nothing but "nurse" for your entire career...

 

[OpalOnyx]

sexayyyy

 

[smq123]

go in to family practice and do whatever you want. my preceptorship is in family medicine and she wears scrubs every day.

Depends on the particular office. We're not allowed to wear scrubs in clinic except for a few very specific occasions (i.e. we just got back from the hospital where we did a continuity delivery, etc.)

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

OB, Pulm/Critical Care (maybe not every day, but most)

 

[nlax30]

I wouldn't count on surgery being totally dress-up free, unless you don't do clinic time or travel between multiple hospitals.

Inpatient IM, OB/GYN, & ICU were basically all scrubs for me. Even some outpatient clinics may be fine with it depending in the clinic. I'm currently doing an ambulatory month at an urgent care/Primary care office and scrubs is fine.

 

[sunset823]

I didn't know about path, but the other ones seem pretty straightforward. Kind of confirms my interest in either anesthesia or inpatient IM with critical care. (I mean, I'm interested in CC for many other reasons too, but the lack of wardrobe matching doesn't hurt). Thanks!

 

[xanthomondo]

I didn't know about path, but the other ones seem pretty straightforward. Kind of confirms my interest in either anesthesia or inpatient IM with critical care. (I mean, I'm interested in CC for many other reasons too, but the lack of wardrobe matching doesn't hurt). Thanks!

Wearing scrubs everyday is an invitation to gaining a bunch of weight - you don't have increasing tightness of your clothes daily to remind yourself that things are getting bad

 

[Law2Doc]

Out of curiosity, besides the surgical specialties and anesthesiology, what other specialties can you get away with wearing scrubs all the time? Or at the very least don't have to dress up every day? I don't wear sweats to class, but I'm not a big fan of 'dressing up'...as a female, I spend a grand total of 2 minutes randomly deciding what to put on that day, and I own a grand total of 2 pairs of shoes, one set of sneakers and one set of flat black pumps that I wear to any occasion where I can't get away with sneakers. 🙄

and yes, I realize dermatology is probably not a good fit.

Anything procedural will allow you to wear scrubs a substantial part of the time. So in addition to all the surgical subspecialties, you can wear them for good chunks of interventional cards, interventional rads, GI. But I caution that your wardrobe isn't a strong reason to pick a specialty -- each field has plusses and minuses and honestly wearing a tie now and then would be a really minor minus in a field you otherwise like.

 

[surftheiop]

Anything procedural will allow you to wear scrubs a substantial part of the time. So in addition to all the surgical subspecialties, you can wear them for good chunks of interventional cards, interventional rads, GI. But I caution that your wardrobe isn't a strong reason to pick a specialty -- each field has plusses and minuses and honestly wearing a tie now and then would be a really minor minus in a field you otherwise like.

Wearing a tie to work would probably be a little more traumatic for a female like the OP 😉

 

[OpalOnyx]

Wearing a tie to work would probably be a little more traumatic for a female like the OP 😉

sexayyyy

 

[ZagDoc]

Deciding on a specialty based on what you can wear? Really?

 

[MossPoh]

You can always radiology mullet it up.

(Scrub top and dress pants)

Seriously though, you'll meet a variety of radiologists and how they dress. Some will go all out and wear a white coat and others will wear kakis and a polo or something equally as informal.

We had a cardiologist/pulmonologist routinely wear jeans and a baseball hat with a scrub top. I think he earned the right with being quadruple boarded and all, but still.

 

[sunset823]

Deciding on a specialty based on what you can wear? Really?

I am not deciding on a specialty based on what you wear. This thread is somewhat in jest, but I do think how formally people in a specialty dress speaks to the culture/personality of the specialty, and well, my personality is pretty casual and not PC.

We had a cardiologist/pulmonologist routinely wear jeans and a baseball hat with a scrub top. I think he earned the right with being quadruple boarded and all, but still.

👍 sounds like my kinda guy.

(My preceptor in an ICU experience my first year, which I loved, wore either scrubs or flannel - it was great)

 

[MossPoh]

👍 sounds like my kinda guy.

(My preceptor in an ICU experience my first year, which I loved, wore either scrubs or flannel - it was great)

Yea, he is more than a little busy. His practice is hospital based so he can run around all over and has a patient list that is usually around 50-60 for the day. That includes his procedures, since one of his board certifications is in interventional cardiology. He keeps up his internal medicine one for funsies I think. I really don't know when this guy sleeps.

 

[RySerr21]

Depends on the particular office. We're not allowed to wear scrubs in clinic except for a few very specific occasions (i.e. we just got back from the hospital where we did a continuity delivery, etc.)

i mean to say private practice, not family, haha.

 

[gro2001]

Although there is definitely a lot of variation among specilties in the level of formality expected, having rotated in a bunch of different hospitals I notice there is a great deal of variation by institution as well.

 

[mjl1717]

Yea, he is more than a little busy. His practice is hospital based so he can run around all over and has a patient list that is usually around 50-60 for the day. That includes his procedures, since one of his board certifications is in interventional cardiology. He keeps up his internal medicine one for funsies I think. I really don't know when this guy sleeps.

Thats fun-ny!! [There's always an over achiever out there.]

 

[ruiner]

OP I asked the same question. I like to be comfortable haha, and to me comfortable is not being dressed up.

But I would not bank on critical care being scrubs only, the guys doing nights would usually wear scrubs when i was a tech, but during they day they were all dressed to the 9.