Shadowing attire

[nitemagi]

So I start shadowing a psychiatrist doing ER consultations tomorrow. Is a button down, tie, and jeans too casual?

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[KyGrlDr2B]

When I shadowed, I was informed of the dress code at the hospital. No jeans were allowed, but the dress was supposed to be casual. I usually wore dressy pants (black, grey, whatever) and a nice shirt with it. So my guess would be to nix the jeans and you could probably get away without the tie, as long as you look nice.

 

[AJM]

Jeans are way too casual for ER attire. If you substitute the jeans for tan slacks, you'll be fine. You could also wear black dressy pants, but, at least where I am, that starts getting a bit too dressed up for the ER.

A good rule of thumb for clinical attire is to go with the "business casual" look.

 

[Sonya]

When I shadowed, the otolaryngologist, he gave me a white coat, so i looked just like the other medstudents. I tried to wear nice shoes (not sneakers), and dress pant. Jean are rather casual. If it's a formal program with a hospital, they should have a dress code. They had specific guidelines when I worked in ER. Tie is really neccesary. But, something nicer than jeans would be good.

 

[relentless11]

I wore nice pants, collared shirt. T-shirts are bad. During the summer i did wear some nice shorts though. Its hot in Davis.

Sometimes i got to wear scrubs.....those were fun too. Thats about it.

 

[Firebird]

I was asked everywhere I shadowed to wear a white coat. But you would want to ask first, because some attendings might think you were overstepping your bounds by wearing the "revered" white coat and not being a med students/doctor.

But I will say this...none of the patients even questioned my presence when I wore the coat. I think it probably made them feel better about me being there, just because the coat told them I would be professional and compassionate.

If I hadn't had the white coat, then in their eyes I would have just been this weird guy listening to their personal problems.

 

[riotgurl]

Really? I just wore jeans and a top. Well, it was a really informal thing, I won a shadowing date with an ER doc at this auction at school, and she didn't mention anything about a dress code. She's a really laidback kinda gal, really cool. It was definitely an interesting experience....

 

[IlliniEMT1]

I guess this is a little late for nitemagi, but when I shadowed in the ER, the doc who set me up told me to go w/a tie and khakis, but they ended up giving me scrubs which I wore from the second day on- and when I was doing my EMTB clinicals I went with a dress shirt (that I was willing to get bloody/vomity) and khakis w/no tie.

 

[nitemagi]

So all went well. He actually told me when I was there that I didn't even need a tie. Slacks and a button down. Easy enough. It was a very laid back atmosphere, and we actually stayed in the psychiatric emergency services area, which was basically like a relaxed clinic. Thanks for the info everyone.