silly question

[turkeyjerky]

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so we have an orientation day for my next rotation, seems like 6 or 7 hours of lectures at the university (i'm doing my rotation at a different hospital). My question is, do I have to dress up for this or is a tshirt/shorts appropriate?

 

[Depakote]

so we have an orientation day for my next rotation, seems like 6 or 7 hours of lectures at the university (i'm doing my rotation at a different hospital). My question is, do I have to dress up for this or is a tshirt/shorts appropriate?

They never really gave us a solid guideline for that either.

The gist of it is that, as a 3rd year, no one will ever give you a hard time for showing up in your white coat and professional attire. When in doubt, do this. You can always put the coat over your chair and loosen your collar. I'd say more than half my class did this for every lecture/orientation/etc of 3rd year. It's definitely a must for grand rounds and anything where faculty will be present.

For orientation and lectures when you aren't expected to be at a clinical site, you might be able to get away with lighter dress. Personally, I'd test the waters and let someone else be the first one to go casual.

 

[Momentum70]

They never really gave us a solid guideline for that either.

The gist of it is that, as a 3rd year, no one will ever give you a hard time for showing up in your white coat and professional attire. When in doubt, do this. You can always put the coat over your chair and loosen your collar. I'd say more than half my class did this for every lecture/orientation/etc of 3rd year. It's definitely a must for grand rounds and anything where faculty will be present.

For orientation and lectures when you aren't expected to be at a clinical site, you might be able to get away with lighter dress. Personally, I'd test the waters and let someone else be the first one to go casual.

Agree with above. If its not and you want to get comfortable you can always take off the tie, white coat, undue a button, but you cant go back from showing up in shorts. One of my classmates did this at orientation of one of our rotations. The instructor saw him, made him stand in front of class, then proceded to tell us this was exactly how we werent supposed to dress. She went into some big unprofessional lecture, and he was walking on eggshells the rest of the rotation.