So what do doctors do, exactly

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I asked someone this same question once and they told me, "Pretty much, they play golf all day." Is this true??
 
Volunteer at a hospital and see for yourself.
 
From my hospital volunteering, doctors get to work in the morning, see patients for half an hour or so continuously for the whole day. This is however an outpatient clinic, I was curious as to what an inpatient doctor's routines are.
 
Pinkertinkle said:
From my hospital volunteering, doctors get to work in the morning, see patients for half an hour or so continuously for the whole day. This is however an outpatient clinic, I was curious as to what an inpatient doctor's routines are.

Wow, half an hour a patient - that's a lot!
 
(nicedream) said:
Wow, half an hour a patient - that's a lot!

Not really, when you consider all the charting that has to go into seeing a patient. They may talk to the patient for 10-15 minutes, then spend as much, if not more, time completing their chart. When I shadowed in a clinic, it sometimes took an hour to get through one patient (those were the particularly complicated ones, though).
 
what do they do in the inpatient setting? it depends on the specialty.

-in IM, they round all morning. then they sit on their asses and begin the mental mastication in "educational" conferences
-in surgery, they get in before sunrise, round, then operate all day. and they always use profanity, especially in the OR.
-pediatrics is like IM, except that there's more "goo goo ga ga" with the kids. and these people are so nice it makes you want to puke.
 
Pinkertinkle said:
I was wondering if anyone could give me a summary of the daily/weekly life of an attending physician, in outpatient and inpatient settings.
Let me get back to you in 7 to 10 years.
 
UCLAstudent said:
They help people. 😉

what a cliche.......Couldn't you atleast make up something original?? :meanie:
 
mosfet said:
what a cliche.......Couldn't you atleast make up something original?? :meanie:

Indeed. I was just making fun of all of the people who say that when an interviewer asks, "Why do you want to be a doctor?" 😀
 
UCLAstudent said:
Indeed. I was just making fun of all of the people who say that when an interviewer asks, "Why do you want to be a doctor?" 😀

Oops.....Didn't get your sarcasm the first time around.
 
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