What did you do with your old white coat?

[visioneer]

hey guys,

i would have posted this in the "everything" thread only to realize it doesn't seem to exist anymore...

i have two old white coats from my internship (not the same hospital where i am doing my residency) that have my name and hospital logo embroidered into it. the original hospital won't take them back. i can't wear it at the new hospital. i don't want to donate it (to avoid it being used maliciously) and yet the packrat in me cannot throw it away. i have been holding onto them for years!

anyone have any creative uses for old white coats that i could do on a resident's time and budget?

thanks

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[medicinesux]

Donate it to some doctor wannabes like these ==>

http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/clinical_services/nurse_practitioner_trauma_specialty_group.htm

In all seriousness, I cut mine up into rags which I used to wash my car. My med student coat I gave to my puppy to potty train. That gave me particular satisfaction for some reason.

 

[ModerateMouse]

Donate it to some doctor wannabes like these ==>

http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/clinical_services/nurse_practitioner_trauma_specialty_group.htm

In all seriousness, I cut mine up into rags which I used to wash my car. My med student coat I gave to my puppy to potty train. That gave me particular satisfaction for some reason.

So how do you make a living now that you left clinical medicine?

I looked through your blog, but didn't see anything about what you are doing now.

Posts like yours make me apprehensive about going into medicine !

 

[koc123]

Just throw it.

 

[pseudoknot]

I burned my short white coats when I graduated med school. Well, when I finished my last M4 rotation. It was very satisfying.

 

[Depakote]

buried it at sea.

 

[cyclohexanol]

Short coat bonfire with a bunch of other classmates

 

[oreosandsake]

Short coat bonfire with a bunch of other classmates

that was fun.

should bonfire again soon

 

[cartoondoc]

I only got one white coat during residency, so I think it disintegrated in my last month of residency.

 

[lockjaw]

Short coat bonfire with a bunch of other classmates

We destroyed our short coats in paintball at the end of 4th year. It was pretty awesome.

 

[Buzz Me]

Bonfire at the end of med school, right before graduation.

 

[nlax30]

Right before med school graduation a bunch of us got together and had a white coat paintball afternoon where we just ran around in our short coats destroying them. And then burned them. Very satisfying.

 

[24IdaFire]

Are they long white coats?

I'm sure there is a nurse manager who would love to have them at your hospital.