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I hope it's not what I think it is...j/k I really don't know.
What is "pimping" during residency?
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Pimping, if I'm not mistaken, is when a resident doctor puts you (the student) on the spot and drills you with questions about anything you learned (and may not have learned) in medical school.
For example, your resident, in front of 4 or 5 of your fellow classmates, may ask you, "Dr. So-and-So, if a patient presents with right Facial nerve palsy, lack of taste sensation on the anterior two-thirds of the right side of his tongue but maintains lacrimation in his right eye, where would you find the lesion?"
It's meant to put you on the spot to see how well you deal with stress under pressure and to also see your wealth of clinical/basic science knowledge.
My advice...don't take it personally.
For example, your resident, in front of 4 or 5 of your fellow classmates, may ask you, "Dr. So-and-So, if a patient presents with right Facial nerve palsy, lack of taste sensation on the anterior two-thirds of the right side of his tongue but maintains lacrimation in his right eye, where would you find the lesion?"
It's meant to put you on the spot to see how well you deal with stress under pressure and to also see your wealth of clinical/basic science knowledge.
My advice...don't take it personally.
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PIMP = Put In My Place (i.e. being reminded that you are, at that point in your education, nothing more than navel lint.)
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Done properly, pimping is a great teaching tool. Improperly, it's a freaking mess that leaves the pimpee lookin' like a village idiot. From my experience thus far, pimping has been nothing but a I-am-more-knowledgeable-than-you-little-pipsqueak session designed to show off the pimper's superiority. Teaching should be a pleasant experience.
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Pimping may also be directed toward the Intern or resident, which I have seen done many times.
Yep, it can be a wonderful way to learn or a terrible way to find out you have much to learn!
It is really one of the things that really reinforces what you need to learn. It may be as simple as "why would we use this drug over that drug" or "now, tell me everything you see on this chest film". It seperates doctors and med students from mid-level practioners that work off algorithms or simply learn "what" and not "why".
Yep, it can be a wonderful way to learn or a terrible way to find out you have much to learn!
It is really one of the things that really reinforces what you need to learn. It may be as simple as "why would we use this drug over that drug" or "now, tell me everything you see on this chest film". It seperates doctors and med students from mid-level practioners that work off algorithms or simply learn "what" and not "why".
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Pimping is getting put on the spot. You can get pimped by ANYONE. Whether or not you choose to answer is up to you.
I train in Israel, where we have pimping through med school, and oral exams for every class (written also!). It's tough, but it keeps you on your toes. I think it's an excellent way to learn.
My favorite pimp of all time. We came to woman with widely spaced teeth. My medicine professor, who also happens to the dean of our school, asked us.
"If this lady were a character in a Chaucer novel, who would she be?"
Naturally, we were stunned.
"The Gat-toothed woman, of course!" he answered with a flourish. "Now what conditions can cause this!"
"Acromegaly", "Phenytoin" were some of our answers.
"And nifedipidine!" he gleefully answered, ran out of the room, and came back with a journal article with a picture of said condition.
The next day, we got pimped on East Asian philosophy...
ERIC
I train in Israel, where we have pimping through med school, and oral exams for every class (written also!). It's tough, but it keeps you on your toes. I think it's an excellent way to learn.
My favorite pimp of all time. We came to woman with widely spaced teeth. My medicine professor, who also happens to the dean of our school, asked us.
"If this lady were a character in a Chaucer novel, who would she be?"
Naturally, we were stunned.
"The Gat-toothed woman, of course!" he answered with a flourish. "Now what conditions can cause this!"
"Acromegaly", "Phenytoin" were some of our answers.
"And nifedipidine!" he gleefully answered, ran out of the room, and came back with a journal article with a picture of said condition.
The next day, we got pimped on East Asian philosophy...
ERIC
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Isn't it funny when multiple people basically give the same answer!!!!
"Pimpin ain't easy, but it sure is fun"
Tupac
"Pimpin ain't easy, but it sure is fun"
Tupac
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Wow, lots of answers. A whole lot of enthusiasm in pimpin'. Thanks all.
Rickey
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this isnt radspouse - this is her hubby:
i wrote a song for our senior film
Big Pimpin' - based on the tune to the song by JayZ
as a set up - there was a video filmed with the three professor doctors in full pimp regalia: Ice Hube (Butt surgeon), Jiggy G (pediatrician), and BIFP (nephrologist)
Ice HUbe:
you know i scut em, pimp em, page em, bust em
cause i don' even trust em
take em out tha class
kick em in tha @$$
and i dont even teach em
they fuss - i'm tempramental
talk'n bout "whats tha differential"
i'm a pimp in every sense of the word slug!
better scut than relieve em
on the wards where i keep em
till i need a nut
put his finger up tha butt, then its -
squeal squeal - and i'm makin em feel
for the prostate, makin it up
many studs want to put ice hube away
gonna own him get the 'A'
just because yo knees bend imma reccomend?
so you can be livin it up?
knowin nuthin, y'all be bluffin
dont you know where the brown nose goes?
never happen, 'A' fo nuthin
i'll be forever scuttin
they be sleepin here on call
gonna page em wake em all
come-on get yo but up!
fo' a 'nutha work up!
slugs! get yo @$$ in here!
and let's rou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
and let's rou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
chorus"
we doin - Big Pimpin'
we bustin threes
Big Pimpin on protein G's
big pimpin at tha VAMC
its just that Ice Hube, Jiggy G, and BIF P
Big pimpin
do you hear that s3?
big pimpin
now what tha disease
big pimpin and we cant be pleased
cause we be ice hub, jiggy G and BIF P
Jiggy G:
it's tha' Childrens' Pediatrician thug
boot that studs then give the kids a hug
make a doctor up offa sorry slug
then give my Mormonbrau a chug
Peds are soft they said in days befo'
until i learned to pimp like a pro
now every time, every place, every where i go
i start pimpin' they say "i dont know"
these punks think that we dont know
mo' than a little bit -
that we don't pimp on much but tha little sh%#$
but if you catch a lick when i pimp
then it wont be a little hit
go read a book you illiterate son of a git
and step up yo' knowledge son
where did you go to college? A&M?
call home and tell mom yo're garbage
BIF P:
Passin out, throwin up, peein blood in ta cup
none of my slugs have a clue
neither do i to tell tha truth
that wont stop me pimpin round
gettin nothing puttin em down
if he guess - make him fall
slugs i can't f@## wich yall
if i wasn't roundin daily
i'd be home my family'd hate me
pimpin, scuttin bustin baby
talkin trash to my lady
but i have you slugs to burn
your MD - tryin to earn
sure the training could be softer
everybody'd be a doctor
Chorus:
we doin - Big Pimpin'
we bustin threes
Big Pimpin on nephrology
big pimpin at tha VAMC
its just that Ice Hube, Jiggy G, and BIF P
Big Pimpin'
going into FP?
big pimpin'
that dont suprise me!
big pimpin and we cant be pleased
cause we be ice hube, jiggy g, and bif P
if you are really bored and want i t- i can post an mp3 of the song. .. .i am bored - can you tell.
i should mention that the Mormonbrau referenced is a reference to another skit in the senior film. . . had to do with them banning EtOH on campus so the only booze to drink was good ol Mormon beer - spring water! eheh. heh. . he...ahem - k so all the jokes cant be good - you have got to expect that every once in a while.
RadSpouse's Spouse.
i wrote a song for our senior film
Big Pimpin' - based on the tune to the song by JayZ
as a set up - there was a video filmed with the three professor doctors in full pimp regalia: Ice Hube (Butt surgeon), Jiggy G (pediatrician), and BIFP (nephrologist)
Ice HUbe:
you know i scut em, pimp em, page em, bust em
cause i don' even trust em
take em out tha class
kick em in tha @$$
and i dont even teach em
they fuss - i'm tempramental
talk'n bout "whats tha differential"
i'm a pimp in every sense of the word slug!
better scut than relieve em
on the wards where i keep em
till i need a nut
put his finger up tha butt, then its -
squeal squeal - and i'm makin em feel
for the prostate, makin it up
many studs want to put ice hube away
gonna own him get the 'A'
just because yo knees bend imma reccomend?
so you can be livin it up?
knowin nuthin, y'all be bluffin
dont you know where the brown nose goes?
never happen, 'A' fo nuthin
i'll be forever scuttin
they be sleepin here on call
gonna page em wake em all
come-on get yo but up!
fo' a 'nutha work up!
slugs! get yo @$$ in here!
and let's rou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
and let's rou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
chorus"
we doin - Big Pimpin'
we bustin threes
Big Pimpin on protein G's
big pimpin at tha VAMC
its just that Ice Hube, Jiggy G, and BIF P
Big pimpin
do you hear that s3?
big pimpin
now what tha disease
big pimpin and we cant be pleased
cause we be ice hub, jiggy G and BIF P
Jiggy G:
it's tha' Childrens' Pediatrician thug
boot that studs then give the kids a hug
make a doctor up offa sorry slug
then give my Mormonbrau a chug
Peds are soft they said in days befo'
until i learned to pimp like a pro
now every time, every place, every where i go
i start pimpin' they say "i dont know"
these punks think that we dont know
mo' than a little bit -
that we don't pimp on much but tha little sh%#$
but if you catch a lick when i pimp
then it wont be a little hit
go read a book you illiterate son of a git
and step up yo' knowledge son
where did you go to college? A&M?
call home and tell mom yo're garbage
BIF P:
Passin out, throwin up, peein blood in ta cup
none of my slugs have a clue
neither do i to tell tha truth
that wont stop me pimpin round
gettin nothing puttin em down
if he guess - make him fall
slugs i can't f@## wich yall
if i wasn't roundin daily
i'd be home my family'd hate me
pimpin, scuttin bustin baby
talkin trash to my lady
but i have you slugs to burn
your MD - tryin to earn
sure the training could be softer
everybody'd be a doctor
Chorus:
we doin - Big Pimpin'
we bustin threes
Big Pimpin on nephrology
big pimpin at tha VAMC
its just that Ice Hube, Jiggy G, and BIF P
Big Pimpin'
going into FP?
big pimpin'
that dont suprise me!
big pimpin and we cant be pleased
cause we be ice hube, jiggy g, and bif P
if you are really bored and want i t- i can post an mp3 of the song. .. .i am bored - can you tell.
i should mention that the Mormonbrau referenced is a reference to another skit in the senior film. . . had to do with them banning EtOH on campus so the only booze to drink was good ol Mormon beer - spring water! eheh. heh. . he...ahem - k so all the jokes cant be good - you have got to expect that every once in a while.
RadSpouse's Spouse.
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Hehe...that was good. 
