White Coat - Baller or corny?

[Baron Samedi]

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Okay so a classmate of mine is freakin' obsessed with the idea of wearing her white coat all the time because she thinks they look cool. I think they look dumb, and now since OT, PT, PA, and NP wear them they don't really mean a whole lot.

Just wanted to see what the Pre-Allo thought on this tradition is?

 

[RogueUnicorn]

the short ones look dumpy anyway

 

[IDoIt4Love]

the short ones look dumpy anyway

it does depend on the length, that's true. a couple inches below the hips and they're pretty awesome.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Well, the white coat is baller in the sense that you can give all your patients a baller set of diseases from it. I personally think the white coat should be reserved for non-patient interactions and graduation. That being said, I like them as a historical symbol and a metaphor.

 

[Electronegative]

Where I volunteer even secretaries with no medical training wear white coats.


EN

 

[bold text]

The white coat is stupid, it's the MD or DO behind your name that gives you the baller status.

 

[twocentnews]

The white coat is stupid, it's the MD or DO behind your name that gives you the baller status.

👍👍

 

[Chemdude]

Seems baller...

 

[orthomyxo]

My God, don't these people who think white coats are awesome have labs at their fricken school?? At mine we all wear long white coats and it really isn't cool at all.

 

[IDoIt4Love]

ew i'm not talking about the crappy paper coats you have to wear in the lab at school or as a lab tech in a hospital! i'm talking the well made cloth ones...

 

[orthomyxo]

ew i'm not talking about the crappy paper coats you have to wear in the lab at school or as a lab tech in a hospital! i'm talking the well made cloth ones...

They aren't paper (wtf?). They're white cloth, and mine better have been well made for $40 😡

 

[RogueUnicorn]

ew i'm not talking about the crappy paper coats you have to wear in the lab at school or as a lab tech in a hospital! i'm talking the well made cloth ones...

don't know what kind of hospital you work at, but the ones i got are heavy as hell. still don't wear them, they just get in my way.

 

[Baron Samedi]

My God, don't these people who think white coats are awesome have labs at their fricken school?? At mine we all wear long white coats and it really isn't cool at all.

Exactly. I had my fill of white coats with the stain-covered, super stuffy coats that never fit correctly during dissections at undergrad.

 

[Hifey]

well in undergrad lab, they're a lot more baller than my black tarp lab apron that I decided to keep so I wouldnt have to buy the coat.

I like the gesture when they actually mean something/are embroidered with school name or name/degree, however, I know I'm probably gonna look aweful cause they have no shape.

 

[Hirudo]

I got in trouble for not wearing mine at work.

 

[orthomyxo]

I got in trouble for not wearing mine at work.

I lol'd at your avatar.

 

[just one]

I'm gonna wear mine in the bedroom........but probably not with the "for hire" guests since I try to keep my identity anonymous with them

 

[deleted238468]

I personally really dislike wearing white lab coats ( I work in a lab and have to wear them all the time. :/)

Also, since the Grey's Anatomy finale aired (I know, I know, it's not like real life at all) makes me want to wear them even less.

 

[chman]

well in undergrad lab, they're a lot more baller than my black tarp lab apron that I decided to keep so I wouldnt have to buy the coat.

I like the gesture when they actually mean something/are embroidered with school name or name/degree, however, I know I'm probably gonna look aweful cause they have no shape.

Those aprons always make me feel like I am in a bad horror movie. Especially with the gloves.

 

[Perrotfish]

On attendings they are *****ic, pointless, ugly, stuffy, difficult to wash, disease ridden, and barely associated with the profession of medicine anymore. Many attendings don't wear them at all.

On preclinical students they are even more *****ic because in addition to everything stated above you now have to wear them during your preceptor sessions and they deliberately undermine the trust in our profession by causing patients those few patients who still attach meaning to the coat to confuse you for a real doctor.

The above goes for all non-doctors wearing white coats as well, except that, to pile stupidity on top of idiocy, these people are deliberately trying to be confused with doctors.

However on medical students in clinical years (and maybe new residents too) white coats are a blessed source of pockets and therefore a wonderful invention. Without those pockets I cannot express to you how lost you would be. You will carry both a small library and 2 days worth of rations with you at all times and that blessed garment will distribute that obscene weight almost equally across your shoulders while in no way impairing your ability to get at all your documents and reference texts instantly. For that brief period of time in your career white coats are baller.

 

[orthomyxo]

I've seen attendings wearing street clothes. Now that is pretty baller.

Once I was visiting a family member in the hospital and this middle-aged guy walked in the room wearing a green flannel shirt and jeans. We thought he was lost until he introduced himself as Dr. XYZ

 

[MilkmanAl]

A short white coat is proof positive that you don't know jack - definitely not baller.

 

[traitorman]

many of the ER doctors I work with don't wear their white coats at all. but I have to wear mine. its cool when all the patients call me doctor but then I have to correct them when they ask me a specific question

 

[traitorman]

and i agree: short white coats = not baller

 

[Hifey]

Those aprons always make me feel like I am in a bad horror movie. Especially with the gloves.

don't forget the goggles. Which thankfully I haven't had to wear since Orgo. Now I'm wondering though if I should keep them for any labs in med school or if its normal for them not to be used.

I used to feel like I was proclaiming to the world my nerd status. especially with the sexy red lines on my face after lab. 👎

 

[DrYoda]

White coats in general are nothing special, pretty much the whole hospital wears them. The short ones are just plain stupid looking so I particularly dislike those. Post-residency you will not see me wearing a white coat of any kind.

 

[Poliscidoc]

Yall get to wear lab coats in undergrad? We have never worn coats in any of my labs and now I know why I have shirts and shorts with stains all over them.

One of the guys I volunteer with at the hospital wears a long white coat with the cloth knots. It says something like

Name
College
Pre-Med
Class of 2012

This kids also carries around a steth on his neck so as if the coat didn't make him a complete tool

 

[herewego]

When I get mine, I'm not gonna walk around in the street with it on, or think i'm the 2nd coming of christ. I know I'm just a scrub.

That being said, I'm going to really enjoy the ceremony, and it'll be a fantastic day in my life. Just a tangible reminder that my hard work was worth something.

 

[fisticuffs]

Yall get to wear lab coats in undergrad? We have never worn coats in any of my labs and now I know why I have shirts and shorts with stains all over them.

One of the guys I volunteer with at the hospital wears a long white coat with the cloth knots. It says something like

Name
College
Pre-Med
Class of 2012

This kids also carries around a steth on his neck so as if the coat didn't make him a complete tool

Dear God... Maybe he should keep the stethoscope in his ears to help drown out the groans and snickering from those around him with actual credentials.

 

[Simplify]

I lol'd

 

[Hoody]

A short white coat is proof positive that you don't know jack - definitely not baller.

but a doc wearing a long sweeping white coat dragging germs all around is baller right?



smart docs don't wear white coats. or ties.

 

[wolfiemd]

but a doc wearing a long sweeping white coat dragging germs all around is baller right?



smart docs don't wear white coats. or ties.

or clothes

naked or bust.

 

[Hoody]

the patients are already naked. thats about as much as I can handle.

 

[chman]

Yall get to wear lab coats in undergrad? We have never worn coats in any of my labs and now I know why I have shirts and shorts with stains all over them.

One of the guys I volunteer with at the hospital wears a long white coat with the cloth knots. It says something like

Name
College
Pre-Med
Class of 2012

This kids also carries around a steth on his neck so as if the coat didn't make him a complete tool

Wow. That's all I can really muster at the moment.

 

[chman]

don't forget the goggles. Which thankfully I haven't had to wear since Orgo. Now I'm wondering though if I should keep them for any labs in med school or if its normal for them not to be used.

I used to feel like I was proclaiming to the world my nerd status. especially with the sexy red lines on my face after lab. 👎

Mine always fog up, even with the anti fog spray. Hey! There's an idea! Lab goggles with little window wipers...

 

[Hifey]

Mine always fog up, even with the anti fog spray. Hey! There's an idea! Lab goggles with little window wipers...

haha yes! mine did too!

now that I'm done with undergrad, I'm cleaning out cause I have to move and I offered to give them to anyone who needs them for free. Unsurprisingly, no one wants those nasty things. off to the trash they go! woot.

 

[VTBuc]

Yall get to wear lab coats in undergrad? We have never worn coats in any of my labs and now I know why I have shirts and shorts with stains all over them.

One of the guys I volunteer with at the hospital wears a long white coat with the cloth knots. It says something like

Name
College
Pre-Med
Class of 2012

This kids also carries around a steth on his neck so as if the coat didn't make him a complete tool

LOL best part is he probably paid money to have it stitched. And steths aren't cheap.

 

[VTBuc]

Mine always fog up, even with the anti fog spray. Hey! There's an idea! Lab goggles with little window wipers...

Do a 1:10 dilution of Johnson's baby shampoo and rub some on the lenses. It works MUCH better than anti fog spray.

 

[seelee]

Yall get to wear lab coats in undergrad? We have never worn coats in any of my labs and now I know why I have shirts and shorts with stains all over them.

One of the guys I volunteer with at the hospital wears a long white coat with the cloth knots. It says something like

Name
College
Pre-Med
Class of 2012

This kids also carries around a steth on his neck so as if the coat didn't make him a complete tool

Sorry, I am calling BS. I don't think that anyone could be that much of a tool and have the literal **** kicked out of him on a daily basis.

Note I said literal, i.e. there is a pile of **** left on the floor post-beating.

 

[FIREitUP]

On attendings they are *****ic, pointless, ugly, stuffy, difficult to wash, disease ridden, and barely associated with the profession of medicine anymore. Many attendings don't wear them at all.

On preclinical students they are even more *****ic because in addition to everything stated above you now have to wear them during your preceptor sessions and they deliberately undermine the trust in our profession by causing patients those few patients who still attach meaning to the coat to confuse you for a real doctor.

The above goes for all non-doctors wearing white coats as well, except that, to pile stupidity on top of idiocy, these people are deliberately trying to be confused with doctors.

However on medical students in clinical years (and maybe new residents too) white coats are a blessed source of pockets and therefore a wonderful invention. Without those pockets I cannot express to you how lost you would be. You will carry both a small library and 2 days worth of rations with you at all times and that blessed garment will distribute that obscene weight almost equally across your shoulders while in no way impairing your ability to get at all your documents and reference texts instantly. For that brief period of time in your career white coats are baller.

👍👍

 

[Poliscidoc]

Sorry, I am calling BS. I don't think that anyone could be that much of a tool and have the literal **** kicked out of him on a daily basis.

Note I said literal, i.e. there is a pile of **** left on the floor post-beating.

Call BS of you want but def a true story. He paid for it
himself. He wears it with pride, he is your typical pre med dbag. In an earlier post about gunners I was talking about him doing another ******* thing. At the end of our genetics class he gave out his "business card" which says pretty much the same as his coat..


Name
College
Pre-med
major/minor
class of 2012 or 2011 can't remember

 

[orthomyxo]

Call BS of you want but def a true story. He paid for it
himself. He wears it with pride, he is your typical pre med dbag. In an earlier post about gunners I was talking about him doing another ******* thing. At the end of our genetics class he gave out his "business card" which says pretty much the same as his coat..


Name
College
Pre-med
major/minor
class of 2012 or 2011 can't remember

Is that kid serious??? I can't believe a premed bought a steth. WTF does he do with it anyway?

 

[chman]

Call BS of you want but def a true story. He paid for it
himself. He wears it with pride, he is your typical pre med dbag. In an earlier post about gunners I was talking about him doing another ******* thing. At the end of our genetics class he gave out his "business card" which says pretty much the same as his coat..


Name
College
Pre-med
major/minor
class of 2012 or 2011 can't remember

That's the same guy? This guy is one of the biggest douches I have ever heard of. Normally I am rooting for people to get in to med-school, but with this guy I think it would be pretty funny if he didn't.

 

[tremulousNeedle]

... are a blessed source of pockets and therefore a wonderful invention.

I thought the white coats and their pockets were helpful initially. However, for me, I thought that all the crap in my pockets was starting to become a crutch. Now, when I can, I shed the coat. I only take what fits in my front scrub shirt pocket and my back scrubs pants pocket. Travel lightly, travel quickly. That way, everything I need to know in a crammed is right there in my head.

I agree though that coats are useful for the med student early in their clinical years. Otherwise, they are disease spreading crutches that masquerade as status symbols for the arrogant.

 

[morning]

When my sister was in the ICU a couple years ago, some nurse was ragging on me just for being there at 3 am in the morning. I hate to admit it, but I thought he was a doctor simply because of the white coat. People still do assume white coat = doctor, and since anyone who wants to can wear it, I think they ought to be banned for the sake of easing confusion. Either ban the wearing of it by anyone who isn't a doctor, or ban it outright. It's archaic, anyway.

And yes, I think non-doctors wear it out of an inferiority complex. The very next night that same nurse was b$$ching at one of the interns as if he was her boss or something. In my experience, the people who clamor for the white coats have the biggest attitude problems. It might not be so obviously apparent as that one nurse, but you will notice it eventually.

 

[MedMan25]

White coats are lame.

 

[Gifted Hands]

i thought the white coat was the coolest thing since sliced bread...


until I had to start walking around in it & I quickly realized I looked like a tool Def not a ballin' look

 

[FiremedicMike]

*DISCLAIMER* WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE PROGRAM TO WEAR THEM *DISCLAIMER*

When I was in paramedic school, a short white lab coat was a part of our hospital clinical uniform and we were required to wear them. No big deal as usually we were wearing our blue uniform pants and blue FD/EMS looking golf shirt underneath, that is, until it was time for our OB clinicals.. At those, we were told to change into hospital scrubs in case we got messy, and yep, you guessed it, short lab coat over top.

I'll never forget walking in to a room to do an assessment and having a nurse look up at me and say "OK doc, ready to deliver"

I think my reply was something along the lines of "OH HELL NO!"

 

[BBender716]

*DISCLAIMER* WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE PROGRAM TO WEAR THEM *DISCLAIMER*

When I was in paramedic school, a short white lab coat was a part of our hospital clinical uniform and we were required to wear them. No big deal as usually we were wearing our blue uniform pants and blue FD/EMS looking golf shirt underneath, that is, until it was time for our OB clinicals.. At those, we were told to change into hospital scrubs in case we got messy, and yep, you guessed it, short lab coat over top.

I'll never forget walking in to a room to do an assessment and having a nurse look up at me and say "OK doc, ready to deliver"

I think my reply was something along the lines of "OH HELL NO!"

lol

 

[KeyzerSoze]

Call BS of you want but def a true story. He paid for it
himself. He wears it with pride, he is your typical pre med dbag. In an earlier post about gunners I was talking about him doing another ******* thing. At the end of our genetics class he gave out his "business card" which says pretty much the same as his coat..


Name
College
Pre-med
major/minor
class of 2012 or 2011 can't remember

How does he manage to do that? Don't people literally laugh out loud when they see him?