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I remember there was a thread a while back that was a discussion over who should get to wear white coats, what should be on them, and who should get called, "Doctor."
This is only my experience, which only represents a hair of the possibilities out there, but....
At Mercy North Iowa, if you wear a white coat they assume you're either a doctor or a nursing instructor. Nursing instructors tend to look more "nursey" and spend more time doing things like chasing patient trays, and talking to lots of young ladies in smocks.
I guess what I'm saying is that it doesn't matter HERE what you have on your coat. I could have, "This guy is a jacka$$" on my coat, and they'd still come up to me while I'm reading computer notes and tell me EF's from Echo's and whatnot.
PT's here also wear white coats, but they spend most of their time walking old people or asking them to swallow so they can watch.
I think the white coat rules don't matter so much, and no matter how many time you tell patients and staff you're a med student, they still call you "doctor." Conversely, no matter how many times you tell patients you're a Docor of WHATEVER, unless you're a pill pusher or a cutter....you're not a doctor.
FUN!
This is only my experience, which only represents a hair of the possibilities out there, but....
At Mercy North Iowa, if you wear a white coat they assume you're either a doctor or a nursing instructor. Nursing instructors tend to look more "nursey" and spend more time doing things like chasing patient trays, and talking to lots of young ladies in smocks.
I guess what I'm saying is that it doesn't matter HERE what you have on your coat. I could have, "This guy is a jacka$$" on my coat, and they'd still come up to me while I'm reading computer notes and tell me EF's from Echo's and whatnot.
PT's here also wear white coats, but they spend most of their time walking old people or asking them to swallow so they can watch.
I think the white coat rules don't matter so much, and no matter how many time you tell patients and staff you're a med student, they still call you "doctor." Conversely, no matter how many times you tell patients you're a Docor of WHATEVER, unless you're a pill pusher or a cutter....you're not a doctor.
FUN!