•••quote:•••Originally posted by BeeGee:
•Surgeons are a very methodical and deliberate type of physician. They are highly ritualistic and believe strongly in complete ORDER. For a patient to allow a surgeon to operate on them requires complete trust and is an incredible responsibility placed upon that surgeon. This is not the time that the patient wants a surgeon to be lax or cool, to make jokes, or think up witty, cute, and funny things to say. These sick patients want the most highly skilled surgeon available to repair their ailment. No one can honestly say that a patient presenting to the ER with 10/10 RLQ pain + Nausea + Vomiting really gives a crap about getting the warmest, nicest, and fuzziest surgeon in the hospital to help them. They want the most capable SURGEON around. I am going to be more than honored to enter the Match for Surgery next year. So if being a PRICK encompasses being the best qualified for the job... I'll be that PRICK and believe me that your patients, your parents, or you would want that type of PRICK operating on them at 3:30am.•••••Wow, have any of you guys ever wathced PATCH ADAMS? This quote is almost right from the movie...and for those of you who haven't seem it I'll summarize what Patch responds...
"The funny thing is that you think you have to be a prick in order to get things done. And even more telling is that you think this is a NEW concept"
In summary PRICK does not equal GREAT SURGEON, even if there are a lot of prick surgeons out there.