Hierarchy in medicine - a free pass to humiliate?

Today I had to call a the Assistant clinical professor at his medical Center to ask about a patient. He was so pissed that I had introduced myself as, “I’m calling from IM” at the front desk even though to him I introduced myself as a medical student. He kept screaming about how it was dishonest and that no one teaches us about it and then won’t have it when I apologised and repeated what he had asked me to say. He was sO loud and used a very condescending tone. It was so humiliating. I had... Read more
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