Don ’t be mean: Treat your team members with respect

“Those emergency room residents are f**king retarded!” This was the comment that rang through the workroom.  I had only been on this hospital service for three days, and I was having a discussion about a patient with my attending when the on-call resident had burst into the workroom and sat down next to me. He was fuming. “Why the f*** would they think I need to be consulted for this? Only a f**king retard would think that.” In a few months I will become one of those “f**king retarded ED docs,” and his outburst immediately made me feel defensive. The resident who uttered this phrase knew that I was going into emergency medicine, but he didn’t seem to care that I, or the attending, heard it. The phrasing and vulgarity of the resident’s statement caught my attention more than most affronts, but only because his language was crass — not because the idea of insulting another hospital colleague was new to me. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Education Hospital-Based Medicine Medical school Source Type: blogs