Monday, April 4, 2011

Rules are Made to be Broken - Unfortunately


We in the world of academic medicine have a just a few simple rules that we hope to be followed.

1. When the weather is crap, so is clinic show-rate.  BROKEN today.

2. When a clinic is cancelled, I wish to be left alone to do whatever else I need to do, which may or may not be work related. BROKEN today.

3. If I am called while on call to come see you in the emergency room, I expect you to show up for your follow up appointment. BROKEN today.

4. Consults should be legitimate. Asking me to see your patient to evaluate for a condition which we already know the patient has does not count. BROKEN today.

I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones which stand out for the day.

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