Thursday, August 16, 2007

Everything I needed to know about medicine I learned watching ER anyway...

Today, I'm doing an assessment, and this patient is trying to convince me why I need to let him leave rightnow, because of course his being there is completely a mistake and it's all been a big misunderstanding (oh, it always is), and in his attempt to sway me, he says, "Now, I know you went to medical school and I respect that and all, but I made it through a whole year of junior college and I had a B average, so let me tell you...."

Ohhh. Sorry. Here, let me just hand you the keys to the unit. My mistake.

Then again, think maybe he'd take some of my call next week?

3 comments:

Matt Conner said...

Reminds me of Tony Soprano's reaction to his psychiatrist int he first episode: "Hey, I've been through a semester of college. I UNDERSTAND Freud. But..."

Paige said...

Ha---I bet you like that as much as I love my "how to practice law letters" from my incarcerated clients. Now let's see here son...you are in there, I am out here....have you learned nothing about your judgment yet?

They keep things interesting huh?

Paige said...

Ha---I bet you like that as much as I love my "how to practice law letters" from my incarcerated clients. Now let's see here son...you are in there, I am out here....have you learned nothing about your judgment yet?

They keep things interesting huh?

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