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September 03, 2008

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KP

You HAVE to become attending and teach your wisdom to med students, residents. Instead of those ivory tower geeks who care more about research. I have learned more from reading your blog than I ever from any of my attendings save one.

Samantha

For me, another good quality would be the ability to work well with the people beneath you. I have spent four years as an administrative person in a military hospital, and that experience taught me a lot about how to interact with everyone. Just because you outrank me/have more experience doesn't mean that you need to talk to me like I have no idea what's going on. I can read charts, and I am probably the one that processed the admissions paperwork. I'm asking questions because I want to know the answer to store it for future use, so that if this happens again, maybe I can be standing there with paperwork all ready to go, or the room prepped for whatever, or just relay something correctly. Maybe I'm wrong in my assessment, but doesn't everyone within the clinic or the ward contribute to a good working environment? Obviously, there's only so much that I can do, as I'm not a nurse or doctor, but if it's a busy day, doesn't every little bit count?
Then again, when I started to leave this comment, I meant that if you're higher on the ladder than someone else, don't talk down to that person. The little guy might know something you could find helpful.

Kim

Amen. I'm reading through your archives and have been trying to hold in my comments until I'm more current, but had to respond to this. I'm a social worker in a large, tertiary care hospital--and this post, particularly the pieces about flexibility in communication and unruffleability, totally hits the nail on the head.
Also, I'm in career transition to become a CNM and am LOVING your birth stories and the series on childbirth philosophy.

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