note to residents who want to be doctors

Do not answer your cell phone and have prolonged conversations in the middle of an exam.
Do not talk to your patients like they are stupid.
Do not look at your patient like they are clueless about why they are there.
And most importantly:
Do not laugh at your patient for being in your office.

I saw a hematologist today. A blood doctor.

You don’t go see a hematologist for a sore throat or a cold, you go because there is something potentially significantly wrong.

So pretend doctors who want to be real doctors, please please please…
DO NOT LAUGH IN YOUR PATIENT’S FACE.