Congratulations all around, I am looking forward to working with you guys. My wife and I are psyched to be moving Midwest.This is going to sound silly...
Since we have to wear suits to work (something I am not used to at all), where to we keep our cheat-sheets, books (on call, etc.) and PDAs? How often do we get to wear labcoats?
Art
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Not silly at all. I'm sure the thought of no pockets has crossed the minds of many others. In fact, someone at my interview asked about it. You get to wear white coats and scrubs on call days, which is when you really need those pocket books. Otherwise, there are supposed to be reference books all over the place.
Love the picture!
I'm very much a "white coat" kind of guy, and was concerned about the pocket issue as well when I rotated at Mayo for a month. I ended up dropping down to just carrying a PDA for reference material anyway, which actually fits best into a coat breast pocket (without a case vs. in a clunky case and then into a white coat pocket). I just hand carried a copy of the daily census and sometimes an H&P with me as at the time I thought putting stuff in my coat's outer pockets looked bad (although I saw residents doing it all the time). The steth went around my neck, just like I do when I wear a white coat. Reference books, journal articles, my lunch, etc went in the team room. The funny thing is, when I got back to my home school and went back to wearing a white coat I actually missed the suit and wasn't sure what to do with all the pockets. A friend who also rotated down there said the same thing.
when i did a neuro clerkship there, i bought a black bag (like for a computer) and kept my reflex hammers etc in it...you can tell everyone it's a "european carry-all" if you don't want it to seem purse-y ;)
I completely agree with Andy's post. Like him, I did a one month rotation at Mayo, and while initially I felt like I would be leaving my life behind in my white coat, the transition was pretty smooth. When I returned to my white coat, it felt plain wierd. I wasn't sure what to keep in my pockets anymore. To this date, my white coat doesn't have too much in its pockets... could never get back to my old habit of stuffing my pockets. Most of the time, you will see me ditching my white coat and running around with just my steth around my neck. That said, you do get to wear scrubs and white coats on call and post call days.
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