KevinMD November 25, 2024
Are you a medical student or resident rotating through new parts of the hospital? Then it’s a good time for some nuts-and-bolts advice about what you should wear on your upcoming rotations.
No, it’s not about looking like a doctor (whatever that is). It’s not about whether patients like white coats or not. Or whether white coats carry germs. It’s not about style and personal expression. It’s about how to have a wardrobe appropriate for the vicissitudes of life in the hospital and medical clinic. I want you to be able and ready to take great care of patients, as well as yourself.
Let’s start with hair. If you’re going to really examine a patient, and I mean lean over...