Physicians’ social media criticism of trainees sparks controversy

KevinMD August 7, 2024
Jonathan Cohen, MD

In the past two weeks, there have been two social media posts, one from a resident physician and another from an attending physician, criticizing trainees. The resident was critical of a trainee’s inability to identify anatomical structures in the operating room, while the attending physician was entertained by a trainee who mistakenly wore a shoe cover as a scrub hat, with a photo of it included in the post. As of my writing, both posts have been taken down, presumably in response to the overwhelming backlash generated. Screenshots of both posts were taken and are still circulating, proving once again that nothing online ever truly disappears. Neither of the posts identified the trainees involved; the post with the photo shows...

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