KevinMD January 24, 2025
“Are you the medical student?” the resident asked me in between bites of his vegetable lo mein. We were in the hospital conference room, and I was sitting at the table by the projection screen while he was scarfing down a quick meal before the noon lecture. “Actually, I’m the attending,” I replied. He paused with fork in hand and turned beet red. “Sorry,” he murmured.
I couldn’t blame him for his mistake. I was wearing an open-collar shirt without a white coat and carrying my personal items in a backpack; I even had my helmet resting on the table after bicycling to work that morning.
As a young faculty member at an academic medical center, I am routinely reminded...
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