I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings if that’s what occured. Surely, you must understand that when you asked if your co-resident was present during the last case and I said, “I don’t know” I truly meant it. Would it have made you happier if I had lied. You were looking for him, weren’t you? Did it matter if he had been there for the last case since he was so longer present when you walked in? He carries a beeper, does he not? Did it occur to you to use it before grilling me about his whereabouts. Eight cases in, all performed by the attending himself, your dear co-resident had been in snd out. I lost track of which cases he present for and which ones not. I documented times and IV locations for each child. There isn’t a blank purely for the residents, especially if they just look on and don’t take part. I’m not your co-resident’s keeper.
You looked so shocked that I said I didn’t know. Would you rather I had lied and said what you wanted to hear? I would have been mean to you if I’d said what I had wanted to say and offered to pull him out of my pocket for you. But I was honest and you looked so startled. I wonder how you’ve gotten this far in your medical career at all. I didn’t yell at you or ignore you or been smart with you. I wanted to. I didn’t. Someone else would have. Stay away from general surgery.
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