toutfour Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I'm looking for some suggestions: At my job I spend some of my time rounding with an inpatient team at a teaching hospital. I normally make sure the residents are doing things correctly, spend some time with patient education and often take responsibility for patients on day of discharge. There is one particular attending that makes the service run horribly. He is a nice guy from southern Italy who likes to talk forever with each patient and seems to each day decide anew what his plans are for the patient. The colloquialism 'herding cats' seems to fit. We can't predict what he is going to order, when a patient might be discharged or whether we'll be done with morning rounds by 5pm. I want to have a talk with him with a perspective of 'please help me help you as I feel underutilized'. I was wondering if anyone out there had any further suggestion on how to manipulate an attending. Herding Cats in NY, -TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 You may want to remove some of specific details. You never know who could be reading this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted June 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2013 talk to head of hospitalist their really needs to be some uniformity in the service....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 We can't predict what he is going to order, when a patient might be discharged or whether we'll be done with morning rounds by 5pm. Thank you for making me lol ... I wish you the best of luck and after a night of proper rest after a 60 hour work week, I might have some suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I'm looking for some suggestions: At my job I spend some of my time rounding with an inpatient team at a teaching hospital. I normally make sure the residents are doing things correctly, spend some time with patient education and often take responsibility for patients on day of discharge. There is one particular attending that makes the service run horribly. He is a nice guy from southern Italy who likes to talk forever with each patient and seems to each day decide anew what his plans are for the patient. The colloquialism 'herding cats' seems to fit. We can't predict what he is going to order, when a patient might be discharged or whether we'll be done with morning rounds by 5pm. I want to have a talk with him with a perspective of 'please help me help you as I feel underutilized'. I was wondering if anyone out there had any further suggestion on how to manipulate an attending. Herding Cats in NY, -TJ Read some old B.F. Skinner stuff. Then fill you lab coat pockets with M&Ms. Every time he makes one gesture in the right direction, smile and hand him an M&M. Try to refrain from saying "good boy" or he might be on to you. Hmm . . . being Italian, maybe a slice of pepperoni might work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 29, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 29, 2013 Hmm . . . being Italian, maybe a slice of pepperoni might work better. OR a horse head in his bed...make him an offer he can't refuse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 So guys do that because they don't realize the problems they are causing and would react well to a private discussion. Others do it because they can. They often react poorly. It's your call which kind this one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpRegulated Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 smile and hand him an M&M. Yeah, but after a while he'll start to salivate every time the OP smiles...that is if I read my Pavlov correctly. Awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic25 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 OR a horse head in his bed...make him an offer he can't refuse.... "Johnny Fontane will never get that thoracentesis!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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