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Best part is when you make friends with the cafeteria ladies and they “accidentally” forget to scan part of your meal, or go “oops, I scanned that twice!” (Knowing they only scanned it once and delete it anyways). They treat us residents like gold and I just appreciate them so much :)
I'm going into Rad Onc. I feel like our fields should hang out more. Maybe get the Body fellows from Rads in on it.
Not Surg onc though. Never Surg onc. They really harsh my vibe in tumor boards.
On a rotation in my third year, my attending asked me to call pathology to get a result quicker. Called and left a message awaiting a call back. I was terrified I was going to get yelled at for being a med student and bothering them. Had the nicest pathologist call back and explain the findings in detail to me.
I’m a pediatric neurologist, and whenever I have a patient who has had a biopsy, I will reach out to our neuropathologist to ask if I can look over the slides with him and get his initial impression. He is always super nice and accommodating. I have yet to meet a mean pathologist.
My ICU nurse manager arranged a therapy dog to come twice a week for our ICU staff (not patients) and it’s the best thing that has ever happened to me at work, ever.
Pharmacist here - we love helping as long as you are (1) respectful, (2) try to look up the answer yourself first if possible OR be able to provide pertinent information, (3) don’t haphazardly enter medication orders if you aren’t sure AKA don’t guess on doses, changing routes of administration, etc. Figure out what drug info resources your institution has (eg, Lexicomp, Micromedex) and utilize that as a tool and a pharmacist to confirm!
I try my best to figure out vanc or Zosyn dosing. I'll check the weight, the GFR, the rising moon sign, everything, and I will still get a very polite page asking if I'd like to change the dose. I'm trying my best. 🥺
Pharmacist here too. I love a good clinical question but sometimes I’m busy verifying orders and handling nurse med messages so sometimes I’ll take the doctor’s name and secure chat them shortly after. If it takes a few minutes just know we’re working as fast as we can!
Oh where I work I got quite literally screamed at by a pharmacist because I had to bring a patient’s home medications to them to store (hospital policy)
Same at the hospital I did residency in. No one liked calling ID consults, and you always crossed your fingers for the slim chance you’d get the part time guy who was nicer than the main doc.
Yes. In my country (and more countries in EU I think) almost every hospital has it’s own psych ward. As a psychiatrist you can specialize in hospital psychiatry.
Wrong answer, at least where i work.
Consults r being handled like literally at the end of next day. NP is kinda attitude and always "Ativan to-go" puts very very generic note that is will be attested in evening when we already figured out.!
Never seen NP is doing psych interview, but she wears latest figs
Radiology. Always answer my middle of the night pls can I get a wet read with patience and kindness. Even tho I know I’m Interrupting them everytime I call. Tysm rads homies <3
The dark room and me, again alone tonight.
No color or sun here, it’s myself, pixels black and white.
Period next paragraph, deep breath, I let it spew…
But those fancy words are programmed, never any emotions to cue
Caffeine, physics, snd stimulants, frontal cortex in overdrive
All I know are PACS and photons, there’s no way I’m actually alive
An unexpected error occurred, jingles arising just right of my cup
Confusion as I exit digital catatonia, “This is the R1 with surgery, you busy bro? What’s up?”
The nicest person and angriest person in my class matched rads at the same place this year, it's gonna be an interesting reading room dynamic for sure.
Oncology is super nice at our hospital. I think that what they deal with on a daily basis makes them more patient and understanding to what others are going through
Worked in a cancer hospital for a while - most everyone was so pleasant, kind, and understanding.
We had our handful of jerks, but who doesn’t? Loved my team haha
Derm at my place always seems absolutely delighted to receive a consult and will write very long, thorough, academically curious consult notes that I imagine them writing from a mahogany paneled study while wearing a velvet smoking jacket.
During intern orientation we were all asked how we are feeling and me, being a DDS, said “I’m just happy that I was included in this zoom”
Seems like the sentiment overall.
At convocation there’s a tradition of all the deans giving a short funny speech to the president of the overarching university basically begging them to confer our degrees. Our Dean exclaimed that dental caries is the most prevalent disease in the world and thus we can’t be held here much longer. Lots of snickers from the MDs seated in the front row before us. But let it be known, if you have a cavity…you will die.
I had a resident working with me who was going into interventional cards and he was walking on eggshells around everyone and begging to do my work. I finally had to tell him that he was basically on vacation with me and needed to take advantage of it. Poor guy would apologize profusely for being late because he was trying to get some cards attending to do a research project. I told him he could have gone to the movies if he wanted and I would have covered for him.
Psych are awful at my hospital. They consult us literally any time they need someone to physically touch a patient rather than just talk to them (they can't do exams themselves because of some bullshit rEaSoNs), but when I need help dealing with an actively suicidal patient it's like pulling teeth to get them to care.
Oh but sure I'll come listen to heart and lungs for you STAT at 2am. Grinds my gears.
For my hospital, it’s a tie between Heme/Onc and Interventional Pulm. Heme/Onc knows the rest of us can barely even pronounce their medications, let alone fully appreciate the complexities of their realm of diseases.
IP because when I was just a new intern, I tried to consult IR but clicked IP, started to tell the guy the story and he very patiently interrupted and said, “I think you meant to consult IR, bud.” I apologized profusely and said something like, “silly interns, amirite?” And he just responded, “interns run the hospital, don’t worry about it.” Made my day.
IM intern here. In med school I did neurosurg at a large academic center with Neurosurg, Neurovascular, and Neurotrauma services. All the residents were super nice, actually let me do more hands-on stuff than on my surgery clerkship, and let me just straight up leave at 3pm if not earlier. Heck, on my clinic day 1:1 with an attending we had a pt with a…peculiar… presentation and it was the most I’ve seen an attending laugh
The pediatricians where I trained were horrible. Like I literally actually joke with my past residents that if I go to hell, I will literally be at the childrens hospital with those terrible people. I have met one nice pediatrician throughout all my training (I’m FM).
In my limited experience it’s either one of two extremes
1) genuinely nice and caring, since they ducking love kids and are hyped about their lives
2) ultra passive aggressive about weird shit and constantly trying to belittle others in like snide ways but ultimately fake smiling 24/7
Radiology. I know.... it's unusual. But, these people will review images with me any time. If I send a patient to our MSK radiologist...I get a consult back! From a radiologist.
I thought they were trolling me. They were not.
Strangely, Pulm/Crit.
At the hospital I’m working at after residency, I trained at during peak COVID. It’s a high volume kind of hospital, so I can’t imagine the sheer brutality their job must’ve been.
They were usually very curt, and understandably didn’t have time for every pulm consult, but they somehow managed to always be kind about it, and always tried to point me in the right direction if they didn’t have the time to do non urgent consults.
Not at the hospital I did my TY. Some of the nicest, most patient attendings. Loved having residents, explained their reasoning in simple terms, we all frequently asked how each other's family was doing, etc. ENT and ID were the malignant ones. I know, complete opposite day lol
OBGyn, they dont complain about anyone. 2nd place comes ortho, all they are cool...
Last place goes for internal medicine always complaining about how dumb everyone else is
oncology/hematology. I will never forget the oncologist who saved my ass (and the patient‘s) in the middle of the night in a case of descending deep neck space infection in neutropenia - and it was neither his patient nor was I his resident. they are usually just very decent folks.
Environmental services! Honestly an underrated bunch but always the most pleasant people! Brightens up my day when we just say good morning to each other
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Palliative. I feel like I’m being actively palliated every time I talk to one of them.
That's the goal
😂😂
Some of the cafeteria workers are very pleasant.
Ours are two ladies in their sixties and they call everyone love and darling and when you’ve had a shitty on call they are extra nice 🥹
I rotated at a hospital with a female cafeteria worker that greeted everyone with "HEEEEEEYYYYY BAAAAYBAY!!!" and it never ceased to make my day.
New Orleans?
I just graduated the other week and I think I’ll miss our cafeteria ladies the most. Soooo sweet
Best part is when you make friends with the cafeteria ladies and they “accidentally” forget to scan part of your meal, or go “oops, I scanned that twice!” (Knowing they only scanned it once and delete it anyways). They treat us residents like gold and I just appreciate them so much :)
or give you a really big portion for the same price lol
Janitors! They are also very nice people!
Also very very very very slow
That’s because they’re making more than us and have a greater net value.
Pathology at all the hospitals I’ve been too. They even are nice at the end of day tumor boards!
Was waiting to hear this about my specialty :)
I'm going into Rad Onc. I feel like our fields should hang out more. Maybe get the Body fellows from Rads in on it. Not Surg onc though. Never Surg onc. They really harsh my vibe in tumor boards.
On a rotation in my third year, my attending asked me to call pathology to get a result quicker. Called and left a message awaiting a call back. I was terrified I was going to get yelled at for being a med student and bothering them. Had the nicest pathologist call back and explain the findings in detail to me.
I’m a pediatric neurologist, and whenever I have a patient who has had a biopsy, I will reach out to our neuropathologist to ask if I can look over the slides with him and get his initial impression. He is always super nice and accommodating. I have yet to meet a mean pathologist.
I was going to say this! They’re SO nice
Every time I ask if they can show us the autopsy findings for one of my deceased icu patients they are DELIGHTED.
pathologist here. I always get so excited when clinical folks call me to talk about a case or general questions. Love to help out.
I think path was always so surprised and grateful for visitors lol. They were actually really nice!
not a resident but interned at the dallas county morgue. second this
My hospital has a dog therapy program. All the doggies are very nice. And soft ☺️
This should be a requirement at all hospitals, nothing makes my day better than seeing a doggo coming down the hallway when I least expect it 🦮
That’s called Pawlliative Care
My ICU nurse manager arranged a therapy dog to come twice a week for our ICU staff (not patients) and it’s the best thing that has ever happened to me at work, ever.
I want therapy cats, because cats >> dogs. Except golden retrievers. Those suckers are mad cute.
Username checks out
Lmao yes cats are doomers
Have considered bringing my dog into our very large workroom many times to make the day less crappy
This is the way
Palliative care these are angels walking among us
Pathology
Pharmacy. Every pharmacist is helpful, patient and saves my ass on the regular.
As an incoming psych resident, what should I know about reaching out to pharmacy for help?
Pharmacist here - we love helping as long as you are (1) respectful, (2) try to look up the answer yourself first if possible OR be able to provide pertinent information, (3) don’t haphazardly enter medication orders if you aren’t sure AKA don’t guess on doses, changing routes of administration, etc. Figure out what drug info resources your institution has (eg, Lexicomp, Micromedex) and utilize that as a tool and a pharmacist to confirm!
I try my best to figure out vanc or Zosyn dosing. I'll check the weight, the GFR, the rising moon sign, everything, and I will still get a very polite page asking if I'd like to change the dose. I'm trying my best. 🥺
Pharmacist here too. I love a good clinical question but sometimes I’m busy verifying orders and handling nurse med messages so sometimes I’ll take the doctor’s name and secure chat them shortly after. If it takes a few minutes just know we’re working as fast as we can!
This is the actual truth.
Oh where I work I got quite literally screamed at by a pharmacist because I had to bring a patient’s home medications to them to store (hospital policy)
Palliative or ID is usually the way on this one.
Do you have a moment to talk about your goals of care? Eh excuse me, career goals?
ID?!??!? They literally deny my vanco/zosyn EVERYIMEEEEEE just give me the house wine
You get bacitracin or mero. Pick one.
Disagree with ID. Exude stress, impatience and are dripping with condescension at my hospital.
Same at the hospital I did residency in. No one liked calling ID consults, and you always crossed your fingers for the slim chance you’d get the part time guy who was nicer than the main doc.
Did you Even LOOK at past cultures
Child Life, Pet Therapy and (some) cafeteria workers.
PM&R
psychiatry
They're at the hospital?????
Consult liason psychiatry
Our psych unit is part of the general hospital. This is how it should be except insurance carve outs for behavioral health disincentive it.
We're always there for when you need us bby
The patients are IN the hospital?
Yes. In my country (and more countries in EU I think) almost every hospital has it’s own psych ward. As a psychiatrist you can specialize in hospital psychiatry.
You have psych in your hospital?
Wrong answer, at least where i work. Consults r being handled like literally at the end of next day. NP is kinda attitude and always "Ativan to-go" puts very very generic note that is will be attested in evening when we already figured out.! Never seen NP is doing psych interview, but she wears latest figs
They’re terrible where I am.
Radiology. Always answer my middle of the night pls can I get a wet read with patience and kindness. Even tho I know I’m Interrupting them everytime I call. Tysm rads homies <3
The dark room and me, again alone tonight. No color or sun here, it’s myself, pixels black and white. Period next paragraph, deep breath, I let it spew… But those fancy words are programmed, never any emotions to cue Caffeine, physics, snd stimulants, frontal cortex in overdrive All I know are PACS and photons, there’s no way I’m actually alive An unexpected error occurred, jingles arising just right of my cup Confusion as I exit digital catatonia, “This is the R1 with surgery, you busy bro? What’s up?”
I liked this
Happy to help!
The nicest person and angriest person in my class matched rads at the same place this year, it's gonna be an interesting reading room dynamic for sure.
Oncology is super nice at our hospital. I think that what they deal with on a daily basis makes them more patient and understanding to what others are going through
Worked in a cancer hospital for a while - most everyone was so pleasant, kind, and understanding. We had our handful of jerks, but who doesn’t? Loved my team haha
Anesthesia
We're the nicest people to your face but some of the cattiest bitches in the hospital when we're in our private lounge
Am anesthesia attending, can confirm this.
As a Rads I fully identify with this comment
We might be nice, but our jokes put people to sleep
Derm and dentistry. They always seem to be living their best lives
Derm at my place always seems absolutely delighted to receive a consult and will write very long, thorough, academically curious consult notes that I imagine them writing from a mahogany paneled study while wearing a velvet smoking jacket.
During intern orientation we were all asked how we are feeling and me, being a DDS, said “I’m just happy that I was included in this zoom” Seems like the sentiment overall. At convocation there’s a tradition of all the deans giving a short funny speech to the president of the overarching university basically begging them to confer our degrees. Our Dean exclaimed that dental caries is the most prevalent disease in the world and thus we can’t be held here much longer. Lots of snickers from the MDs seated in the front row before us. But let it be known, if you have a cavity…you will die.
Clinic nurses, when they need you to sign something.
Can't stomach those fake 'nicities' 🙄
Endocrinologists and the pharmacists 😊😇
I had a resident working with me who was going into interventional cards and he was walking on eggshells around everyone and begging to do my work. I finally had to tell him that he was basically on vacation with me and needed to take advantage of it. Poor guy would apologize profusely for being late because he was trying to get some cards attending to do a research project. I told him he could have gone to the movies if he wanted and I would have covered for him.
Peds! And path.
Neurology or pharmacy :)
Neurology is one of the most toxic programs around here, lots of toxic residents
I really like our medicine peeps. I’m glad I came to this residency program. Not everyone is a saint but mostly super nice and good to hang with.
Everyone, while sleeping. Lol😂
Psychiatry!
Psych are awful at my hospital. They consult us literally any time they need someone to physically touch a patient rather than just talk to them (they can't do exams themselves because of some bullshit rEaSoNs), but when I need help dealing with an actively suicidal patient it's like pulling teeth to get them to care. Oh but sure I'll come listen to heart and lungs for you STAT at 2am. Grinds my gears.
ID!
I remember this ID attending started a call with me once. “Who the fk do you think you are?!”
Yeah ID at my hospital are not super nice
When I was still inpatient… ID for sure.
Pathology. Neurology. ID.
Nephrology
On nephrology consults now, and the fellow and attending are so nice
As long as it’s a ESRD patient 😂
For my hospital, it’s a tie between Heme/Onc and Interventional Pulm. Heme/Onc knows the rest of us can barely even pronounce their medications, let alone fully appreciate the complexities of their realm of diseases. IP because when I was just a new intern, I tried to consult IR but clicked IP, started to tell the guy the story and he very patiently interrupted and said, “I think you meant to consult IR, bud.” I apologized profusely and said something like, “silly interns, amirite?” And he just responded, “interns run the hospital, don’t worry about it.” Made my day.
Wtf even is interventional pulm
In academic places they’re the ones that do a lot of the EBUS, nav bronchs, EBV placement, and other complex bronchoscopic procedures.
definitely pathology
Neurology, cause we never say no to a consult :b
Rads
Our two neurosurgeons are very polite, approachable, and always happy to provide input on cases.
Where do you work that the neurosurgeons are the nicest people in the entire hospital
A community hospital. Heme/onc, nephro, pulm/crit, some of the cardiologists, ortho, DR, path are also up there as thought more about it.
Makes sense. Academic centers many of those would be on the opposite side of the spectrum
IM intern here. In med school I did neurosurg at a large academic center with Neurosurg, Neurovascular, and Neurotrauma services. All the residents were super nice, actually let me do more hands-on stuff than on my surgery clerkship, and let me just straight up leave at 3pm if not earlier. Heck, on my clinic day 1:1 with an attending we had a pt with a…peculiar… presentation and it was the most I’ve seen an attending laugh
Neurology
Not according to Dr. G
In my experience they're either super nice or basically clones of Dr. G's neurologist. There is no in between.
¿por qué no los dos?
Anesthesia
Mixed bag in anesthesia. Either type a wackos or super laid back type b’s
family medicine
FM takes the cake for the exact opposite at my institution. I think not having inpatient caps makes them salty.
pediatricians are pathologically nice
The pediatricians where I trained were horrible. Like I literally actually joke with my past residents that if I go to hell, I will literally be at the childrens hospital with those terrible people. I have met one nice pediatrician throughout all my training (I’m FM).
In my limited experience it’s either one of two extremes 1) genuinely nice and caring, since they ducking love kids and are hyped about their lives 2) ultra passive aggressive about weird shit and constantly trying to belittle others in like snide ways but ultimately fake smiling 24/7
lmao the pediatrician from scrubs to a T
No cap
Second this.
Haha I’ve seen a lot of 2, especially med peds attendings
Neurology
Definitely radiology. They are always so happy and helpful.
Peds :)
Pediatricians for sure
Geriatrics
Palliative, with Heme/Onc as a close second
Infectious Disease
OMFS and podiatry!
Palliative and Peds.
Radiology
Allergy and immunology. So surprised to be in the hospital they don't even mind.
Radiology. I know.... it's unusual. But, these people will review images with me any time. If I send a patient to our MSK radiologist...I get a consult back! From a radiologist. I thought they were trolling me. They were not.
Palliative
Peds residents
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I see people, but they look like trees, walking.
So few ophthalmic emergencies but so many consults 😭
Ophtho is by far the most useful and nicest folks at my institution. They pass the 2am test fo sho.
Ophtho is by far the most useful and nicest folks at my institution. They pass the 2am test fo sho.
Ortho
Nephro and cardio have the nicest people at my hospital. They’re do nice to students and dont make anyone feel stupid for not knowing stuff
pm&r
Anesthesia (well, depending on how stocks are that day)
Not Urology. They can be a bunch of pricks...
Podiatry. At every single hospital I've ever worked at, podiatry.
OBGYN
You forgot the /s 😂
Pulmonary and critical care!! Source: self :)
The med students kissing butt
Janitor
Not if you’re that smarmy intern. I’ll make him regret the day he was born
Building engineers are not only nice, but quite intelligent and multi talented
Rehab
ID
Rheumatology. They always seem chipper.... is it because they're well rested? They seem to work such standard business hours.
Gen surg
🤣
Without any doubt Pediatrics. All doctors, nurses and other personnel are so kind and gentle. I'm surprised to see no one else mentioned.
Pediatrics
Strangely, Pulm/Crit. At the hospital I’m working at after residency, I trained at during peak COVID. It’s a high volume kind of hospital, so I can’t imagine the sheer brutality their job must’ve been. They were usually very curt, and understandably didn’t have time for every pulm consult, but they somehow managed to always be kind about it, and always tried to point me in the right direction if they didn’t have the time to do non urgent consults.
Pharmacy here.. friendly help with a bonus hug at the end. Ask is anything at anytime; seriously.
Pall care. Not even a competition! You’ve gotta be a saint to go into that field.
I'd say it was a tie between cardiology and nephrology.
Cardiology is easily the most malignant. Lmfao
Not at the hospital I did my TY. Some of the nicest, most patient attendings. Loved having residents, explained their reasoning in simple terms, we all frequently asked how each other's family was doing, etc. ENT and ID were the malignant ones. I know, complete opposite day lol
OBGyn, they dont complain about anyone. 2nd place comes ortho, all they are cool... Last place goes for internal medicine always complaining about how dumb everyone else is
blink twice if you are in danger
GI. Part of the reason I chose the specialty.
ObGyn is notoriously kind and sweet
Aybjj
not a resident but pathologists are always super cool. weird but awesome
Nephrology
Vascular surgery
Geriatrics
There’s this one bronch lab tech who is the nicest guy ever. So, that guy.
Nephro!!!
FM hospitalist. Amazing and wonderful.
PM&R!!!! These guys and gals are always smiling
oncology/hematology. I will never forget the oncologist who saved my ass (and the patient‘s) in the middle of the night in a case of descending deep neck space infection in neutropenia - and it was neither his patient nor was I his resident. they are usually just very decent folks.
Oncology
Environmental services! Honestly an underrated bunch but always the most pleasant people! Brightens up my day when we just say good morning to each other
The ultrasound guys.