“They have a medical degree but they lack the soul of a doctor, such as simplicity, respect or generosity”, wrote Pacheco Guevarra, member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of the Region of Murcia. “To those R1 we should explain that doctors, nurses, caretakers and assistants work as a team”, affirmed a doctor.
R1s who enter the operating room as if they were demigods and speak badly to the infirmary… It scares me to think what they will be like when they reach assistants…
— I. Coll-Orduña(@CollOrduna) February 22, 2022
While on the other hand, a nurse confessed that on many occasions they seem “they seem subordinate to the doctor”. “We are not your servantseach one has its functions and they are all equally respectable”, he insisted.
“They have a medical degree, but they lack the soul of a doctor”
However, several health professionals have also wanted to emphasize that “there are rude people everywhere and many times doctors are unfairly assumed to be arrogant.” For his part, an emergency physician stated that these attitudes “more than with the year of residence, it has to do with the person.” “The higher you levitate now, the harder the fall will be,” he assured.
Finally, several doctors have also admitted that there are many contrary cases. “The other side of the face, students, R1, R2 and even some R3 I have seen being mistreated by nurses or an assistantespecially those with eternal arrogance,” they wrote.
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