One drawback to being small and asian and female is that patients refuse to believe I am their doctor. They're convinced I'm their nurse and should therefore be fetching them their blankets, water, food, bedpan etc (which I will do, when not 3rd trimester pregnant and having trouble waddling around doing this while also doing my usual duties). unfortunately, it dings me on customer satisfaction surveys because they actually think they haven't seen a doctor, no matter how many times I tell some of them I really AM their doctor. I've seen people actually walk around and past the white, balding resident caring for them, and ask me to get their mother something to drink (and I won't even know who their mother is).
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Date: 2009-06-18 05:58 pm (UTC)unfortunately, it dings me on customer satisfaction surveys because they actually think they haven't seen a doctor, no matter how many times I tell some of them I really AM their doctor. I've seen people actually walk around and past the white, balding resident caring for them, and ask me to get their mother something to drink (and I won't even know who their mother is).