And unfairly or not, it can negatively affect how people perceive you:
Plaintiffs’ attorneys sometimes ask about a doctor’s attire in malpractice depositions, Dr. Rowland said. Her research has also found that physician clothing can influence scores on board certification oral exams, in which a senior doctor assesses a younger doctor’s medical knowledge.
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Not wearing a suit to oral boards is evidence of impaired reality testing and situational awareness.
I am amazed by how little insight some people have on this issue. We grade students on “profesionalism” and that means looking the part.
I’ve reprimanded students and residents about this and been laughted at by other faculty for “making a big deal out of nothing.”
If someone is so out of touch with reality that they can’t wear the correct size scrubs, I don’t want them treating my patients.
One of the ENT fellows (a female, but the title is part of the job) was seeing a patient in the holding area. As she squatted down to the child’s level the tight scrub pants rode down sufficiently to show a whopper of a whale tail. Of course that should not have been much of a surprise as I had previously marveled in the OR at the conspicuous absence of panty lines.
Why are you so intently looking for panty lines?
Just for your info, there are panties designed so they don’t show any pantylines.
If people judge your professionalism by your attire and there is a correlation between their perception of quality and risk of lawsuit, why would anyone not wear a shirt, tie and white lab coat when seeing a patient? That is same as just being obviously rude to the patients–why do it?
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