Don’t be mean: Treat your team members with respect

“Those emergency room residents are f**king retarded!” This was the comment that rang through the workroom.  I had only been on this hospital service for three days, and I was having a discussion about a patient with my attending when the on-call resident had burst into the workroom and sat down next to me. He was fuming.

“Why the f*** would they think I need to be consulted for this? Only …

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