medical lifestyle definitions

[Flynn]

So when I was just posting I was thinking that we all have some "terms" we have made up or heard from other medical spouses to describe the lifestyle we lead or the characters in this line of work.

Disclaimer -- these are not all from me, a few of them are stolen!

For example:

Surgery La La land: I use that when I'm describing the place all surgeons seem to go when they are SO CLUELESS about how their job effects anyone but them, AND they think what they do is nirvana.

Post call mania: awake but not functioning -- eyes are open but not seeing -- if you didn't know better you would think said doc was high on narcotics

Blah Blah attending: used to decsribe an attending who can A.) only talk of medicine and B.) only talk about himself/herself AND medicine
has no idea how to function out of the hospital

tree-doc: someone who will get their MD, finish residency and go off and use their services to help third world countries

He/She's a "Dr. Dick": Urologist

What are your terms????

[DCJenn]

We are currently involved in the:

Unfellowship (nothing friendly or fellowlike about it)

That's all I can think of at the moment, I'm sure there are more.

Jenn

[SueC]

My dh calls urologists "penis machinists", and his good friend, the dermatologist, a "pimple popper"*.
I can't think of the others right now, I'll have to get back to you.



*He only calls his friend that in jest, I swear he isn't a jerk!

*He only calls his friend that in jest, I swear he isn't a jerk!

Sometimes I call DH that -- Pimple Popper MD (from Sienfeld). Especially if I just heard about some sort of pussy gross thing being popped (or whatever the correct medical term is).

A friend of ours who is a hospitalist would always talk about specialties on a penis to brain spectrum. So, as an internist, he leaned to the more "penis" side of things and doing procedures, etc and that is why he is a hospitalist who still toys with doing a critical care fellowship. (Dude, you're done! Step away from the university!)

[migirl]

My dh calls urologists "penis machinists".

Ahem. My DH prefers to be referred to as a "plumber."

He calls internal medicine people "fleas," I guess since they wear their stethoscopes around their necks which look like flea collars.

He calls internal medicine people "fleas," I guess since they wear their stethoscopes around their necks which look like flea collars.

I thought it was because they just hang on to someone...until they're gone.

My dh says pathologists know EVERYTHING, but they do it all a day late.

[houseelf]

radiology= radi-holiday for the cush lifestyle

Kelly