I hate when I answer the phone at work, and the caller immediately asks who they are speaking to and proceeds to use my name throughout their request. It's very patronizing, you don't know me and it doesn't give you any power to say my name ugh. Anyone else experience this?

💸 If you found out a coworker made significantly more than you for the same role, what would you do about it (if anything)?

I just watched a clinician give a patient's family a brutal dose of reality, and half the unit thinks it went too far. The family was completely clinging to unrealistic expectations for a terminal patient, and instead of the usual soft, corporate-approved comfort care phrasing, this provider flat out said they are prolonging suffering, not life. It was incredibly uncomfortable to witness. Where do we draw the line?

Is AI actually saving anyone time? Our facility started using AI to draft our clinical summaries and documentation notes, and it feels incredibly dystopian. The software listens to the patient interaction and automatically populates the chart, but it constantly misses context or uses phrasing that sounds like a corporate robot wrote it. I find myself spending more time editing the smart note to make it accurate than I would have spent just typing it myself.

I am officially calling a truce on the Scrubs vs. Business Casual debate for outpatient clinicians because both sides are missing the point. The older providers in my clinic insist that wearing business casual under a white coat commands respect, while the younger staff just want to wear matching figs and hokas for comfort during an 8-hour shift. I personally think looking like a corporate accountant doesn't make you a better diagnostician. Do you think patients actually judge a provider's competence based on whether they’re wearing khakis or joggers?