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- From: oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown)
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- Subject: Re: July deliveries/teaching hospitals (was Re: students/interns at delivery)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:19:00 GMT
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- In article <SKATZ.93Jan22103527@kariba.bbn.com>, skatz@bbn.com (Susan Katz) writes...
- >Most residencies start July 1st. Delivering a baby at a teaching
- >hospital in July can be interesting.
- >
- >I also had a baby in July. I found the residents to be wonderful, so
- >I was lucky. I did have one medical student visit me often during my
- >inducement (it took a while to get started), who was very
- >knowledgeable and very personable. During the transition phase of
- >labor, another med student stopped in.
-
- Just want to point out that residents are like employees of
- the hospital. Medical students/interns are not. It would be
- very difficult (impossible?) to refuse treatment from residents.
- However, there is a big difference between 1st year residents,
- 2nd year residents, 3rd year residents, etc... If someone seems
- really unsure of themselves (pulling out an ob/gyn textbook as
- the previous poster mentioned is a good clue), refuse treatment
- from them and ask for someone more experienced.
-
- In New York State (probably other states too) residents must
- perform a medical procedure X number of times (it varies) under
- supervision from a doctor, before they are credentialed to
- perform the procedure on their own. So it sounds very peculiar
- to me that a resident would have such trouble putting in an
- internal monitor. They should be able to efficiently and
- correctly perform any procedures they are authorized to do.
- Also, they are not supposed to do anything they are NOT
- authorized to do (and can get in mucho big trouble for doing
- things without proper authorization). The resident fumbling and
- pulling out a textbook makes no sense to me.
-
- In New York State medical students may be credentialed to perform
- some very basic procedures, like putting in an IV, but they are
- there mainly to observe. You can certainly refuse treatment from
- medical students, or ask that they not be present.
-
- - Peggy -
-