tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post5683549905606895869..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: specialise??Bongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-67111105407369578252008-10-15T16:13:00.000+02:002008-10-15T16:13:00.000+02:00Be happy you aren't a "general internist". Now yo...Be happy you aren't a "general internist". Now you would be called a primary care doctor, be paid less than a nurse and get no respect at all.Toni Brayer, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258759363309666629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-45326139513787735932008-10-08T04:29:00.000+02:002008-10-08T04:29:00.000+02:00I have the opposite problem. Being a general surg...I have the opposite problem. Being a general surgeon, with a subspecialty in hand surgery, I am sad that my group has hired me purely for hand surgery. I ADORE general sx, and have missed it terribly over the past 3.5 years. <BR/><BR/>And I totally understand the thing about blinking, blank stares when you tell people you are a general surgeon. Sometimes it's easier to just say surgeon, but inevitably, the question, "What kind?" comes up. If I have time, I toy with the person, "I can cut on anything from an appendix to chopping off a leg to doing breast surgery, or a gallbladder..." and I run a list for a while until I am satisfied (even if the person has zoned out a while back).DrBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957078718446547740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-90685184953092216912008-10-05T15:41:00.000+02:002008-10-05T15:41:00.000+02:00Then there is the task of explaining the differenc...Then there is the task of explaining the difference between a neurologist and a neurosurgeon.<BR/><BR/>I tried to suggest to someone that we both see similar patients, but if someone needs surgery, then I will refer them to a neurosurgeon.<BR/><BR/>To which the person replied something like, "Oh, so you see the same kind of patients, but you don't actually <I>do</I> anything."Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422487877167541900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-34688702429733168602008-10-04T00:11:00.000+02:002008-10-04T00:11:00.000+02:00lilorfnannie, the correct term is in fact garden-v...lilorfnannie, the correct term is in fact garden-variety, it's not just said like that in America.amanzimtotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547897825508141342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-11954538857024489792008-10-03T20:28:00.000+02:002008-10-03T20:28:00.000+02:00In America we say "garden-variety," not just "gard...In America we say "garden-variety," not just "garden." I had to think a bit the first time I read "garden surgeon" here, haha! Funny how many differences there are in different countries' "English"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-82852875330670326692008-10-03T18:58:00.000+02:002008-10-03T18:58:00.000+02:00little karen the common comment is common. it come...little karen the common comment is common. it comes from the ambiguity in the afrikaans, algemene chirurg.<BR/><BR/>i sometimes describe myself as a common or garden surgeon.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-33331992821715737542008-10-03T18:54:00.000+02:002008-10-03T18:54:00.000+02:00"not me," i replied, "i'll never study again. in f...<I>"not me," i replied, "i'll never study again. in fact if someone presents with a new disease, they must die."</I><BR/><BR/>I thought that was very funny! Would love to have seen the look on his face.make mine traumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149160428613740527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-56536729405462264382008-10-03T17:19:00.000+02:002008-10-03T17:19:00.000+02:00One of my orthopod friends likes to call all non-o...One of my orthopod friends likes to call all non-orthopaedic surgeons 'common surgeons' :)<BR/><BR/>There was an American elective student here for a while and he was telling us how general surgery and paediatrics are not actually considered specialties but generalist fields - there, it sounds like if you know about any more than one organ you're not specialised yet...Karen Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446187228064686202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-17458213599414550262008-10-03T01:01:00.000+02:002008-10-03T01:01:00.000+02:00Yes, I get the same comments on this side of the w...Yes, I get the same comments on this side of the water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-38931226273590260882008-10-02T20:12:00.000+02:002008-10-02T20:12:00.000+02:00HILARIOUS! If it can't be cut, it can't be cured....HILARIOUS! If it can't be cut, it can't be cured. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-65554584320943824312008-10-02T14:00:00.000+02:002008-10-02T14:00:00.000+02:00:) It makes me very happy to know there are docto...:) It makes me very happy to know there are doctors (surgeons) like you.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com