10 Good Things About Pediatrics
This is the first of two posts. The second will be: 10 bad things about pediatrics.
- The toothless grin of a 4-month-old child when you walk into the room
- Dealing with mostly healthy patients
- There are very few 30-minute visits
- There are lots of 5-minute visits
- A long pediatric problem list will be 4 problems long
- Resilient little bodies recover quickly and fully
- Being able to tickle someone at work and not get arrested
- Having your Scooby-Doo voice be an absolute asset
- Always having an easy audience for your silly jokes
- I get paid to hold cute babies!
September 7th, 2007 at 5:50 am
How could it ever be any better than that!
September 7th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
LOL yeah our doc calls them her babies and loves to get pics of them and she really seems to enjoy the visits with our girls… they crack her up i know she said once that on a bad day they can make it a good day in one quick smile;)
September 7th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I would think pediatrics would be very rewarding and enjoyable! My kids had a wonderful pediatrician…it made being a mom much easier. Thanks for all you do!
September 7th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
I polled one of the online preemie support groups about 3 years ago, asking what was/who was their main source of support as they raised their ex-preemies. I thought I would get Father of the Child, or family or even the list itself at the top of the list. Instead, I got “my pediatrician” more often than any other response. So, maybe you want to add that factoid to your list of ten, Dr. Rob.
Chris and Vic
September 7th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
I have to say, people usually love their pediatricians. It is nice to be a real positive part of people’s lives. C/V - it is very interesting to me that Pediatricians ranked that high.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Watching them grow up healthy and strong. Knowing you played a key role in all their future interactions with physicians. A positive experience with you, will help them to trust other medical personnel throughout their lives.
September 8th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
And you get paid for this! I wonder if I want to read the 10 “bad” things.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Another good thing: babies and kids smell a whole lot better than adults.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
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September 11th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I have enjoyed your writing and wanted to tell you, when you have a really sucky day at work, just remember about all the people you may have touched.
They might not have told you, but they exist. This is a link to a post I wrote concerning what my kids pediatrician meant to me over 29 years ago. I made sure to mail him a copy of it too….I am so glad I did. He passed away about 4 months after I mailed it.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I am so sorry - I forgot the link - http://medicine-animals-and-a-dream.blogspot.com/2006/09/pediatric-physicians-impac_115738755394286378.html
September 11th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Thanks a lot. That is a real nice post. I think we don’t realize the gift we have at being the “right person at the right time” for so many people. It is an honor, to be sure. I don’t get too down, however, because the happy little faces bring me up, as do those people who are under such horrible stress who still hold up. I get a whole lot back from being around my patients.
September 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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