A nice thing from work

[minoanmiss]

A young man with a deep voice called to make an appointment for himself to switch clinics: he is now too old for pediatrics and needed to "graduate". He was very self collected and polite and an absolute delight to talk to and it was just a very pleasant interaction. I wanted to tell him "I'm proud of you" at the end, hahaha.

So that was nice.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Delightful!

[corvidology]

How fabulous... and why do I suspect his parents still want him to see the pediatrician but he has a few more 'adult' questions where he doesn't want them present.

[rachelkg]

I hope that's not it -- a good pediatrician would make room for one-on-one with a teen patient. Past a certain point (which may or may not be actually 18), pediatricians will want adult patients to move on to make room for patients in their specialty.

My son's been seeing pediatric endocrinologists at Boston Children's for many years, he's been taking most of his appointments on his own for a while, and they've started telling him he needs to find a new clinic.

[corvidology]

I hope not too but oh what a world we currently live in...

[full_metal_ox]

Pediatric obstetrics shouldn’t have to be a thing, either, but…

[goss]

<3

[sovay]

A young man with a deep voice called to make an appointment for himself to switch clinics: he is now too old for pediatrics and needed to "graduate".

Aw!

(I held on to my pediatrician for several years beyond the point of strict chronological accuracy, but he was both the doctor I have had in my entire lifetime who knew and believed my body the best and had studied Icelandic sagas before switching to med school, so he was generally cool.)

[lunabee34]

Awwwwww.

[princessofgeeks]

Hurray for The Youth of Today!

[full_metal_ox]

And hurray for you, minoanmiss, for being someone he felt comfortable confiding in.

[lokifan]

Aw, lovely!

[full_metal_ox]

Speaking of inclusiveness and understanding in health care: here’s a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for you:

https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/767069068248350720#notes

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[minoanmiss]

Oh my heart! That was the kind of doctor I wanted to be.

I loved that discussion when I first saw it but it got even better!

"Amoy Fullerton, a fourth-year med student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham just set up a way for people to help black fourth year med students transition to their residencie. This often means moving to a new city where they won't get a paycheck for weeks. Black students are also less likely to have access to generational wealth to keep them afloat during school. So if you have a few bucks and want to buy a graduation gift for a future black doctor, check out this article or search #medgradwishlist on twitter."

the article: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/91596

Thank you so much. :)

[acelightning73]

I love the sound of a deep male voice,speaking or singing. And admirable of him to switch to the "adult" clinic without prompting.

[med_cat]

:)