tolerate my "slacking off" in his emergency room. Telling Johnson my reluctance to ghostwrite a journal article for him shouldn't be misinterpreted as "slacking off," I walked away, and went looking for an emergency to handle.
For the most part, Johnson left me alone during the rotation and interacted with me only on rare occasion. One day, however, a number of residents were out sick, and Johnson was forced to serve as a back-up physician for a few hours.
After I evaluated a thin, ill-appearing, Haitian alcoholic male, who came into the E.R. complaining of abdominal pain, I asked Johnson to countersign my orders for a few blood tests and X-rays because the residents were all busy. Johnson took one look at the patient, informed me he knew “that old wino," and refused to allow any tests to be done on the patient.
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rotation, I felt very philosophical, mainly because I was having such a difficult time understanding my own life. I grew philosophical over the senseless drug overdoses, gunshot wounds, and stabbings. There were very few cases that didn't raise some hair on my philosophical being, and very few cases I didn't ultimately relate to my own problems in life. Even though I truly enjoyed Emergency Medicine, I was glad when my rotation through the E.R finally ended.
On the final day of the rotation, I went to see Sonny before I left the E.R. He told me he overheard Johnson telling someone he had already given all the students a "Pass" for their E.R. rotation and was sure one student who had “Honors" in all his other rotations would probably get "bent all outa' shape." I thanked Sonny for all he taught me and for the tip and proceeded to pay my final disrespects to Johnson.
When I approached Johnson, he had just finished going over data from his research project with William Dodd. Throughout the rotation, Dodd went out of his way to let the other students know he and Dr. Johnson were publishing a paper
For the most part, Johnson left me alone during the rotation and interacted with me only on rare occasion. One day, however, a number of residents were out sick, and Johnson was forced to serve as a back-up physician for a few hours.
After I evaluated a thin, ill-appearing, Haitian alcoholic male, who came into the E.R. complaining of abdominal pain, I asked Johnson to countersign my orders for a few blood tests and X-rays because the residents were all busy. Johnson took one look at the patient, informed me he knew “that old wino," and refused to allow any tests to be done on the patient.
Johnson …show more content…
rotation, I felt very philosophical, mainly because I was having such a difficult time understanding my own life. I grew philosophical over the senseless drug overdoses, gunshot wounds, and stabbings. There were very few cases that didn't raise some hair on my philosophical being, and very few cases I didn't ultimately relate to my own problems in life. Even though I truly enjoyed Emergency Medicine, I was glad when my rotation through the E.R finally ended.
On the final day of the rotation, I went to see Sonny before I left the E.R. He told me he overheard Johnson telling someone he had already given all the students a "Pass" for their E.R. rotation and was sure one student who had “Honors" in all his other rotations would probably get "bent all outa' shape." I thanked Sonny for all he taught me and for the tip and proceeded to pay my final disrespects to Johnson.
When I approached Johnson, he had just finished going over data from his research project with William Dodd. Throughout the rotation, Dodd went out of his way to let the other students know he and Dr. Johnson were publishing a paper