There’s this idea that orthopaedic surgeons are basically neanderthals with an interest in shop activities. “Bone break, me fix” was how a medical oncologist prof of ours summed them up. Today we had a talk from a real live orthopod, and I can now reassure you that this stereotype is entirely false. Here are a few of the pearls of wisdom he imparted:
“People usually do pretty good after you fix them… they like it when you fix them.”
“Anesthetists don’t get to connect much with their patients, cause they’re not usually very awake.”
“…it’s fun to do stuff.”
“When you haven’t done it before, you don’t know how hard to hit things.”
I trust the myth has been dispelled.
So…. do you want to be one of these? But I can attest that people like it when its broke, and it gets fixed. Where as so often, oncologists can’t fix it.
Wow, Ben. Maybe you should be the man to break the mold and change the stereotypes and standards, eh?