medicine200000 Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Does that mean you are not doing well? Or u r not useful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellorie Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Depends on the context - but mostly it means they're being nice. If someone tells you to leave early, say "thank you" and leave immediately. If you really feel sketchy about it, you can say "are you sure there's nothing else I can do to help before I go?" but aside from that, just leave. There are lots of things that we need to do that medical students are genuinely not useful for (mostly paperwork things). It doesn't mean something bad about the medical student, it's just a fact that there are some annoying tasks that need to be done by the physician, and the yield for the medical student of standing over their shoulder while they do it is like less than zero, so if your preceptor is nice, they will allow you to have an afternoon to yourself. Personally I'm less likely to dismiss clerks who aren't doing well early, because I will want to try to teach them something. If I think they're doing fine, and there's nothing interesting happening, I will try to get them home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellorie Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 I have had a couple clerks over the years who thought that the best way to show interest and competence was to refuse to go home and instead sit behind me staring over my shoulder while I did very boring paperwork. It did not impress me, I just felt very bad for them and wished I could convince them that it wasn't a trap and that I genuinely wanted them to go and enjoy themselves doing something better than what I was stuck doing. Medddddd, frenchpress and zxcccxz 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 As ellorie said, depends. When I have clerks I love sending them home early because I loved it when my residents did that for me. Still love it when my attendings do it. If it’s a frustrated huff of “just go home” then you should probably ask if they have performance concerns. As a general rule, though, if someone says you can leave early, thank them profusely and make sure to show up on time the next day bright and ready to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinecomedy Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 When they tell you you may leave, they mean you may leave. You really aren't going to get a better evaluation if you stick around for 5 more hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I will echo the others: when I say "you can go home" your response is "thank you so much, see you tomorrow/later/sometime in the future" followed by a hustle out of there. As my mother says "Never look the gift horse in the mouth". JohnGrisham and m_jacob_45 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W0lfgang Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Depends on the clerk. I've sent some home to save them from scut work with zero educational value but I've also sent some home for being of zero value lol. LostLamb, frenchpress and PequalsMD 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unmatch Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Does it really matter? If they're sending you home to be nice then you should be appreciative that they're looking out for you. If you're not doing well and they tell you to leave, you might as well or they'll just be more annoyed with you. ellorie, JohnGrisham and LostLamb 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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