Characteristics per specialty | Number of jokes per characteristic |
---|---|
Anesthetists | |
are always on a break. | 5 |
often appear to be idle. | 5 |
are a bit slow on the uptake. | 4 |
only look at patients with “algorithms”. | 3 |
keep patients alive. | 2 |
administer treatments that are wearing on the patient. | 1 |
General Surgeons | |
are interested in a high income. | 13 |
act first, think later. | 12 |
are narcistic. | 11 |
are authoritative and boss others around. | 9 |
are often decisive. | 6 |
strongly think hierarchically. | 5 |
rarely look into the patient’s chart. | 1 |
Internists | |
rarely cure. | 9 |
regard themselves as being particularly intelligent. | 8 |
are the keenest thinkers of all doctors. | 6 |
ponder everything. | 6 |
are indecisive. | 3 |
are hesitant and have a “wait and see attitude”. | 3 |
have a lot of knowledge but few skills. | 2 |
consider income to be relatively unimportant. | 1 |
Orthopedics | |
know little beyond their specific field of expertise. | 17 |
rarley use their brain. | 16 |
rarely refer to books. | 4 |
work hard physically. | 2 |
usually require more time for a task than they say they will need. | 2 |
hardly ever take diagnoses made by others into account. | 2 |
hardly ever use lab results. | 1 |
are good looking and physically fit. | 1 |
Psychiatrists | |
take statements from others very seriously. | 11 |
vare empathetic and understanding. | 7 |
sometimes have the same problems as their patients. | 5 |
sometimes misjudge the success of their treatment. | 5 |
can only cure when a patient cooperates. | 2 |
apologize a lot. | 1 |
paraphrase without answering. | 1 |