How do you stop yourself from being "THAT" attending
Posting on a throwaway account. Newish Anesthesia attending. Previously worked in private practice for a few years, but now I've joined an academic practice. Some of the older staff are a bit... eccentric. This may be due to some bad cases/experiences that they've had, but they do things that certainly raise an eyebrow. It seems odd because I feel like some of them couldn't hack it in the private world. Like, some of them can't turn over a room without a tech, and need another midlevel to give someone lunch because they couldn't be in an OR.
Basically, I have a slight fear that I'll turn into those attendings in 5+ years from now. How do I prevent myself from being those attendings?
Posted Sep 8, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC
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