Explains Kevin in Los Angeles: ”The hospital basement has a corridor lined with call rooms assigned to the residents from various medical specialties. While the department of medicine easily surpasses all other specialties in number of reserved rooms, they have started squatting in other rooms as well. It looks like the psych residents were not pleased by this antisocial behavior.”
![Psychiatry residents take overnight in-house call every day just like medicine. Please do not use this call room if you are not part of the Psychiatry department. THANK YOU!! [WE ALSO HAVE AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX, BUT MORE ON THAT IN THE DSM V.]](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5447/7200922736_92089ec9ef.jpg "Psychiatry residents take overnight in-house call every day just like medicine. Please do not use this call room if you are not part of the Psychiatry department. THANK YOU!! [WE ALSO HAVE AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX, BUT MORE ON THAT IN THE DSM V.]")
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28 responses so far ↓
#1
Cyllan
“Inferiority complex maybe but in this case medicine department should be thankful obnoxious narcissism isn’t classified as mental disorder anymore, cf DSM IV”
May 15, 2012 at 7:22 am rating: 30
#2
Dane Zeller
For those of us needing only minor adjustments to our behavior, the printed “DO NOT REMOVE THIS SIGN” beckons us.
May 15, 2012 at 8:15 am rating: 12
#3
thrall
Are they shagging in the call-room at night?
May 15, 2012 at 8:24 am rating: 5
#4
divaandwriter
It looks like the Medicine Department people have a sense of entitlement, which, if left unchecked, will turn into the usual Physician’s God Complex. Maybe the Medicine Department people should be using the services of the Psychiatry Department before it’s too late.
May 15, 2012 at 10:36 am rating: 27
#5
bob loblaw
In the famous words of Major Frank Burns, ‘anyone who needs to see a psychiatrist is sick in the head.’
May 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm rating: 24
#6
stickfigure
What’s a call room? All I can imagine is that it’s where call girls entertain their tricks.
May 15, 2012 at 4:59 pm rating: 7
#7
redheadwglasses
I think this will remain low in comments because it’s just not much fun to pick on such an easy target. A target that practically picks on itself for you.
May 16, 2012 at 7:26 am rating: 3
#8
FeRD
I like the check-mark in the corner. Glad someody approves of the message!
May 16, 2012 at 9:01 am rating: 6
#9
Dave
Seems like the problem is discipline specific room allocation in the first place. Everybody works there: no need for the different departments to be sequestered.
I’d hope that the medical and surgical staff were well rested: a psychiatric misdiagnosis might have dangerous results, but it’s less likely to be caused by tiredness than a medical mistake.
Also, how does psychiatric ‘on-call’ work? Isn’t psych work mostly appointment based?
May 17, 2012 at 6:13 am rating: 2
#10
seriously
psychiatry residents are the scum of the earth.
May 26, 2012 at 10:24 pm rating: 1
#11
Snoofy
This wasn’t passive aggressive enough. The psych residents should’ve taped a story about a psychotic break some resident had when they were too sleep deprived. And attacked all of the medical residents.
*And no, I didn’t mean it wasn’t PAN enough to be posted here. *patronising smiley face* < – just kidding
May 27, 2012 at 3:57 am rating: 1
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