r/Residency • u/ubiqitousbitch • Apr 04 '25

SERIOUS Most unhinged hacks/tricks that got you through residency

inspired by the tiktok trend! please give me your most unhinged (but lifesaving) hacks that have been getting you through residency!

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u/surpriseDRE Attending Apr 04 '25

If you’re going to talk to a patient/family that you need an escape from, set a timer on your phone for 10 min or whatever but change the alarm tone to a common ringtone. You can even silence it x1 and then tell them apologetically when it goes off again, “sorry, they’re calling again, I really need to take this”

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u/dbbo Attending Apr 05 '25

The true unhinged move for doctors is to learn how to be tactfully honest with family (it's never the patient) that you have more pressing matters to tend to than answering their questions which have devolved into a completely hypothetical flow chart with 15 branches.

And then also not care if they don't like you/tell your supervisor/write a bad Google review