What We Should Call Med School

I’ve been calling attendings “Dr.+last name” and residents and med school staff by their first names but wanted to see what others do.

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What do you call your attendings, residents, and med school staff?

Do you call attendings, residents, and med school staff by their first names or Dr/Mr/Mrs+last names?

I’ve been calling attendings “Dr.+last name” and residents and med school staff by their first names but wanted to see what others do.

Psai

This space for lease

Joined Jan 2, 2014 Messages 11,384 Reaction score 24,003

Hi I’m Psai, I’m a medical student blah blah blah
Hi Psai, my name is “this is how you address me from now on”

Cytarabine

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Joined Mar 13, 2014 Messages 1,012 Reaction score 813

Hi I’m Psai, I’m a medical student blah blah blah
Hi Psai, my name is “this is how you address me from now on”

This, though I would totally

(A) call an attending Dr so and so a billion times until they threatened to slap me if I didn’t use their first name

(B) judge a resident who insisted on being called Dr so aso by a med student

drcrispmd

Full Member

Attendings should be addressed Dr last name unless they tell you otherwise. It depends on residents. I always told the students they could call me by my first name. When I was a student it varied. There are some residencies that interns have to refer to their senior residents as Dr lastname.

calvnandhobbs68

I KNOW NOTHING

Joined May 20, 2010 Messages 5,108 Reaction score 6,499

You generally can’t go wrong by addressing attendings as “Dr. x” and residents by just their name. Agree that any resident that insists on being called “Dr. x” to medical students is lame.

Kaustikos

Antibiotics 4 Lyfe

Joined Jan 18, 2008 Messages 12,729 Reaction score 4,897

It depends. I always call them Dr whatever for attendings. But residents seem to prefer first names. But just call then Dr so and so. If they say “call me X” then do so.

Actually, I got to the point of calling certain attendings just by their last names. Not out of disrespect but because that was the norm.
Warning: never use nicknames. Even if other people use it casually. You can ask about it, but refrain from using it.