Elliot Servais: Dangerous sentiments by new residents

Elliot Servais, Section Chief, Thoracic Surgery at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, shared on X:

“Dear new residents,

‘I didn’t want to bother my senior’
‘I didn’t want to bother the attending’

These are dangerous sentiments.
Yes, try to figure issues out, but as a junior, *never be the only one with a critical piece of information*. More often than not, we don’t mind the phone call, we want to know.”

Source: Elliot Servais/X

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