The One Dozen Most Important Things You May Not Have Known, Understood, or Realized About American Medicine
Gender Issues and Discrimination - Scenario Script
Two male doctors are at a table in a break room drinking coffee and looking through a patient chart. A female doctor enters and pours herself some coffee.
Doctor 1: The echo and CT didn’t show anything.
Doctor 2: What about the blood work?
Doctor 1: It’s all pretty nonspecific.
Doctor 2: This is a tough one. Maybe you should get Cardiology to see him.
[The female doctor turns and addresses the other two doctors.]
Doctor 3: Are you guys discussing Mr. Kramer?
Doctor 1: Yeah
Doctor 3: I was thinking, how about a MUGA scan?
Doctor 2: What? [very dismissive]
Doctor 3: A MUGA scan.
Doctor 2: No, that’s not gonna help…[to Doctor 1] Tony, did you review all his 12 leads?
Doctor 1: Yeah, I had Harry take a look over it, and he didn’t see anything.
Doctor 3: I’m pretty good with reading EKGs. May I have a look? [looking over their shoulders at the chart]
Doctor 2: Sweetheart, I don’t think you’re going to pick up anything that Harry missed. Don’t you have some orders to write or something?
[Doctor 3 shakes her head and walks away; she turns to see them laughing at her]
Doctor 2: [shaking his head] Go figure!
