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What do you Doctors actually wear, is it just shirt and tie? Or is a tie not good, or would it be a suit? Or does it not really matter?

Do the different specialities have different uniforms?

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hoonosewot

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Original post by Dinasaurus

What do you Doctors actually wear, is it just shirt and tie? Or is a tie not good, or would it be a suit? Or does it not really matter?

Do the different specialities have different uniforms?

Shoes, trousers and shirt with rolled up/short sleeves. Not much room for variation from that tbh.

Ties are against most hospitals infection control policy, as are watches, long sleeves etc.

Certain specialties might be more likely to wear scrubs, but that's about it.

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What would the lab specialities wear, I've seen a picture of some sort of Pathologist wearing a tie under a white coat, but I thought both of those would increase the risk of infection or is the lab environment very different.

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Original post by Dinasaurus

What would the lab specialities wear, I've seen a picture of some sort of Pathologist wearing a tie under a white coat, but I thought both of those would increase the risk of infection or is the lab environment very different.

What do you expect from NHS regulations :biggrin:

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Original post by subjectman10

What do you expect from NHS regulations :biggrin:

Also in Med Schools and in the work place, is there a lot of snobbery for dressing? At school, some people found it obscure and funny for us to wear suits on business day and I was told that one would get 'bullied at university for wearing a shirt and tie, or a suit'. Like, what would be classed as overdressing?

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hoonosewot

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Original post by Dinasaurus

What would the lab specialities wear, I've seen a picture of some sort of Pathologist wearing a tie under a white coat, but I thought both of those would increase the risk of infection or is the lab environment very different.

Pathologists have their own white coats for the lab based stuff, as that's standard wear for all lab workers. Outside of that they tend to wear what i said above, though some may wear suits as they have very little time on actual wards.

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Original post by Dinasaurus

Also in Med Schools and in the work place, is there a lot of snobbery for dressing? At school, some people found it obscure and funny for us to wear suits on business day and I was told that one would get 'bullied at university for wearing a shirt and tie, or a suit'. Like, what would be classed as overdressing?

In med school, it'd probably be slightly more informal... a shirt and lab coat as opposed to a ties and shirt..

i reckon if you maybe wore the suit under the lab coat and took off the blazer after and hung it up... i doubt it'd be too much of a problem.
besides, who cares what people think, what matters is what grades and job you get..

:smile:

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Original post by Dinasaurus

What do you Doctors actually wear, is it just shirt and tie? Or is a tie not good, or would it be a suit? Or does it not really matter?

Do the different specialities have different uniforms?

Can i ask, What level of education are you at?

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hoonosewot

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Original post by Dinasaurus

Also in Med Schools and in the work place, is there a lot of snobbery for dressing? At school, some people found it obscure and funny for us to wear suits on business day and I was told that one would get 'bullied at university for wearing a shirt and tie, or a suit'. Like, what would be classed as overdressing?

Yes, wearing a shirt, tie or suit to uni would be quite odd. It's more of a jeans, t-shirt and hoody affair for most

If you really like wearing suits in your day to day life it's your choice though.

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Original post by subjectman10

Can i ask, What level of education are you at?

No where near anything work-related, just at GCSEs. I just wanted to know as the only Doctor type person I know is a GP and I always see Americans talking about white coats and I don't think we have those hear. I've never been to a hospital and Google images just has the generic dress up outfits haha.
Hopefully in like 3 years, I'll be able to join the ranks of students.

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Original post by Dinasaurus

No where near anything work-related, just at GCSEs. I just wanted to know as the only Doctor type person I know is a GP and I always see Americans talking about white coats and I don't think we have those hear. I've never been to a hospital and Google images just has the generic dress up outfits haha.
Hopefully in like 3 years, I'll be able to join the ranks of students.

Cool, me too.. im in year 11 by the way.
Im interested in something medical related but i feel a doctor may not be highly challenging, so i think a surgeon sounds more glorified and possibly challenging.. :biggrin:

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Original post by subjectman10

Cool, me too.. im in year 11 by the way.
Im interested in something medical related but i feel a doctor may not be highly challenging, so i think a surgeon sounds more glorified and possibly challenging.. :biggrin:

Yeah same, but surely a Surgeon is a type of Doctor but not exactly a Physician? idk xD I've always wanted to do something Pathology related, they're like the unsung heroes of the medical world and the idea of being more analytical with the data given to try and find the cause of the issue. But as I've never really done anything of the sort, what do I know?

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Original post by Dinasaurus

Yeah same, but surely a Surgeon is a type of Doctor but not exactly a Physician? idk xD I've always wanted to do something Pathology related, they're like the unsung heroes of the medical world and the idea of being more analytical with the data given to try and find the cause of the issue. But as I've never really done anything of the sort, what do I know?

I see what you mean.. i would consider a biomedical degree, simply because working in a lab doing something analytical sounds very interesting..

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Democracy

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Original post by subjectman10

I see what you mean.. i would consider a biomedical degree, simply because working in a lab doing something analytical sounds very interesting..

"sounds" being the key word here...

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Original post by subjectman10

I see what you mean.. i would consider a biomedical degree, simply because working in a lab doing something analytical sounds very interesting..

Yeah, if I don't get into Medicine I'll probably try for BioMedSci or Pharmacy :colondollar:

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