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SHIFTHEADS: What’s On Your Mind: This ER Doctor Wants You to Never Meet Him
Dr. Mitch Shulman does radio, television, and writing on top of working the emergency room, and he explains the specific reason behind all of it, one that has nothing to do with recognition and everything to do with keeping people out of his ER in the first place.
He describes what actually happens when a patient recognizes him mid-visit, and why that moment is never quite as flattering as it sounds.
Dr. Mitch also draws an unexpected line between the way ER doctors mentally separate themselves from trauma in the moment and something almost anyone in a high-pressure job has had to learn how…
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