#DOCTORING

[curator-on-ao3]

To be honest, I don't see the issue with Christine becoming a doctor.

The way Star Trek sidelined nurses (and Chapel in general) is definitely problematic, but SNW can treat Christine's current position as a nurse with respect without changing the canon.

SNW Christine seems to be more interested in research than face-to-face patient care and I can see her becoming Doctor of Medicine in the future.

I think a healthy fandom has a variety of opinions and I’m glad you’re expressing yours. 💪

To my mind (and I hope others will chime in, especially if I’ve got this wrong), the main concern about Christine becoming a doctor is that the change is seen as a “promotion,” as if nursing isn’t enough. Meanwhile, nursing is actually its own discipline that works with doctors — and nurses certainly can be researchers.

My guess is that, at the time of The Motion Picture (1979), Christine becoming a doctor was seen as female equality and empowerment. Women were no longer forced to become nurses (or teachers) and could be doctors. I looked it up and, the year after the film came out, only 13.3 percent of doctors in the US were female. By contrast, that same year, 95.9 percent of nurses in the US were female. (source: A Demographic Profile of Doctors and Nurses, and I thought US figures made sense given the US-centric production of the film).

So I think Chapel’s career change (as opposed to promotion) may well have been with good, feminist intentions. And, hopefully, if SNW or other Trek uses that canon, it will be done with respect for nursing as a profession and for Christine as a character. ❤️

[gisellelx]

Twilight Advent Calendar, Day 9

Dec. 9 - What is it like for Carlisle to work as a doctor now versus back when he was alone?

Masterpost/Prompts

I'm going to take a little different tack to this one, and focus a little bit on how medicine has changed, and how that has followed a bit of evolution in how Carlisle practices now that he has a family.

At the beginning of his career, when he was alone, doctors were jacks of all trades. He was the person who cured fevers, and attended births, and did surgeries. He was "on" nearly 100% of the time, and that suited him well--he needed the validation that came from people depending on him, and that need was nearly insatiable.

But then he turned Edward, and then Esme, and suddenly, that need was slaked in a different way. As a husband, and as a father, and as a patriarch, he was needed, but in a way that was less intense. He learned to slow down; to listen, to love differently, and to get his validation from other places in his life.

This change happened, coincidentally, contemporaneously with increasing specialization in the field of medicine. As the 1900s wore on, he was no longer a "doctor" but needed to be a "surgeon" and then a "trauma surgeon." He no longer needed to be all things to all people; he could focus a little more. (He doesn't, always--this is why he prefers practicing in places like Forks, where the size of the hospital still means that he is called on for a lot, but he's gotten better at it.)

He had already begun slowing down after Renesmee's birth, and for a short while, he sped up, to be of use during the depths of the COVID-19 outbreak. But as the emergent nature of the pandemic receded, he settled back into different rhythms. The newer specialty of hospital medicine has meant that he gets a lot of the same fulfillment of being a jack of all trades and focusing on patient care, but has merged it with the fast-paced, detailed knowledge he's so proud of. And, its schedules have given him freedom--either to work himself to the bone by taking on more than one job, or, as I HC he is doing now, to do work which leaves him a great deal of time for his family.

In late 2023, Carlisle's found a nice balance working as a notcturnist in a large medical system in the midwest. He works 84 hours over 7 days, then has 14 days to spend with his wife and his children, and the balance nourishes all the parts of his soul he needs it to.

[worstjourney]

There's a wonderful part of the Terra Nova's visit to South Trinidad where Atch takes a sick seaman (Brewster) on shore for some R&R. They're stranded by high surf and spend a long cold night being menaced by crabs and terns. I couldn't work it all into my retelling, but I managed at least to get this panel in.

[15-blade]

Friday afternoon clinic visits are the worst, I'm so tired and they go on forever and I don't have the energy to end them. On the one hand, this is good for the patient, like my 3:30pm Friday afternoon visit always takes an hour, like you could literally get me to do anything and talk for any amount of time. Like I will scope you, clean your ears and put the ultrasound on you, do whatever. On the other hand I am so tired and done like idgaf. I might swear or roll my eyes or be unprofessional in general.

Today I tried to convince a 14 yo he/they to go into medical science stuff. They were a ball of anxiety and I had to tell them to unclench. Babygirl stress only makes things worse.

[quotesengage]

Emotion shuts down the rational, cognitive portion of our brains. Anyone who has attempted to reason with an angry spouse or use logic to get a toddler over a tantrum understands this on a visceral level. Emotion demands to be acknowledged and appeased before it will disengage its controlling grip on the higher centers of cognition. 

He looked at me and seemed to know that there was only actually one single answer to any of my questions. “It must be so scary to think about developing a complication like a fistula. I can’t tell you how much I don’t want that to happen to you.”

Yes, it’s really scary. I am worried and feel out of control.

It becomes obvious, the necessity of pausing to acknowledge emotion, when one understands the role that our “emotional” brain plays in decision making. The part of the brain that drives our behavior and is responsible for a majority of our choices does not even possess language. The limbic system, which makes rapid yet finely honed judgments about who we can trust and where to place our loyalty, is entirely nonverbal. It relies on a kind of symbolic short hand to assess threat, gauge appeal, and catalog discrepancies. It is the voice of your gut saying I’m not sure why, but I just know I can trust him.”

In Shock by Dr. Rana Adwish

[verityontheothersites]

I have to admit, being on ICU currently is quite good at getting me out of that habit.

There are loads of things I still don't know, or have to look up, and the procedures are so much more faffy, that I have to have help. It's expected that I will need help! And people don't begrudge me that help, or treat me any lesser for needing it!

It's a good feeling.

[miametropolis]

and what if I told you nine was less afraid of love than ten. what then.

[notaplaceofhonour]

okay okay I know the point of this is “White people need to put as much effort into learning how to pronounce Black people’s names as they do foreign European names” and 100% I totally agree, absolutely good point

but this tweet becomes hilarious in the context of this clip:

anyways, absolutely put effort into learning how people pronounce their names. just don’t feel bad if it takes you some time to get it right 😅

(also in case you didn’t watch the video it’s “N-SHOO-tee” not “SHOO-tee”)

[verityontheothersites]

this is basically me watching any medical drama, or indeed any tv series with medical components

there are no anaesthetists on star trek and it upsets me

"Watching my dad (a GP doctor) watch House is more entertaining than the show"

[15-blade]

Today really sucked because I had to tell a bunch of people that what they think is a problem isn't a problem or that they were wrong about the problem that they do have and that they shouldn't eat snacks before going to bed and they shouldn't eat any food that they like.

[cherry-waffles]

Moisturize me

[legok9]

[verityontheothersites]

there is something sacred about communication that defies social convention. and I do say this as an emergency department bod, for whom clear communication is crucial and lifesaving and quite often we only have one chance to get it right, and being able to find the sweet spot where expression hits understanding - and it's mutual - is worth fighting for

vocal stims and verbal tics, echolalia, communication boards, lisps, sign language of all forms, gestures, communication in writing only, communication while non verbal, voices with no prosody, pressured speech, finding communication with dysphasia and aphasia, and more, and more

all incredibly precious

i love you lisp i love you stutter i love you pressured speech i love you damaged vocal cords i love you aphasia i love you mutism i love you selective mutism i love you deaf voice i love you apraxia i love you speech delay i love you vocal tic i love you articulation disorder i love you sign language

i hate you societal norm to make fun of speech impediments i hate you “get it fixed” mentality i hate you mocking someone for the way they communicate i hate you “go to speech therapy so your kid won’t be bullied” i hate you i hate you i hate you

[phantomrose96]

With the Reddit 3rd party app crackdown and the ongoing horseshit Elon Musk is pulling with "X", I realize a lot of people here might be pretty new. So I put together a quick and easy guide for using Tumblr for anyone new who might need it.

Tumblr was made by David Karp and we call him Daddy around these parts (^///^)

You are not safe from fandom-gif attacks ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

Speaking of fandoms, the tumblr fandoms are always ready to grab their [object] and go to war against the Beliebers ╰(*°▽°*)╯

The only safe refuge from fandom tumblr is with hipster tumblr. If you can get a cool alt-girl to take you under her wing, you might be safe... for now (●'◡'●)

You will watch the first episode of Supernatural... and then you're part of the Winchester family. (Or if you skip right to season 4, we don't blame you. It's where Destiel starts (*/ω＼*))

This is not a glomp-free zone ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

Use missing e. It's the only way to make Tumblr useable on Internet Explorer (this is the most popular browser and you're probably using it right now) :-D

Our only adult-supervision is John Green... and even then does that REALLY count as supervision? DFTBA! φ(゜▽゜*)♪

Just this once, everyone lives. It's bigger on the inside. Elementary, my dear Watson.

If you see Misha Collins staring at you, the polite response is "Saving people, hunting things, the family business." O.O

I might lose followers for this, but this blog supports gay rights, and yours should too (14 gifs of Sherlock and The Hobbit)

Tumblr will teach you more about the world than you'll ever learn in school. ○( ＾皿＾)っ

Tread carefully... we have teh yaoiz O.o. Oh you don't know what that means? Well let's just say... it's full of lemons here.

If you see Hannibal Lector in a flower crown, tell him it looks very nice. His boyfriend Will Graham made it for him. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

Do not enter the dog park. The dog park will not harm you.

[gh0sthoodie]

Happy pride month maybe I’ll start watching Doctor Who again