General practice not general perfect

[摘要] I’m a big fan of nominative determinism —that phenomenon when someone’s nameillustrates perfectly their work. With thepassage of time, of course, I feel I aminevitably growing into my own role, but itcaused a great deal of satisfaction whenI could call myself a senior lecturer. As ahouse officer, everyone assumed that mycareer was more advanced than it actuallywas, and I had to resort to using the namesof my colleagues. I was amused for a full3 months being able to announce that Iwas ‘The Reckless House Officer’ after theconsultant that I worked for. Medicine isfull of names ripe for fun with nominativedeterminism.

[学科分类] 卫生学