Women consultants?

trishasaffron

Just wondering are there many in the mainstream fields - excluding paedriatics or psychiatry? The last few interactions I've had with consultants (all male) have been dispiriting at best. I'm wondering if a female specialist might have better interpersonal skills. I know its probably down to the individuals but would be very interested to hear from anyone with experience.........

Traumadoc

Most female consultants I know ( not all) have had to been tough as nails to get to where they are.

byhookorbycrook

My neurologist is female,straight and to the point, lacks the arrogance of some male consultants I have dealt with.

trishasaffron

On this theme does anyone know of a female orthopaedic specialist in dublin?

Traumadoc

There are at least 5 female orthos, two in Dublin but tend to be paediatric orthopaedics

drzhivago

trishasaffron wrote: »

On this theme does anyone know of a female orthopaedic specialist in dublin?

ask your GP
They have a directory of all speclalists and where they practice

also includes their area ie orthopaedics of knee/hip or sports injuries

trishasaffron

I know the GPs have a list but the list doesn't include the softer skills.....things like listening, kindness, holistic approach, emotional intelligence. In fact the degree of specialisation e.g. knee, elbow, hip really depresses me. All parts of the body work together and the idea that someone only deals with one very limited area and then passes the patient to another specialist when it moves out of a very tightly defined space just doesn't make sense to me. I'm not of course saying that some broad specialisation isn't helpful - I'm talking about the very narrow specialism we have.

It also makes me wonder about how limited these "specialists" are as people. I know if I was working on such a small area of work I would go out of my mind with boredom and yet these are supposedly among the most intelligent of our populace.........

Pugzilla

trishasaffron wrote: »

I know the GPs have a list but the list doesn't include the softer skills.....things like listening, kindness, holistic approach, emotional intelligence.

It also makes me wonder about how limited these "specialists" are as people. I know if I was working on such a small area of work I would go out of my mind with boredom and yet these are supposedly among the most intelligent of our populace.........

I love hypocrites.

Dohnny Jepp

Pugzilla wrote: »

I love hypocrites.

I love elephants. Whats your point?

Pugzilla

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

I love elephants. Whats your point?

Is that too succinct for you?

Dohnny Jepp

Succinct and irrelevant. There was nothing hypocritical about the comment. Or are you just looking for excuses to use fancy new words you learned?

Pugzilla

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Succinct and irrelevant. There was nothing hypocritical about the comment. Or are you just looking for excuses to use fancy new words you learned?

Never considered succinct to be a "fancy" word, but to each his own. Anyways, you can't stereotype an entire profession's EQ on the basis of a few chance encounters and not be guilty of hypocrisy since that very action is the antithesis of what EQ is. The majority of consultants I know are normal, down to earth people who genuinely care about patients. Sure, there are a few pompous cranks but you get that with any given group.

carfiosaoorl

My son has epilepsy and I thanked my lucky stars when I met Dr O Mahoney the neurologist in cork. I love her and her assistant. I wish I could get them to see my youngest but apparently she doesnt meet the criteria