‘You're a doctor when you're not giving anesthesia?’

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Peering Over the Ether Screen| November 2021 ‘You're a doctor when you're not giving anesthesia?’ Karen S. Sibert, MD, FASA Karen S. Sibert, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor November 2021, Vol. 85, 19–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000798512.37937.c5 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Karen S. Sibert; ‘You're a doctor when you're not giving anesthesia?’. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:19–20 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000798512.37937.c5 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: nurse anesthetists, sexism, endoscopy, heart, internship and residency, leadership My patient and his wife didn't understand that an anesthesiologist is a physician, despite his having been cared for by anesthesiologists during past procedures. They thought only CRNAs give anesthesia. What are we doing so wrong with our messaging, and how can we fix it? One recent afternoon in the GI endoscopy suite (not my favorite place to work, but that's a topic for another day), I walked up to the bedside of my next patient and introduced myself as I always do. “Hi,” I said, holding up my name badge for the patient and his wife to see. “I'm Dr. Sibert. I'm with the anesthesiology department and I'll be looking after you today.” The patient was an otherwise healthy man in his mid-30s, having his fifth endoscopy this year for a chronic though serious problem. My questions were few and he understood very well what was about to happen.... You do not currently have access to this content.