Dress Code
Maintain a professional appearance whenever you see patients or their families.
The Associated Press reports that "Patients prefer dressed-up docs: Despite the casual appearance of their TV counterparts, patients want their doctors to dress formally and not show up in blue jeans and sandals, a new study suggests. Name badges, white coats and dress shoes are preferable for both male and female doctors, the patients in the study said. 'A carefully dressed provider might convey the image that he or she is meticulous and careful,' said the researchers..."
Whether appropriate dress includes professional clothes with a white lab coat or a scrub suit, it (and the person in it) should be clean and neat. On the ward you should wear your white coat at all times.
A photo id badge is required at all clerkship sites. If you do not have a badge, please contact Anna Nonis <ashten@u.washington.edu>