How Dressing the Part Impacts Medical Practice

With dressing comes an Identity. A person can easily tell who you are or what you are about by simply evaluating your looks.

Ward coats and scrubs are attires generally attributed to the medical profession. They give you an identity as a medical professional.

You’re also expected to dress neatly in your corporate wear as medical professionals in training. The adoption of these clothing styles has an impact on both the professionals and the patients.

Here are some of the reasons why dressing the part is important in medical practice:

1. Enhancement of Productivity

A study shows that wearing attires related to your profession might contribute to your confidence and productivity at work.

There’s just something about putting on your ward coats while at work. More than putting on a piece of clothing, you put on the identity attributed to that clothing. Your brain attributes the clothing to the medical profession and because you put it on, you feel like one and because you feel like one, you’re able to perform as one.

As a medical student, you might also feel a better sense of patient responsibility in your ward coats

2. Fostering Doctor-Patient Relationship

Patients feel more comfortable and trust you to attend to them expertly. They also feel more comfortable to trust you with their details. In essence, it makes you more approachable.

3. It Shows You Practice What You Preach

Usually, medical professionals advocate for cleanliness and good hygiene. Dressing appropriately and neatly tell a lot about whether you practice what you advocate for.

I hope this piece enlightened you on why dressing the part is important in medical practice.

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