Have you ever noticed what your doctor is wearing? Is it scrubs with a fleece Jacket? Or, is it a white coat with professional attire? Does it change your perception or perception of others of your physician if your doctor has a white coat on? Is the white coat the ultimate symbol of a doctor or is it an antiquated remnant of the past?  
There has been a shift in healthcare away from the white coat towards a more comfortable and practical scrubs based attire for all healthcare professionals, regardless of speciality and level of training. But, has this shift inadvertently eroded the authority and credibility of the modern physician?
In this episode of HeART of Medicine, Drs. Kohli, Baron and Naidu reflect on the data and opine about what attire means to a physician’s role, authority, and professionalism. The struggle between representation of the profession and asserting of individuality represents the ultimate tug of war each physician faces. They reflect on gender biases, specialty biases, patient biases, age-related biases and a whole lot more.
The ultimate intersection of psychology and human behavior and its impact on medicine and healthcare…This is an episode you won’t want to miss!

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