Anonymous wrote:

My husband is a doctor. The doctor part was easy. The hard part was getting a PhD to be a research scientist. Way more fulfilling, though, even though it pays much less.

Translation: not impressed unless they have your husband's credentials. Nobody's asking you to be impressed, but stop being such a douchebag.

I get excited because I love medical stuff. I have to restrain myself from asking them a zillion questions.

Agree with PPs that my thoughts depend on the type of specialty -- and even then there are exceptions. Almost all my relatives are doctors or nurses, as are several people I grew up with, who were also kids of hospital employees. Wide range of personalities in the doctors I know, though most have a strong analytical bent.

My husband is a doctor. The doctor part was easy. The hard part was getting a PhD to be a research scientist. Way more fulfilling, though, even though it pays much less.

What about those 3rd or 4th generation doctor families..?..

Also surgery is different than GP.

I assume they grew up rich. But beyond that unless they show themselves to be a particular way, I don't assume anything about them as people. However, I definitely recognize when one of them has a self-important god complex and think it unfortunately reflects poorly on the profession as a whole

Totally depends on specialty type, plus med school, residency.

Could be everything from nice, humble, enjoys treating people to excellent problem solver and hardcore Type A to narcissistic a-hole likely cheating on his/her spouse.

By the way nurses and PAs are the first category, across the board usually.

Depends on type.

Ortho - jock
Radiologist - antisocial
Pedi - bleeding heart
Derm - did really well in med school
Cardiologist - likes evidence

Anonymous wrote:Are you impressed or make judgements about personality? Does it differ with gender?

Honestly, it's a fairly common job. I'm more impressed with rare careers. We just met a concert bassoonist and that was kinda cool.

Smart.

I have only met women doctors socially, if that matters. I've been impressed by them all. Not fake or conceited.

Anonymous wrote:I think they are probably very self absorbed a fake.

More so than those with JDs or MBAs? I disagree.

I think they are probably very self absorbed a fake.

Two words: Ben Carson.

I think they're smart and ambitious and probably grew up in an UMC household.

Are you impressed or make judgements about personality? Does it differ with gender?