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Semi-IC, Semi-OOC: Patient Information
Aug. 19th, 2009 04:30 pmDr. John Smith has been practicing medicine in Dustdevil for about four months now. On this particular day, however, he has no patients scheduled and isn't particularly expecting any emergencies to occur, so he's attempting to organize his patient files into a better order. In the process, he's reacquainting himself with the information contained in each of them...
Anyone else would be bored stiff, or pruriently titillated. Or both, in alternation... or possibly even at the same time. The good doctor, on the other hand, is too busy being thorough and precise to be either.
((OOC: So... has your character been treated by Dr. Smith since his arrival in town? What for? What kind of medical information will he have in his charts? Have they been sick, have they been injured, has their name been mentioned by someone who was injured under suspicious circumstances? Etc. Important rule regarding this information -- the only ones who have any IC knowledge about the patient histories are Dr. Smith and the patient in question. If any of you are worried about OOC information migrating into IC play, let me know and I will screen your reply so that only you and I can see it. Please post a reply with info, if you want to have a "medical history" with the Doctor prior to the start of the game; it'll give us both something to refer to and be "on the same page" about. Or, if you intend for your character to eventually become a patient, please post as well, that way we can handwave tedious bits where he asks for medical history and the like, but he can still make diagnoses that aren't any quackier than 19th-century medicine normally was. ;) TY!))
Anyone else would be bored stiff, or pruriently titillated. Or both, in alternation... or possibly even at the same time. The good doctor, on the other hand, is too busy being thorough and precise to be either.
((OOC: So... has your character been treated by Dr. Smith since his arrival in town? What for? What kind of medical information will he have in his charts? Have they been sick, have they been injured, has their name been mentioned by someone who was injured under suspicious circumstances? Etc. Important rule regarding this information -- the only ones who have any IC knowledge about the patient histories are Dr. Smith and the patient in question. If any of you are worried about OOC information migrating into IC play, let me know and I will screen your reply so that only you and I can see it. Please post a reply with info, if you want to have a "medical history" with the Doctor prior to the start of the game; it'll give us both something to refer to and be "on the same page" about. Or, if you intend for your character to eventually become a patient, please post as well, that way we can handwave tedious bits where he asks for medical history and the like, but he can still make diagnoses that aren't any quackier than 19th-century medicine normally was. ;) TY!))
