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I was saddened to hear of Dr Chaput de Saintonge's passing. I have happy memories of sitting in with him in clinic as a medical student at The Royal London in the late 1990s as well as his bedside teaching on the wards. He was a kind, patient and wise teacher, emphasising careful observation and recording of history and clinical signs as well as an empathic partnership with his patients. He was also very open about his own health problems, destigmatising the doctor as patient and adding his own insights on his experience as patient to his teaching and telling us how that informed his practice as doctor.
This doctor will always remember his teaching by example and gentle prompting, I think in the best tradition of British clincial medicine. Sadly missed.
Re: David Mark Chaput de Saintonge
I was saddened to hear of Dr Chaput de Saintonge's passing. I have happy memories of sitting in with him in clinic as a medical student at The Royal London in the late 1990s as well as his bedside teaching on the wards. He was a kind, patient and wise teacher, emphasising careful observation and recording of history and clinical signs as well as an empathic partnership with his patients. He was also very open about his own health problems, destigmatising the doctor as patient and adding his own insights on his experience as patient to his teaching and telling us how that informed his practice as doctor.
This doctor will always remember his teaching by example and gentle prompting, I think in the best tradition of British clincial medicine. Sadly missed.
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