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Viewpoint: Good doctors teach us about life

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0712468a (Published 01 December 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:0712468a
  1. Teresa Pun, third year medical student1
  1. 1University of Toronto, Canada

We are surrounded by mentors, but the ones who have had the most impact on my path to becoming a physician are the ones who taught me something other than just the traditional diagnosis and treatment side of medicine.

I recently spent a day at the Hospital for Sick Children to see a “whack of tonsils,” as recommended by one of the paediatric otolaryngologists. There were six scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgeries, but after the fifth consecutive one, I was getting bored. I wandered into the residents' lounge for a coffee and found …

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