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- Teresa Pun, third year medical student1
- 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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