Rapid responses are electronic letters to the editor. They enable our users to debate issues raised in articles published on thebmj.com. Although a selection of rapid responses will be included online and in print as readers' letters, their first appearance online means that they are published articles. If you need the url (web address) of an individual response, perhaps for citation purposes, simply click on the response headline and copy the url from the browser window. Letters are indexed in PubMed.
My teachers when I was a young anaesthetist were very remarkable people: fonts of knowledge & wisdom, skilful beyond belief, and with seemingly endless reserves of courage, patience & common sense. Decades later my respect for them is even greater as I realise how well they taught me: they succeeded in making me better than they themselves could be.
Today I have the pleasure to work alongside many colleagues whom I have helped to train. As I stand on the shoulders of my teachers, those whom I have taught stand upon mine. It is intensely satisfying to see that I too have succeeded as a teacher: my trainees have become better than me.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
18 May 2017
Mark W Davies
consultant in anaesthesia & perioperative medicine
Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
Re: Generations divided on whether today’s medical training is up to the job
My teachers when I was a young anaesthetist were very remarkable people: fonts of knowledge & wisdom, skilful beyond belief, and with seemingly endless reserves of courage, patience & common sense. Decades later my respect for them is even greater as I realise how well they taught me: they succeeded in making me better than they themselves could be.
Today I have the pleasure to work alongside many colleagues whom I have helped to train. As I stand on the shoulders of my teachers, those whom I have taught stand upon mine. It is intensely satisfying to see that I too have succeeded as a teacher: my trainees have become better than me.
Competing interests: No competing interests