Last week I received this voicemail from the principal’s secretary of my son’s elementary school: “Hello, this is the elementary school. Your son Jonas … [ten second pause] … unfortunately …[ten second pause] has on his head [twenty second pause] a little bruise after colliding with a classmate playing soccer….”
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If you want your patient to follow your medical advice, you need her to feel respected by you. There are easy-to implement things we can do reach that goal.
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Question: What gives you the feeling to not be respected by a doctor? Leave a comment below!
An internship in another country can give you insights in other health care system and gives you many opportunities. But odds are you’ll always be recognized as a tourist and will be sent sightseeing after lunch. (One doc in NY told me: “You shouldn’t go to the OR, go to the BAR.”) At the end of your studies you want to avoid the impression of being a great tourist rather than a good doctor.
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So before you start planning, booking and snorkel-shopping ask yourself three questions:
When I started my residency in 2008 I only read two books in three years. ALTOGETHER!
But as I wrote in my last blogpost: It is critical for our personal development and our career to read non-medical books. But how can I make time for that?
“The man who doesn’t read has no advantage over the man who can’t.” Epictetus.
Reading is the most effective way to stay well-informed in your field. But is it okay to limit our literature to medical-only? When I started off my career all I read was medical literature and noticed quickly, that I missed important points. I now read at least one non-medical book a month. Here is why:
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Interruptions of your workflow are common in your work as a doctor. Most of them are legitimate, after all we get paid for solving medical problems.
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But if we manage to channel these interruptions in time slots that work for us, your concentration and your work will improve tremendously.
In my most recent blog post I wrote about the best point of time when to choose a specialty:
You will have a great advantage in your future career if you start preparing for your specialty while studying.
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That is easier said than done. These five steps will help you make up your mind:
As a doctor you will be confronted with different writing tasks: grants, case reports, letters. But what if you don’t know how to write?
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I had classmates who studied medicine because they don’t like to write. Their writing skills were barely good enough to take a multiple choice test.. But what can you do to improve your writing skills?
Hey, I’m back!
You may have noticed that I took a short break and didn’t blog as much.
The reason for that was a change in my personal life you can read and see more about in my about section.
Great times…
