Comments on: A serious conversation http://www.medrants.com/archives/2322 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan http://www.medrants.com/archives/2322/comment-page-1#comment-18011 Joan Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:23:07 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/04/01/a-serious-conversation/#comment-18011 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year, and how I wish my doctor had sat with me to discuss it, as you describe here! My cancer isn't life-threatening but it is certainly life-altering, and even though I'm tiptop at researching on my own, there's nothing that can compare to having your own doctor sit down and discuss your own condition with you. I commend you for your consideration of your partients and the excellent example you are providing to your students. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year, and how I wish my doctor had sat with me to discuss it, as you describe here! My cancer isn’t life-threatening but it is certainly life-altering, and even though I’m tiptop at researching on my own, there’s nothing that can compare to having your own doctor sit down and discuss your own condition with you.

I commend you for your consideration of your partients and the excellent example you are providing to your students.

]]> By: yabooo http://www.medrants.com/archives/2322/comment-page-1#comment-17791 yabooo Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:39:29 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/04/01/a-serious-conversation/#comment-17791 I only wish I had had more attending physcians such as yourself. Most of my life as a medicical student was beigng belittled and yelled at. I don't know how many times I was told I was a fricken idiot, not only individually but also in front of patients. This was at the Medical college of Wisconsin where yelling and screaming are the norm. At my residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Indidianapolis, things were totally different. Residents and and medical students were treated with the highest level of respect. The doctors produced here I believe are of a higher calaiber as a result of their training. You strike me as one of these outstanding attending pysicians that make a major impact in producing the highest quality future doctors. Thank you for all your efforts. Yabooo I only wish I had had more attending physcians such as yourself. Most of my life as a medicical student was beigng belittled and yelled at. I don’t know how many times I was told I was a fricken idiot, not only individually but also in front of patients. This was at the Medical college of Wisconsin where yelling and screaming are the norm. At my residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Indidianapolis, things were totally different. Residents and and medical students were treated with the highest level of respect. The doctors produced here I believe are of a higher calaiber as a result of their training. You strike me as one of these outstanding attending pysicians that make a major impact in producing the highest quality future doctors. Thank you for all your efforts.
Yabooo

]]> By: RGL http://www.medrants.com/archives/2322/comment-page-1#comment-17482 RGL Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:45:17 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/04/01/a-serious-conversation/#comment-17482 Many of us, during our training, remember one or two attendings who stand out because of the ways they taught us, not only in terms of medical information but also in how they deal with patients, particularly those seriously ill as in this composite case. Dr. Centor, not just from this interview with the patient but from his previous postings, reminds me of those few attendings I revered most. He is intelligent, well versed in matters outside of medicine, and compassionate. In short, a model of the "compleat physician" that Dr. William Osler talked so much about during his days. Many of us, during our training, remember one or two attendings who stand out because of the ways they taught us, not only in terms of medical information but also in how they deal with patients, particularly those seriously ill as in this composite case. Dr. Centor, not just from this interview with the patient but from his previous postings, reminds me of those few attendings I revered most. He is intelligent, well versed in matters outside of medicine, and compassionate. In short, a model of the “compleat physician” that Dr. William Osler talked so much about during his days.

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