Today, we had a little ceremony remember the last year and a half of medical school.
We've worked through OSCEs, standardized patient encounters, practice USMLE Step 1s and countless exams, all for one purpose - to make it out and care for people.
It was wonderful today that we were able to give thanks to our SPs. Standardized patients act as proxies for the countless patients we will see as clinicians, and they help us to grow our skills as not only a future clinician but as a human being.
I still remember some of my very awkward SP encounters; how do I perform that exam again? where do I palpate? when should I use the drape? how can I phrase this so that my patient is most comfortable?
Through all of our awkwardness, our SPs gave their best effort to teach us and evaluate us, to help us to grow. It was very cathartic to be able to hear them speak about how we have grown, and for us to be able to thank them as a class.
One of our SPs said something very striking to me, that really stands true in my eyes; "It takes a village to make a doctor." How true that is I never would have understood before beginning this process.
After the SP awards, our clinical skills/Doctoring professor gave all of us a pen light, dimmed the lights while we all illuminated our pen lights and reminded us of some things. We all have each other. We're all here to be the best physicians we can be. We will all work to act as lights in the world, brightening lives with education, care and compassion.
We've worked through OSCEs, standardized patient encounters, practice USMLE Step 1s and countless exams, all for one purpose - to make it out and care for people.
It was wonderful today that we were able to give thanks to our SPs. Standardized patients act as proxies for the countless patients we will see as clinicians, and they help us to grow our skills as not only a future clinician but as a human being.
I still remember some of my very awkward SP encounters; how do I perform that exam again? where do I palpate? when should I use the drape? how can I phrase this so that my patient is most comfortable?
Through all of our awkwardness, our SPs gave their best effort to teach us and evaluate us, to help us to grow. It was very cathartic to be able to hear them speak about how we have grown, and for us to be able to thank them as a class.
One of our SPs said something very striking to me, that really stands true in my eyes; "It takes a village to make a doctor." How true that is I never would have understood before beginning this process.
After the SP awards, our clinical skills/Doctoring professor gave all of us a pen light, dimmed the lights while we all illuminated our pen lights and reminded us of some things. We all have each other. We're all here to be the best physicians we can be. We will all work to act as lights in the world, brightening lives with education, care and compassion.
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