Takeaway
“The dehumanizing effects of the preparation for medical school, medical education, physician training, and the practice of medicine, that results in physicians who are less equipped to provide humanized care to patients. We need to help future doctors be more human.”-Dr. Margaret Chisolm, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Passion in the Medical Profession | February 3, 2023 | <1 min read
Highlights
The dehumanizing effects of the preparation for medical school, medical education, physician training, and the practice of medicine, that results in physicians who are less equipped to provide humanized care to patients. We need to help future doctors be more human.
Dr. Margaret Chisolm, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Taking mental illness among clinicians out of the shadow of stigma. We are human and deserve care and compassion just like our patients or any other human.
Dr. Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, Mass General
Physician well-being. We can’t do a great job caring for others if we don’t care enough about/for ourselves and each other.
Dr. Eric Last, North Bellmore, New York
That we have in many ways gone backward in increasing the diversity of our healthcare workforce. And this is a disservice to our patients.
Dr. Howard Liu, University of Nebraska
The built environment is a determinant of health and has as much effect on staff, patients, and families as a medical intervention - thus requiring ethical oversight and further study.
Dr. Diana Anderson, architect
Joy.
Dr. Richard Schaefer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
The families of patients who are often shut out, disregarded and/or forgotten, especially in mental health and substance use services.
Dr. Isabella Mori
The needs of older adults to be engaged, seen, and valued.