Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Good Medical Practice Demands Honest Communication


British Medical Association Writing Competition runner-up and junior doctor, Lucy Mant, asks the pertinent question 'Do you know what I mean?' Lucy reflects on the times when she debated, by then grit her teeth and fronted up with the truth.
"Since I began to think more about the truth, aside from occasional feelings of teenage embarrassment, my predominant feeling has been one of pleasant surprise. Through replacing my bravado with the pure and simple truth, I have had many wonderful learning experiences."
Junior doctors and medical students can identify with and learn from these true and honestly recounted scenarios! This competition submission was published July 26, 2013 on the BMA website, click on the title link to read the full article. Other excellent Writing Competition entries are also posted on the BMA website.

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Friday, September 17, 2010

Can Burnout be Blamed for Unprofessionalism Among Medical Students?

JAMA this week released the findings of a study which looked at the toll burnout is taking among medical students.
The article is titled the "Relationship Between Burnout and Professional Conduct and Attitudes Among US Medical Students".
Hypothesis: "...professional conduct, attitudes regarding appropriate relations with industry, and attitudes regarding physicians' responsibility to society are influenced more by medical students' degree of professional distress than personal distress."
Conclusion: "Burnout was associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct and less altruistic professional values among medical students at 7 US schools."
To read more click on the title to take you to JAMA's website.
JAMA. 2010;304(11):1173-1180. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1318

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