Sin-Eaters
Academic Medicine Podcast
English - April 26, 2021 11:00 - 4 minutes - 10.1 MB - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness Medicine education faculty learners medicine physicians policy storytelling trainees Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"I was his sin-eater. In this moment of vulnerability, I was attempting to take his ills away, alleviate his pain, and internalize his grief. I had hope for his healing, but I knew his fate."
Gillian Naro, first-year resident of internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, draws comparison between a medieval Welsh tradition and modern-day physician burnout.
This essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the March 2021 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.