The Death and Birth of a Physician
Academic Medicine Podcast
English - January 13, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 10.6 MB - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness Medicine faculty learners policy education medicine physicians storytelling trainees Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Maybe the beauty of medicine and being a physician isn’t being able to solve every problem and prevent every tragic outcome ... but being there and supporting the people who need us, every step of the way."
Pre-med student Marin Langlieb (@mlanglieb) recounts 2 experiences, the loss of her childhood pediatrician and mentor and the openness of the people at a community support group, that taught her about the true role of a physician, as she embarks on a career in medicine.
This essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the January 2020 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.