Barriers to Optimal Patient Care: My Syrian Refugee

26. March 2016 The Narrative 2
(Note: This encounter took place in the context of a Medical Interpretation Appointment.) Mr. W is an elderly man currently enrolled in French classes, hoping that he will become more functionally independent as he improves. He frequently commented about forgetting what he would learn in class, explaining that his mind always wanders back to his family ...

On Humility

26. March 2016 The Narrative 2
Time, and time again residents tend to give us, medical students, the same piece of invaluable advice: stay humble. On one occasion, one resident said: “when you’re on the wards, seeing one case after the next and making diagnoses, you’ll feel like god. That’s dangerous. So stay humble.” As a first year medical student, I ...