[August 2000 journal entry]
I think of myself as a prompter, as leaven(ing), as an encourager re my presence with medical students, residents, academic physicians, and practicing physicians (especially with the ones with whom I am in ongoing/open-ended conversation). At the same time, I am very suspicious of the inner-workings of the medical education/practice sphere in which they/I work – to the point that ‘subversive’ or ‘revolutionary’ may be accurate descriptions of my presence. I sense that my suspicions -- or at least the time I invest in analyzing the medical education/practice sphere – exceed the suspicions of most. Perhaps my vision for medical students, residents, academic physicians, and practicing physicians exceeds the vision they have for themselves. In other words -- the more radical the vision, the less compatible with the medical education/practice sphere. I have had comparatively little experience with undergraduate pre-med students as they make the decision to pursue a medical career.
I think of myself as a prompter, as leaven(ing), as an encourager re my presence with medical students, residents, academic physicians, and practicing physicians (especially with the ones with whom I am in ongoing/open-ended conversation). At the same time, I am very suspicious of the inner-workings of the medical education/practice sphere in which they/I work – to the point that ‘subversive’ or ‘revolutionary’ may be accurate descriptions of my presence. I sense that my suspicions -- or at least the time I invest in analyzing the medical education/practice sphere – exceed the suspicions of most. Perhaps my vision for medical students, residents, academic physicians, and practicing physicians exceeds the vision they have for themselves. In other words -- the more radical the vision, the less compatible with the medical education/practice sphere. I have had comparatively little experience with undergraduate pre-med students as they make the decision to pursue a medical career.
