tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post7122030439754014392..comments2023-07-20T05:30:32.466-07:00Comments on In My Humble Opinion: The Rise Of The NoviceJordan Grumethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566078305685946261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-23448350893408852082012-07-31T15:01:45.692-07:002012-07-31T15:01:45.692-07:00"We learn the art of caring through a skill s..."We learn the art of caring through a skill set." Exactly. Some clinicians (and I can tell you are one of them) seem innately able to express caring as part of who they are, not just something they've learned or a cool skill they've acquired. There's a lot of debate among medical school faculty about whether you can teach empathy. I don't know the answer.<br /><br />I do believe caring lies at the core of medicine. You cannot choose medicine as your life's calling without, on some level, caring about other human beings. Medical school and then the real world have a way of stomping out this fire (although some of this may simply be part of the life process; we all tend to lose some of our idealism as we acquire experience).<br /><br />Maybe what's needed isn't to go back to the beginning per se, which implies shedding everything you've learned along the way. Maybe the real challenge is figuring out how to relight the spark, to reclaim the core that brings doctors to their profession in the beginning.older + wisernoreply@blogger.com