An ode to great clinician-educators

When asked to describe my career, I consider myself primarily a clinician educator.  Recently I have reflected on the influences that allowed me to have a successful career doing what I love.  This post is not meant to mention all those influencers, but just some that I recall often.  As I have thought about this post, I quickly realized that all the “heroes” that I recall focused on clinical education.  Students and residents show great respect and love for the great clinician educators, while too often these same clinician educators get less respect from medical school administration. When I started my third-year internal medicine rotation, I had no idea that I would become an internist.  That first rotation I had a resident who taught us to think.  He would present us patient cases to diagnose.  I fell in love with internal medicine that month. Dr. Orhan Muren was a pulmonologist from Turkey.  He taught me enthusiasm as key feature of teaching.  He taught us acid-base (which to this day is a major teaching hobby).  As an intern in the ICU, he took me to the bedside and taught me the pulmonary physical examination. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Education Gastroenterology Hospital-Based Medicine Nephrology Source Type: blogs