How to deal with devastating criticism
“Why don’t you just get a shotgun and blow his brains out next time? Better yet, next time stay the hell away from my patient!”
I was frozen, and the ICU attending wasn’t even talking to me. My co-intern had barely started her presentation when she met damnation. Mind you — there was a senior resident, a pulmonary fellow, and a team of nurses caring for the patient also. Yet the intern bore the brunt of the criticism. Health care is often like this and can feel like a dog-eat-dog world with a rigid hierarchy and archaic rituals.
I still find myself thinking about my internship in 2008, a monumental year in my path to becoming a physician. I worked long hours, had profound teachers, forged lifelong friendships and was privileged to take care of the underserved in New York. Despite this, I also had some interactions that left me on the verge of tears, shaking with anger and doubting whether I could truly be a physician.
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