An Overdue Thank You to My Role Models

Dr. Joseph Alpert said in his AJM Editorial, Role Modeling: A Personal Anecdote1 in 2011, “The term ‘role model’ refers to someone who is a colleague, often an older and more experienced individual, commonly imitated by younger colleagues.” In speaking about Sir William Osler in his book, Osler, Inspirations from a Great Physician2, Charles Bryan wrote “In speaking about those he thought highly of, Osler said they ‘have influenced the profession less by their special work than by exemplifying those graces of life and refinements of heart which make up character.’ He went on to say of Osler, “Osler anchored his stand for professionalism in the examples of those he co nsidered to have been great humanistic physicians.”
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research