The Red Wheelbarrow And The Six Hundred Pound Man

Patient was a ten-year-old black male who presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of suicidal ideations. With the case occurring during one of my first few shifts as a medical scribe, I was still new to patient and doctor encounter. They talked about subjects ranging from the patient’s home life and even to his favorite athletes. The doctor stayed in the room until the patient finally smiled and thanked him for listening. This was an outstanding, compassionate moment for my doctor. As a doctor, he fully took the time to respect the patient’s desire for help despite the recognizable dissimilarities in their age, race, and social economic status. I once assumed that many doctors were impassive. However, in that moment, I learned that doctors have humane feelings as well. From my observation of many doctors and my own personal accounts, I have learned that medicine is not only about diagnosing and treating patients, but also about understanding and empathizing with them. This was the moment where I fully realized that pursuing a career as a physician was what I desired. I have worked as a scribe in the Emergency Department for a year and a half and I have been fortunate enough to see many patient to doctor interactions. I have seen various cases ranging from the post cardiac arrest patients to the simple cough with rhinorrhea patients. All of the cases I have experienced have reinforced my commitment to pursuing medicine but the previously mentioned case

This article looks into the profession and personal relationship expectations professionals are expected to have with their living patiences and the deceased, as students. Before the 1960 to the 1970 's the expectations are set that the doctors are to know more, have good bedside manner, be personal but not to cross the line of developing relationships. This eventually changed to the expectations of having "an 'affective neutrality ' or a 'detached concern ' for clients". Due to the social norms of the time of persons in authority situations having a more colder demeanor to gain that power over others. There seems to be a fine line of expectations of the physicians to show sympathy, but not to care to much in worry that it would effect the decision and care of the health care being provided. Along with having control over the way a physician cares for the individuals other basic human emotions, such as disgust and attraction need to be in check at all times as well. Unity in caring for all patients is key , not only as

In the poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Willams, there are multiple different ways one can decipher a meaning about what the writer is trying to portray. This poem is particularly short, which means that the reader has to try and grasp the idea that the writer is trying to portray, with the very few words given. Specific words in this poem have a sense of love and lust, but with a twist of loneliness for those who don’t believe in it. Starting off the poem with the three words “so much depends”, reveals to the reader what the author is about to say, has a sentimental value to him. The pronoun “so much” reveals all of something that can be revealed in a certain time period. Beginning the poem with these two words allows the reader to understand how much something depends

In narrative medicine, Dr. Rita Charon asserts that, physical medicine such as, antibiotics, pills, and other medicine individuals can physical take, can cause the patient to self-diagnose their selves. Although, these medicine are supposed to heal, Dr. Charon reveals the genuine way to heal a patient. Most of the time when a patient goes to see their doctor, they are slightly afraid. Many doctors just state to the patients what’s wrong with their body, rather the patient telling the doctor what’s wrong with their own body. With the doctors doing that, this allows a disconnected feeling from the patient towards the doctor. Dr. Charon wants doctors to realize the art of listening and gaining a strong connection with the patient and not just brushing them off, which leads to more sickness and pain. Actually listening to the patient can be medicine for them. Additionally, in one American Greetings card it argues that, with peace, quietness, and calmness the healing

Physicians are highly educated individuals, who hold a respectable status in the society. However, this highly regarded status has often created an image of perfection in the eyes of the public. People often fail to realize there is numerous factors can affect physicians as much as everyone else. Ironically, they often treat patients under psychological stresses that they possessed themselves. Doctors were often taught to uphold their professionalism and learn to put off their personal struggles in the environment of patient care. Consequently, the invisible armors they wear everyday might often conceal their awareness and consciousness of their own matters that could adversely

Many institutions can provide a plethora of resources, exposure to various hospitals, and time with medical professionals. After all, these institutions are designed explicitly to create doctors of an acceptable caliber. Few institutions, however, seek to develop the healer in the doctor. Though medicine is a highly technical field with new procedures and medicine to be studied, it is a viscerally humane exercise. At the end of the day, medical professionals, especially D.O.s, must deal with the patient’s mind, body, and soul, together. This certainly cannot be done with a sterilized, objective mindset.

The importance of compassion in the health field is undeniable. Doctors must relate to their patients and speak to them with care and understanding. Through reading “The White Coat” essay as well as retrospectively looking at my own encounters with medical professionals, I have been able to see the lasting impact that a truly empathetic doctor can have. Another way

The field of medicine has transformed the lives of many people. Observing medical professionals in a clinical setting has shown me how helping patients manage their illness can be a very rewarding experience. Perhaps one of the greatest challenges doctors face is helping patients cope with an incurable illness. I see a doctor as a guide who shows a patient how to live through tough stages of life, one who prioritises patient safety and welfare.

However, the desire for community and meaningful relationships is a double-edged sword. In medicine, sickness and pain are unavoidable. As medical professionals, we strive to eliminate or minimize suffering as much as possible, but if suffering were nonexistent, our presence would be mute. This unfortunate reality poses a difficulty in pursuing a career

While both of these essays provide examples of admirable physician traits, I feel that the second piece speaks most strongly to the great lengths physicians go in order to make an impact on their patients. This student exemplifies the patience and persistence required to work with noncompliant individuals both within and outside the world of medicine. While I think the word persistent can take on a negative connotation alongside words like stubborn or nagging, I think that persistence is vital in the realm of health professions to ensure a consistently high level of care. Most striking in this piece however is the student’s ability to cast off his or her prior perception of the patient and ultimately empathize with them; I think that the student’s

“Doctors can been as vulnerable as anybody else in any profession, but is hard to relate a physician that spend years of studies inside a medical school , and put themselves on the most strenuous level of stress , to get the most sophisticated way of knowledge as physician, to cure , control disease, and expand save people’s life.”

Now he was surrounded by Dr. Edwards, Sol, Stella and his mother. He thought, ‘look at her so passive sitting in her chair. She made it through the second day of her declared truce. God, why could this not happen before?’ Interrupting his thoughts, Dr. Edwards made it a point to start a conversation, “How did you like working with me the other day?” Mauricio replied, “It was a nice but bitter-sweet experience.” Dr. Edwards replied, “Understandably so.” Mauricio related, “There is a lot of happiness and relief in your profession. But there is also a lot of sadness and heartbreak. How do you keep it together?” Dr. Edwards explained, “Well I have to overcome my emotions, if I am to do the work I do. It is kind of hard some days. I have gone to my office to cry and regain my composure. Not all patients make it, and it hurts most when the patients are Children, and there is nothing you can do for them. Some days you actually feel relief for the patients when they go. But the majority you actually help, and they heal and move on to live productive

“The Red Wheelbarrow” is a poem written by William Carlos Williams in 1921, and it first appeared in Williams’ collection of poetry entitled Spring and All which was published in 1923. One of the most famous poems of the twentieth century, “The Red Wheelbarrow” is an illustrative poem. This poem is composed of one sentence that is broken up into four stanzas of two lines each. Williams has broken down this sentence to a basic level in an attempt to paint a picture of a common image. With unusual stanza breaks and attention to language, Williams has turned an ordinary sentence into a spectacular poem.

“The roots of physician well-being are formed early. While medical school lays a firm foundation for the essential knowledge physicians must posses, it should also inculcate and promote the ideal characteristics of compassion, integrity, empathy, professionalism, and commitment to service and life long learning.”1 Doctors are people of great power, but with great power comes great responsibility. Such responsibilities and certain qualities that medical students must present are outlined by a major regulating body of medical health in the UK generally known as the General Medical Council (GMC) as evident in both of their reports “Good Medical Practice”2 and “Medical Students: Professionalism and Fitness to Practice”3 respectively. Such reports are available for medical educators, students, doctors, as well as the general public. Of the numerous qualities that must be presented, acting with Probity, Resilience, and Conscientiousness are three main features I will be discussing in this essay.

Eleven years ago, I made a promise that I would never become a doctor. Of course, I knew nothing about medicine at the time. My family could not afford health care, and I rarely encountered a physician. But that year, I watched my brother enter college and give up his passions for what would become a short-lived attempt to become a doctor. He had been lured by my parents’ stories of successful physicians who are free from financial troubles. Disturbed by these events, I made a vow not to become a doctor but instead to emulate the heroes of the stories that I preferred: characters who leave behind insignificant lives in search of something greater than themselves.