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John's musings on the lost resource of the doctors' dining room remind me of the Doctors' Lounge at the community hospital where I began my career in the late 1970's. Before making morning rounds most doctors stopped in here for a cup of coffee, a doughnut, and what served as interdisclipinary conferencing. "Did you see Mrs. MacGillicutty in 406? What did you think of her foot ulcer?" "I think you're on the right trac...
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Thanks to Dr. Babenko and colleagues for their expansion of the understanding of the current learning and practice environment based on their and others' work on the subject. As they point out, autonomy competence and relatedness, or connection are interrelated and each merits an exploration with learners - and I would suggest, with colleagues - to find ways of ameliorating some of the negative consequences of the educat...
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The reflection piece by Dr. John J. Frey III offers valuable insights into the professional life of physicians. The author draws our attention to the disconnected workplace, in which physicians commonly practice, and the resultant professional loneliness characterized by much less face-to-face contact with colleagues and fewer informal conversations. On the other hand, relatedness and connection, as the author notes from...
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