RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Immortality of Ms Jones
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 373
OP 374
DO 10.1370/afm.1645
VO 12
IS 4
A1 Gallagher, Timothy
YR 2014
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/4/373.abstract
AB When I began my medical student clinical rotations, I quickly became overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy. While the doctors around me conjured appropriate diagnoses and treatment approaches, I fumbled with the only tools I possessed: my time and a smile. It was only when I met the patient Ms Jones that I came to understand the potential impact of these simple tools. My encouragement became part of her recovery process. She gave me the confidence to construct this ability of comforting patients into a small platform of confidence from which I could safely venture to educate patients or suggest treatments to residents. It could be something that I could reliably fall back on in times of doubt and something I could pass along to other people I met.