RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Soundtrack of a Clinic Day
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 79
OP 80
DO 10.1370/afm.240253
VO 23
IS 1
A1 Kelly, Martina Ann
A1 Gormley, Gerard
YR 2025
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/23/1/79.abstract
AB There is a hum and drum to the clinical day, sounds and rhythms that pervade physician and patient’s soundscape. We hear but we do not listen. The soundtrack of the daily grind is experienced as an audio blanket of white noise. Often taken for granted, we suggest the sounds of practice form an important role in our daily lives as family doctors. Masked in these sounds are tacit skills and auditory expertise that speak louder than words. In this essay, as 2 family doctors, we reflect on the sounds of a single day in the clinic.