A medical student learns by seeing the system from the other side
Two doctors, both aged over 70 years, teach our rotation of medical students. They stress “old-fashioned” values, including accurate history-taking, thorough physical examination, punctuality and courtesy. In an era of high-technology medicine and high patient throughput, how relevant are these dated principles?
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I thank Jon Douglas for his mentorship.
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