Hi guys!
Hopefully everyone had some great learning opportunities this week, I know I did! On Monday, I attended one of the most inspiring lectures titled "Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story". Since the keynote speaker was Jason Schechterle himself, the lecture was considered a patient panel in discussing Schechterle's story as a patient and victim of a fire.
A former Phoenix cop, Schechterle was hit by a taxi going 115mph on a 30mph speed limit. Because of the speed and impact, Schechterle's car immediately went up in flames, and due to a "series of miracles" he survived 4th degree burns. He started the patient panel by addressing anatomical and technical components of medicine: removal of burned and disfigured tissue, pain from physical therapy, plastic surgeries worth over 4 million dollars, and transplants to cure his acquired blindness and deafness. But the significance in the telling of his story was how his health improved through a growing emotional strength. He discussed his experience with being disfigured and the toll that took on his wife and young children. Most insightful to me as a future clinician was his anecdotes of interactions with doctors because I learned that empathy is different for everyone. While some patients like to be nurtured throughout the process, others prefer to be given brutal honesty and find strength through that. This gave my understanding of narrative medicine some more depth because it's one thing to know that medicine needs humanity and empathy, but it's another to know that every patient has a different interpretation so as doctors, we must adjust our care accordingly.
At the end of the week, I shadowed at the same pediatric urgent care, and even though it was only my second visit, it already felt like home! I took some time to discuss with the head pediatrician there, and she made me realize that because the setting of an urgent care calls for the quickest clinical visits, the system almost forces a limit on the patient-doctor relationship. Keeping this in mind, I noticed that in one visit a cultural belief prevented a mom from giving her child anything cold during a fever. The pediatrician was able to make a connection and explain that a popsicle or any other frozen product might actually be the best solution for instant relief. I admired that she was able to take into account the traditional belief and simply suggest, but not force, an alternative explanation. At the end of my shift, I even got to watch a kid getting stitches! It was amazing to witness the procedure of anesthetic numbing and suturing from so close up.
Having experience in the clinic and in lectures preparing for clinic was remarkable and I'm excited to start collecting data from surveys soon, so check back in next week! Thank you for reading!
Anivarya
Hopefully everyone had some great learning opportunities this week, I know I did! On Monday, I attended one of the most inspiring lectures titled "Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story". Since the keynote speaker was Jason Schechterle himself, the lecture was considered a patient panel in discussing Schechterle's story as a patient and victim of a fire.
A former Phoenix cop, Schechterle was hit by a taxi going 115mph on a 30mph speed limit. Because of the speed and impact, Schechterle's car immediately went up in flames, and due to a "series of miracles" he survived 4th degree burns. He started the patient panel by addressing anatomical and technical components of medicine: removal of burned and disfigured tissue, pain from physical therapy, plastic surgeries worth over 4 million dollars, and transplants to cure his acquired blindness and deafness. But the significance in the telling of his story was how his health improved through a growing emotional strength. He discussed his experience with being disfigured and the toll that took on his wife and young children. Most insightful to me as a future clinician was his anecdotes of interactions with doctors because I learned that empathy is different for everyone. While some patients like to be nurtured throughout the process, others prefer to be given brutal honesty and find strength through that. This gave my understanding of narrative medicine some more depth because it's one thing to know that medicine needs humanity and empathy, but it's another to know that every patient has a different interpretation so as doctors, we must adjust our care accordingly.
At the end of the week, I shadowed at the same pediatric urgent care, and even though it was only my second visit, it already felt like home! I took some time to discuss with the head pediatrician there, and she made me realize that because the setting of an urgent care calls for the quickest clinical visits, the system almost forces a limit on the patient-doctor relationship. Keeping this in mind, I noticed that in one visit a cultural belief prevented a mom from giving her child anything cold during a fever. The pediatrician was able to make a connection and explain that a popsicle or any other frozen product might actually be the best solution for instant relief. I admired that she was able to take into account the traditional belief and simply suggest, but not force, an alternative explanation. At the end of my shift, I even got to watch a kid getting stitches! It was amazing to witness the procedure of anesthetic numbing and suturing from so close up.
Having experience in the clinic and in lectures preparing for clinic was remarkable and I'm excited to start collecting data from surveys soon, so check back in next week! Thank you for reading!
Anivarya
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