Friday, September 7, 2007

Storytelling

Today I had the realization of the importance of storytelling in the field of medicine. If you're going to be a doctor, this means you are going to have to describe sophisticated, high level scientific jargon to lay people, you will have a time crunch, they will be scared and nervous, and you want to explain the situation in a manner that will allow the patient to make an educated, informed decision about their care if necessary. I am going to practice my storytelling more often now that I've had this thought!

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