at first, do no harm.

[fleur_de_soleil]

i sat on a kitchen floor, sleepy; knees to chin with loud black scars on my ankle visible. proud. alarming.
and he casually mentioned "of course, the macmaster interview process is reknowned to be frightening and based largely on talking."
confident, i rejoindered; "have i ever really had a problem with that?"
but he went on, unperturbed my by heavy

Comments

[stace_meister]

What the doctor knows about living, is that they have taken into themself the confidence of realizing the life around them and the strength within them. You are already aware of the life around you, you have an astronomical understanding of the beauty and intricacy and systems of life, and its mystery still eludes you. This is exactly what you need. Recognize that you understand, and put your understanding into words for someone who needs to hear them. A doctor's power comes not from some magical mystical power, it comes from within. It comes from saying I Can Help, I Will Help

[poluect]

Cheer up, and read the McMaster website to get an idea of what they're looking for in the answers. They may tell you that there is no such thing as a right answer, but their marking rubric blatantly contradicts this statement. That being said, they actually supply a wealth of information to the interviewees about their MMI process. Learn to think in the 'McMaster way', and you will do fine.

"i hate that a doctor is a Respected Individual In The Community, a revered figure in a white coat."

Seconded. I am trying to get into this profession so that I can save lives and use my research to inform practice, not to become an odd sort of humanistic priest. The reality of the matter, however, is that the MD is treated as a sort of hierophant by Western culture. In order to fulfill the physician's role in society, you must therefore learn how to act in the manner of an enlightened mystic privy to transcendental knowledge. Sad, I know, but that's what the West has come to.

"do they teach you these things? i should think so, but i wonder how

[shadesogrey]

There was a line in a movie I watched that went 'I know I am dying because my doctor has stopped talking about my health and started talking about the weather.'

Can a doctor really be trained or taught how to work with and communicate effectively and sympathetically with people?

[small_pixie]

Its not so much about the information that you will have to tell people as a doctor. Its HOW you say it, and what you really feel when you're saying it. I think its how you deal with people in general, and how well you can read them. - Each person is unique in what they need right? Do you have the ability to be compassionate? Will you break down when you just told someone that their child has died or worse will you give a curt "I'm sorry for your loss" and be on your way

[v3g4n]

I arrived in your journal via the journal of bareftinthesnow, I do believe.

Your journal entries are so incredibly well written, the vocabulary so rich. You do a lot of reading?

You also mentioned travelling to Africa (and possibly other places), how did this arrive?

I'm going to add you to my friend's list if that's all right. I'd like to keep reading your journal. I seem to be all about the journals of Winnipeg people. :)