I reread most of my posts several days after I post them. It is usually
to check my thoughts and to see how pompous I sound. For the most part,
I think the point I am trying to make is made. For me, I say a lot of
things in jest and in the role of the devils advocate. As the great
lyricist Eminem said, "sometimes the truth is said in jest." What I
really want is for people to think about other's and re-examine their
positions on certain topics. It is just to begin a dialog between
people. I look at myself and ask, "what gives me the right to write
about these things?" Well, I don't know. I do have strong opinions
about somethings, but for the most part I am someone who is "on another
level" as one of my residents put it. My thinking is not in line with
the old guard or new guard, it is somewhere in between. I try to see
things from both sides and I can usually find valid points in both.
My ultimate desire is not to be famous or world renowned; it is not to be rich. My desire is to be a great educator. Someone who inspires others to develop their own thoughts and question other's thought. We tend to be so self involved about what our current positions is that we lack perspective. As a student, we see things as a student looking up; as a educator, we see things looking down. Maybe we should all come to the same level and look eye to eye. May be it should be more of a dialog than a lecture. But in order to do this, both student and educator need to meet half way.
I look at my teaching style now and wonder how to make it better. I draw from some of the great educator physicians in my past; as well as, some of my previous and current students. So those who read this and take offense to a topic or disagree with a point, I have done my job. I am not here to say what is right or wrong. I don't have the ultimate say, it is not a dictatorship. When someone writes a comment agreeing or disagreeing, I just smile; now we have a dialog.
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
My ultimate desire is not to be famous or world renowned; it is not to be rich. My desire is to be a great educator. Someone who inspires others to develop their own thoughts and question other's thought. We tend to be so self involved about what our current positions is that we lack perspective. As a student, we see things as a student looking up; as a educator, we see things looking down. Maybe we should all come to the same level and look eye to eye. May be it should be more of a dialog than a lecture. But in order to do this, both student and educator need to meet half way.
I look at my teaching style now and wonder how to make it better. I draw from some of the great educator physicians in my past; as well as, some of my previous and current students. So those who read this and take offense to a topic or disagree with a point, I have done my job. I am not here to say what is right or wrong. I don't have the ultimate say, it is not a dictatorship. When someone writes a comment agreeing or disagreeing, I just smile; now we have a dialog.
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
~Galileo Galilei
ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY: The attending perspective.
A blog specifically for medical students interested in orthopaedics and
orthopaedic residents. It is orthopaedic residency from the attending's
perspective.
