Kohli’s Collection of Tips for Young Doctors!
Here is a brilliant collection of do’s and don’ts from different sources for our young doctors. Hope these are found useful.
- Learn to cope with uncertainty
- Challenge what you are taught, especially if it seems inconsistent or incoherent
- The most powerful therapeutic tool you'll ever have is your own personality
- Regard your knowledge with humility
- Half of what you'll learn in medical school will be shown to be either dead wrong or out of date within five years of your graduation; the trouble is that nobody can tell you which half—so the most important thing to learn is how to learn on your own
- Medicine is not only clinical work but is also concerned with relationships, team work, systems, communication skills, research, publishing, and critical appraisal
- You are in for more fun than you can possibly imagine
- Try to practice medicine with the same ethics and principles you believed in when you started medical school
- Never be afraid to admit your ignorance
- Treat your patients with the same care and respect as if they were your loved friends or family
- Cure is not what everyone is expecting from you: your patients and their families may be just seeking support, a friendly hand, a caring soul
- The first 10 times you do anything—present a patient, put in an intravenous catheter, sew up a laceration—will be difficult, so get through the first 10 times as quickly as possible
- Although you should not be afraid to say "I don't know" when appropriate, also do not be afraid to be wrong
- Cherish every rotation during your training, even if you do not intend to pursue that specialty, because you are getting to do things and share experiences that are special
- When you have a bad day because you are tired, stressed, overworked, and underappreciated, never forget that things are much worse for the person on the cold end of the stethoscope. Your day may be lousy, but you don't have pancreatic cancer