Aussie-Chinese Girl Reflects on Her Med Practitioner Journey

Was meant to post this 2 days ago but got "kidnapped" (voluntarily) by grandparents for boot camp style master classes on internal medicine and imaging interpretations 😂 (yes we're imminently entering exam period 💀).  Back to this post, I had the amazing opportunity to sit in with an incredible ICU consultant when she was having a family meeting with the pt's husband. I am not at all exaggerating when I say she has set the bar extremely high for what true shared-decision making between the healthcare team and the pt's family can and should look like. I got a real sense that the consultant truly meant it when she said "You know the patient best, certainly much better than me, and I'm asking for your help in determining the best treatment option for your wife moving forward when we take into consideration what she holds most dear in life and what's most important to her in life".  You know you did a good job when the family member / loved one / n...

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