Patients are HUMANS, NOT lists of medical & psychosocial issues to be ticked off & d/c
The medical school system and healthcare system have an uncanny ability to suck the joy, aspirations, childlike curiosity, and genuine empathy from its students and healthcare workers. Don't get me wrong, I'm not regretting my decision to return to the system, but when you've been in the hospital for 7hr+ UNPAID and just there for the experience and your own learning, then gone home and realized you still have a Mt Everest worth of lecture content to plough through, there's no way you won't ask "why am I doing this to myself?" "am I just a sucker for punishment?" I for one am lucky enough to have personal responses to this which are "Remember that time when you saw the resus team bring someone back to life from cardiac arrest?" or "Remember when Mr B was super grateful for you spending 2hr talking to them like another human and they confided their struggles with suicidal thoughts to you first and not their treating team?" et...