Jul 23, 2018
"Instead of dismissing Ms. S as another 'challenging patient,' we should have considered her concerns and inquired about her worries, discovered her fears..." First-year resident Trisha Paul reflects on a patient encounter that taught her about partnering with patients and their families to decide on mutual goals for healing. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the July 2018 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.