by marshal | Apr 10, 2008 | Competence, Lessons Learned
During my 23 years of education, taking tests was a regular activity. These tests evaluated my aptitude and knowledge. As I moved into medical school and emergency medicine, testing increasingly assessed not only my knowledge base but also my skill level – my...
by marshal | Mar 6, 2008 | Competence, Lessons Learned
I hopped in a taxi last week to discover that my cab driver was from Kosovo. Knowing the turmoil of that region I said, “Isn’t it sad that there is so much difficulty and suffering in the world?” The cabbie gently rebuked me with these words....
by marshal | Feb 14, 2008 | Competence, Lessons Learned
The importance of learning lessons well was impressed upon me in my freshman year of medical school. A junior medical student told me, "Everything you need to learn you will hear ten times. Just learn it once!!" He also implied that failure to learn might...
by marshal | Nov 29, 2007 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Purity, Truth
I read with interest the New York Times best selling book, How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman. Dr. Groopman suggests “most errors (by physicians) are mistakes of thinking. And part of what causes these cognitive errors is our inner feelings, feelings we do not...
by marshal | Oct 4, 2007 | Competence, Confession, Lessons Learned
Discouragement comes so quickly to me. Looking at the sad state of world affairs makes me wonder, “Is there any hope?” Staring daily at the pile on my desk representing important tasks can also cause me to wonder, “Is there any hope for...
by marshal | Sep 27, 2007 | Competence, Lessons Learned, Purity
Recent golf lessons have not caused anyone to mistake me for Tiger Woods. Watching golf tournaments on television and reading golf magazines have not helped much either. But that has not dissuaded me from trying to imitate Tiger. In fact, on a par 3 hole, a tee shot...
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