I Miss Patient Care

Although teaching for this month is an awesome experience and a lot of fun, I realize I miss patients. I miss those dynamic interactions, both professional and personal - the rapport, the listening, the behaviors, the facial expressions, the questions, the trust. For nearly all physicians, patient interaction is why they entered the practice, the part they find most satisfying and most rewarding. Though I love what I'm doing now and think it's building a crucial skill set for me, I do miss working with patients. Medicine, after all, is a service profession.