"Ethical Erosion"

I read an interesting article in the New York Times today. It discusses how the third year of medical school with block clinical rotations lead to the "ethical erosion" of medical students -- how medical students stop being patient focused and start being disease focused.

It's hard not to fall into that trap. Just earlier today, I found myself talking about my "schizoaffective patient" and my "depressed patient" instead of "my patient WITH schizoaffective disorder" or "my patient WITH depression." I think as long as I try and stay aware of how I am talking ABOUT patients, how I am talking TO patients, and how I feel about patients, it will go a long way to preventing this "ethical erosion."



P.S. On a less serious note, this blog is a hilarious insight into the last two years of med school