The father of abdominal surgery would be proud of you.
Theodor Billroth on Doctors
A person may have learned a good deal and still be a very bad doctor who earns no trust from patients. The way to deal with patients, win their confidence, listen to them (patients are more eager to talk than to listen) and help them; console them, get them to understand serious matters: none of this can be read in books. A student can learn it only through intimate contact with his teacher, whom he will unconsciously imitate … The patient longs for the doctor’s visit; his thoughts and feelings circle around that event. The doctor may do whatever is necessary with speed and precision-but he should never give the impression of being in a hurry, or of having other things on his mind …
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (1829 – 1894)
Prussian-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician.
Also look at your patients. Have facial expressions.
Hint, Suneel
Raise your laptop a little higher so that you are on eye level with the camera. At this present angle, you are talking down to us, your audience.
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sue
Spot on Suneel,
The father of abdominal surgery would be proud of you.
Theodor Billroth on Doctors
A person may have learned a good deal and still be a very bad doctor who earns no trust from patients. The way to deal with patients, win their confidence, listen to them (patients are more eager to talk than to listen) and help them; console them, get them to understand serious matters: none of this can be read in books. A student can learn it only through intimate contact with his teacher, whom he will unconsciously imitate … The patient longs for the doctor’s visit; his thoughts and feelings circle around that event. The doctor may do whatever is necessary with speed and precision-but he should never give the impression of being in a hurry, or of having other things on his mind …
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (1829 – 1894)
Prussian-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician.
James, thank you…what a great quote! Regards, Suneel