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A doctor’s reflection: 25 years of mentoring and pride in medicine

"I want you to be proud of me," my intern replied when I asked what he wanted to get out of the rest of his year. We were wrapping up the first two weeks of July—his first two weeks of…

“I want you to be proud of me,” my intern replied when I asked what he wanted to get out of the rest of his year. We were wrapping up the first two weeks of July—his first two weeks of being a doctor—and having our end-of-rotation feedback session. However, he had just flipped the tables on me. His comment was the type of jolting response that made me rethink my …

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A doctor’s reflection: 25 years of mentoring and pride in medicine