J. C. Sue is a practicing, board-certified family medicine physician, founder of the medical music study resource Tune Rx, and co-author of the American Family Physician article "Septic Arthritis: Diagnosis and Treatment." In addition to practicing family medicine, he practices medical musicology, and as a medical musicologist, he strives to make learning medicine fun and memorable by explaining medical concepts through song lyrics, which he shares through Tune Rx. He desires to use his other performing arts interests, including dance, juggling, and acting, to enhance his practice of medical musicology and improve medical trainee wellness through simultaneous learning and entertainment.
Memorizing and retaining the medical knowledge you need to be a doctor is one of the hardest things you can do! If you ask any doctor about their medical school experience, they’ll probably recall hours of lectures, meticulous cadaver dissections, and countless long days and nights of studying, trying to learn a ton of material in a very short time. Of course, this experience can lead to major stress, taking …
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Music as a tool for explaining medical concepts
A family medicine resident sings, “Self-Care Should Now Be Your Plan.”
Lyrics:
You’ve seen lots of deaths in the hospital.
Many patients you just couldn’t save.
You did everything you could have possibly done, but the winner was the grave.
People over you showed you no sympathy,
So you began to despair.
You just needed someone to show empathy
And some time to do self-care.
The wounds you have might be deep,
But a healer’s …
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Self-care should now be your plan
