Sometimes the big picture isn’t apparent to patients
Follow-up appointments at my continuity clinic have given me the opportunity to look at my clinical judgment in snapshots. Unlike on my inpatient rotations, where I see the same patients every day, I have to wait for a month or two to see if a medication is working, or if a patient is satisfied with their progress in physical therapy. Sometimes I have a crisp memory of my clinical decision-making …
Sometimes the big picture isn’t apparent to patients
