Medicine and the Movies
Musings from Rob Norman
Medicine is like theater, there is a lot of behind the scenes production before you enter the stage of the patient room.
Sometimes I think we should have popcorn all the time at the office, because it is like a movie with an often challenging array of characters. Most of the time I work inside a creative movie I can step into and change the plot and action, and the good guys generally win. Bit players come and go, performances light up the exam rooms, speeches and quips rivaling Shakespeare at times erupt, and the potential for drama is always at hand. Problems are handled with equanimity, and like a good plane flight, we get through any turbulence and land safely at the end of the day.
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