Following are five essays written by students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine who participated in a program called: “A Whole New Doctor.”
Jack Penner is a fourth year medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and soon to be Internal Medicine resident in UC San Francisco's Primary Care Track. Since seeing the impact of coaching on his resilience, empathy, and leadership, he has leapt head first into helping medical students become compassionate caregivers and healthcare leaders. He and his coach, Dr. Margaret Cary, have built a program for medical students that pairs them with executive coaches in their undergraduate and graduate medical education. Their work together has been featured in the Washington Post, The Harvard Macy Institute, and multiple healthcare publications as they work to transform the training of tomorrow's doctors.
Following are five essays written by students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine who participated in a program called: “A Whole New Doctor.”
My first experience with coaching came weeks before I would strap into the catapult. I was mulling on a list of insecurities and anxieties about stepping into the nuance, uncertainty, and emotional challenges of patient care.
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