Medicine humbles you daily, but quietly builds the clinician you’re becoming.
When did you realize medicine was shaping you in ways no exam ever could?
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Patient interactions and words of appreciation from them, like when a child with an undiagnosed developmental disorder began sitting comfortably with me from the second RCT appointment onwards. I kept the appointments very short, and she trusted me enough let her father sit outside the operatory. We are given the impression during our studies that such children can be difficult to manage, yet there she was, calm, trusting, and fully cooperative
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For me, it was realizing that a textbook ‘average’ patient rarely exists.
The real shift happened when I faced my own disc prolapse. No exam could have taught me the vulnerability of being on the other side of the table. It forced me to unlearn the idea that medicine is just a series of prescriptions and led me to MD Biochemistry to find the molecular ‘why’ behind healing. It taught me that clinical intuition is built in the gap between a lab report and a patient’s lived experience, medicine humbled me into becoming a student of the person, not just the pathology.
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that topics and way of learning should be upgraded daily
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When we shadow or intern in hospital, that’s when we realize that real medicine and patient care is different and has other many other aspects. Shadowing doctors in the hospital helped me gain skills and build something exams couldn’t teach us
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That’s a beautiful example of trust-building with patients 
. How do you usually adapt your approach when a child patient seems anxious or resistant? 
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Personal experience adds depth that no text can teach 
. How has your experience with disc prolapse influenced the way you interact with patients now? 
Continuous learning is definitely key in medicine 
. Which learning method or resource has helped you most recently? 
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When I had real life experience that time I experienced it .
writing it down and making diary and revising it
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Now, when I walk into a room, I’m much more mindful of the ‘unspoken’ symptoms: the anxiety of not knowing when the pain will end or the frustration of restricted movement. It’s taught me that a big part of our job is simply validating that struggle. When a patient feels truly heard, their nervous system actually begins to settle, which I feel is the first step toward real healing.
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I talk to the child before beginning with any procedure or even oral examination. The fear of “ getting an injection” makes the child anxious mostly. I talk to the child about his / her favourite sport and how such injuries don’t deter them form going to the sports ground again. Here you’ll only feel a prick. Most of the times the child calms down.
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Being a dentist I myself had a wisdom tooth decay requiring extraction,causing pain on biting because of the inflammation underneath the root.I never understood this concept when asking patient but when I had it I understood what the other patients were experiencing.
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I truly felt medicine shaping me beyond exams when I connected with patients’ stories and challenges.
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