ADVICE FROM AN OLD DOCTOR TO A YOUNG DOCTOR ON "KEEPING UP"
1974; American Academy of Pediatrics; Volume: 54; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1542/peds.54.3.357
ISSN1098-4275
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Medical Research Impacts
Resumo"You're young, you're full of spice and vinegar—that's good. You know your stuff too. You're up-todate—you know things that I never did and never will now. Take my advice and try to keep it that way. It'll be tough to do; make no mistake about it." He waved toward the desk he had just vacated. "You'll sit in that chair and the phone will ring, and it'll be the administrator—talking about budgets. Next mmute one of the lab staff will want to quit; and you'll have to smooth that out. And the doctors will come in, and they'll want this bit of information and that." The old man smiled thinly. "Then you'll get the salesman—the man with the unbreakable test tube and the burner that never goes out. And when you're through seeing him there'll be another and another and another. Until at the end of a day you'll wonder what happened to it and what you've accomplished, what you've achieved." "That's the way the next day can go, and the next, and the one after that. Until you find a year has slipped by, and another, and another. And while you're doing all this you'll send other people on courses to hear about the new things in medicine—because you can't take time out to go yourself. And you'll quit investigation and research; and because you work so hard, you'll be tired at night, and you won't feel like reading textbooks. And then suddenly, one day, you'll find everything you knew is out of date.
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