Reflection Paper on “The Doctor”

Few days back I had come across an article online that has this title and it sure made an impact
to me. “Doctors need to remember that they need to be human first“. The film highlighted
the need to revisit and to focus on the humanity of a person, as all things would then follow. Just
like our patients we are just human beings. This gives us the ability to be empathic, to
understand what they may feel, their worries and anxieties, as we go through these as well. Like
in the movie, Dr. McKee and all of us would not be exempted from getting sick, but with the
great treatment given to him especially by his surgeon, he got to feel the treatment he wanted to
receive and in turn he got to better the treatment he gives to his patients. Empathy goes a long
way and this profession gives us all the opportunities to develop and strengthen this trait. As we
go along our medical training, I realize the much needed time we need to allot for our inner
workings, to revisit our attitudes and relationships as what can make us be a great doctor, is to
first be a great human being. I am very thankful po doc for this opportunity to watch this film as it
gave me the chance to reflect on who I am right now and what kind of person I want to be. I do
hope and pray that one day I’ll be a good doctor and to be one I must treat my patients as a
whole being they are, not just a limb or an ailing organ.