ARTS AND SCIENCE

OF MEDICINE
REFLECTION PAPER ON PATCH ADAMS
MOVIE
 1. WHY DO YOU WANT TO
BECOME A DOCTOR ? DISCUSS THE
REASONS WHY YOU ARE IN
MEDICAL SCHOOL? WHAT ARE
YOUR MOTIVATIONS ?
IDENTIFY A CHARACTER WHO HAS
SIMILAR OR THE SAME REASONS
AS YOURS.
WE WANT TO BECOME DOCTORS
BECAUSE OF THE FOLLWING REASONS :-
1. TO SERVE MANKIND BY SAVING
PRICELESS LIFE.
2. TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
3. THIS IS THE ONLY PROFESSION
WHICH GIVES LIFE, A SECOND CHANCE.
WE ARE HERE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY
DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS
WHO ARE IN NEED OF PROPER
MEDICATION.
AND TO STIMULATE THE INTELLECTUAL
KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNAWARE OF THE IMPROPER HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES
PATCH ADAMS
BECAUSE HE WAS DETERMINED TO BECOME A
MEDICAL DOCTOR BECAUSE HE ENJOYS HELPING
PEOPLE. HE VENTURED WHERE NO DOCTOR
HAD VENTURED BEFORE, USIF HUMOUR AND
PATHOS
 2. IDENTIFY SCENES IN THE
MOVIE THAT SHOWS THE
IMPORTANCE OF
COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND
EXPLAIN.
SCENE 1 :-
THE SCENE WHERE THE PATIENT WAS
SURROOUNDED BY THE GROUP OF DOCTORS
WHO WERE IN THE HEAT OF DISCUSSING ABOUT
THE CONDITION OF THE PATIENT , NONE
BOTHERED TO GREET THE PATIENT , AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF WHICH THE PATIENT FELT
UNCOMFERTABLE BUT PATCH ADAMS
CONSIDERED THAT GREETING THE PATIENT WAS
THE MAIN INTENT RATHER THAN THE DISEASE,
HENCE THIS SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF
COMMUNICATION IN MEDICAL PROESSION
SCENE 2 :-
IN THIS SCENE PATCH ADAMS MAKES THE
CANCER AFFECTED, LONELY, ILL CHILDEREN
ENTHUSIASTIC AND THE CHILDREN FINALY
GET OVERWHELMED OF THE DOCTORS
ATTITUDE WHICH TAKES THEM OUT OF
MENTAL DEPRESSION. HE DID NOT
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE NORMAL
AND CANCER AFFECTED CHILDREN
3.DISCUSS MEDICINE AS AN
ART AND MEDICINE AS
SCIENCE.
MEDICINE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC
STUDY WHERAS THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
SHOULD BE AN ART. COMMUNICATION IS THE
MAIN PRIMARY FACTOR IN PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE AS AN ART
THE STUDY OF MEDICINE NEEDS THE AID OF
MEDICINE BUT THE ESSENTIAL FACTORS SUCH
AS PHYSICAL EMOTIONS, TOLERANCE AND
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE INFLUENCES THE ART
OF MEDICINE.
4.WHAT SCENE AFFECTED YOU
THE MOST IN THE MOVIE AND
WHY?
THE SCENE WHEN ADAM’S CLOSE FELLOW MEDICAL
STUDENT (CARIN FISHER) LOSES HER LIFE, PUTS HIM IN
DEEP MELANCHOLY ,WHICH MAKES HIS RE-EVALUATE HIS
APPROCH. STANDING ON A CLIFF, HE COMTEMPLATES
SUICIIDE AGAIN AND ASKS GOD FOR EXPLANATION. HE
THEN SEES A BUTTERLY THAT REMINDS HIM THAT CARIN
HAD ALWAYS WISHED SHE WAS A CATTERPILLER THAT
COULD TURN INTO A BUTTERFLY AND FLY AWAY. WHEN
THE BUTTERFLY LANDS ON HIS MEDICAL BAG AND FLIES
AWAY .THAT IS WHEN HIS SPIRITS GETS REVIVED AND HE
DECIDES TO WORK ON HER MEMORY.
5.WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR DO YOU WANT
TO BE?
WE WANT TO
BECOME A DOCTOR
OF COMPASSION
AND DIGNITY
HAVING THE FOLLWING CORE
VALUES:
F- FAITH IN GOD
I- INTEGRETY
R- RESPECT
E- EXCELLENCE
6.WHAT ARE THE LEARNINGS
FROM THIS MOVIE THAT
WOULD HELP YOU ON YOUR
JOURNEY TO BECOME A
DOCTOR?
WE LEARNED THREE THINGS FROM
THE MOVIE:
BE WILLING
TO WORK THE
HARDEST
NEVER ALLOW
NORM TO
CHANGE YOUR
PASSION
DONT STOP NO
MATTER WHAT
!
THANK YOU
REFLECTION PAPER BY : GROUP 4