How Doctors Think
(Jerome Groopman, MD)| Introduce yourself. Give a background of where you have worked in the past and any other information you like. Help others in your group understand more about who you are and how your past experience influences how you approach this book. Please respect a certain level of confidentiality with what is written... we need to create a trusting environment so the entire group feels free to professionally present their opinions, questions, thoughts, and reflections. |
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ReplyDeleteHello. I am Nikki Kulinski... I am a member of every group (there are 5 groups! You will only be able to see your own group.)
Pharmacy Background: I graduated from UW-Madison from pharmacy school and completed a residency at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. I still continue to staff at the hospital on weekends and precept PD4s on rotation one morning a week. I also have worked at Walgreens for 8 years.
Regarding the book club and why I am excited to read: I am very interested in the processes/continuum of learning in health-care professionals. Connecting the dots... building bridges from lecture material to applied learning simulations... to experience shadowing and mentoring on rotations... and then into practice. How can we best teach and learn and grow as practitioners. And how do we work as a team?? Be accountable?? Challenge each other in a positive way and promote our profession.
Hey guys, I'm Laura Voss.
ReplyDeletePharmacy background: Went to UW-Madison for undergrad, decided to go into pharmacy after spending a year as an art major and for a project I had to fill fish oil capsules with different dyes. I worked 1 year for Pharmerica which is a long term care pharmacy in Fridley, 6 months at a Walgreens pharmacy in Coon Rapids and now I'm an intern at Fairview Pharmacy here on the U of MN campus.
I'm excited to read the book because it gives me a chance to actually read a book during this busy semester of school. Also, it's eye opening to see how practitioners think since I always wonder how others make their decisions. I can empathize with the mistakes they make due to time crunches or not thinking of the extreme situations that can occur.
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteI'm Jason Brunko. I graduated from UW-River Falls in 2008. I went back to finish my degree in psychology and complete pharmacy pre-reqs after spending a decade in retail management. I have worked four years as a retail tech at Walmart (intern now).
I would echo Laura's reasons for reading the book. I wanted to do something a little different this semester, I am typically not much of a reader outside of anything related to school (unless Sports Illustrated counts). Also, I checked out the book and liked the topic. As busy as we are as students and working in our chosen field, I think it is practical and important to look beyond the scope of pharmacy. Physicians make decisions that impact our patients and career. Understand the process, the obstacles they face, and the feelings they have as part of making decisions will only make pharmacists a better part of the health care team.
Hi everyone! I graduated from the University of Minnesota - TC in 2009 with a BS in Biochemistry. My first pharmacy experience was working at CVS Pharmacy in St. Paul. After working at CVS for about a year, I volunteered at U of M Medical Center - Fairview in the pharmacy, where I delivered medications. Currently, I am an intern at HealthPartners in St. Paul, where I work at the outpatient pharmacy in the clinic. I have been working there over 2 years and i love it!
ReplyDeleteOne reason I wanted to join the book club, was that I enjoy reading. Unfortunately, I don't always have time to read, so I figured this would be a perfect opportunity for me to read a book (besides a textbook!). The topic of the book sounded interesting, as I hope to interact with physicians as a pharmacist in an ambulatory care or clinical setting. At HealthPartners I often interact with physicians, and reading this book may help me understand why they make their decisions and how they interact with their patients. Also, it will help me learn more about the healthcare system. Finally, learning more about how doctors think will help integrate healthcare professionals and improve patient care outcomes.
Hello, I'm Shelly Nippoldt.
ReplyDeleteI knew that I wanted to be a pharmacist pretty early in high school, so I started working at a Walgreens in Roseville when I turned 18. I ended up working there for two years, and then I got a job at Woodwinds Hospital inpatient pharmacy in Woodbury. I've been at Woodwinds for about three years now and I really enjoy it.
I also really enjoy reading, and I wish I had more time to do it! This book not only gives me an excuse to do some non-textbook reading, but hopefully it will also provide some insight as to how doctors think (unless the title is really, really misleading. . . ). I think this book is relevant to us as future healthcare professionals. I witness lots of pharmacist-doctor interactions at work, and I've noticed that these interactions aren't always the most pleasant of exchanges. Maybe a look into what is really going on in doctor's minds will help me interact with them more effectively in the future. On a more personal note, I am also really excited about this book as a patient. I tend to clam up when I'm in a doctor's office and I often walk out the door with regrets about things that I didn't mention. I think this book will provide a lot of insight on the human aspects of being a doctor that I've never thought of before. Hopefully, changing my conception of doctors will allow me to better interact with them on both a personal and a professional level.
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am Geeta. I was born in India but left when I was very young and lived in Nigeria for a while, then moved to Trinidad where I got my undergrad degree and met my husband. I then came to the US to go to grad school and dare I say when that was! This is a small group so I will take the plunge. That was back in 1985 when some of you weren't even born yet. Anyway, i am here in pharmacy school and except for exam days, love it. I always wanted to be in the healthcare field and as they say, it's never too late!
I really wanted to read this book. My father was a doctor, my sister is a doctor and now my son is in medical school. And as a pharmacist, I expect to work very closely with doctors one day. I love to read stories about doctors helping people and am always curious about the kind of training they receive (or not receive) about human interactions and empathy. I am looking forward to reading this book and sharing ideas and opinions with my classmates. I think this book club idea is great.
Hi everyone, I am Julie McDevitt.
ReplyDeleteI went to undergrad at Gustavus Adolphus College with no intention of being a pharmacist. After graduating with a Biology degree, I got a job at a pharmaceutical manufacturer as a quality assurance auditor and a quality control analyst. I became interested in becoming a pharmacist after talking with a pharmacy student who was going to the UofM. I had my first real pharmacy experience this summer during the IPPE. I found out quickly how much I needed to learn, so got a job this fall as an intern at a Walgreens.
I was interested in this project because I love to read and I have a long bus ride to and from school every day. I also thought the book had a great topic as well. As a patient, I have always wanted to know what doctors were thinking in their heads. As a future pharmacist I wanted some insight into the thought process of physicians to better understand where they are coming from. I think physicians and pharmacists can be in some similar situations, especially when talking with patients, so I was hoping to get a few tips from the author's experiences. I have enjoyed the book so far, and am excited to read the rest on my future bus rides.
Hello fellow bloggers,
ReplyDeleteI'm Will Clapp.
I've worked for an independent pharmacy for two summers and followed that pharmacist when he sold his pharmacy to a grocery store. I've worked at Hy-Vee for the past two summers as a clerk and a tech.
I'm excited to read this book, because I am very interested in hearing stories of how a student applied something learned in class to a real world scenario. I really enjoyed the first chapter of the (successful in school) intern freezing when presented with a patient. I am looking forward to stories telling how a doctor thinks where the way a pharmacist thinks would be different.
This is off topic, anyone is welcome to respond, but I see Will Clapp is aboard this ship...Will, I know you are a huge Brad Childress fan, I have two questions for you tonight...1 Randy Moss, did did Chilly act alone? 2. of the the hall of fame caliber coaches that are Dennis Green and Coach Childress, who is the better of the two? I will hang up and listen...
ReplyDeleteWell Jason, I can't help but to relate the story of Alter's resident (Chapter 3 page 72) to Brad Childress. The resident (Childress) was wrong on his first diagnosis (not challenging the GB TD last week) so the resident decided to relate that thought to his next diagnosis (Childress' horrible challenge against the Patriots) which was also incorrect.
ReplyDeleteThe fresh out of school doctor scenario was something that hit me a little bit by surprise. Being on my own as a pharmacist and having to make my own decisions without someone constantly there to confirm what I think is a little scary. The outcome from decisions matters to patients and could change a patient's life. It's interesting to think that physicians or others in the medical field probably feel the same way when they start out. At the same time, the new physician diagnosing Groopman's hand problem seemed to have a more open mind than some of physicians that had many years of experience.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if the introduction counts as one of our 10 posts? At first I thought that it shouldn't, but I think most of us did a lot of reflecting during our introductions, making them "significant contributions."
ReplyDeleteShelly, I'm not sure if the intro counts as a post - but I think it should! Is there any way to view all of the posts you made, rather than having to scroll through all of the threads and finding your posts??
ReplyDeleteJulie, I agree that it seems really scary to be in school one day and then out on your own the next. I plan on doing a residency, which I look at as almost a year of practice and extra training before I'm on my own, but even then I wonder how confident I will feel during my first few months working. I was really glad that the author included the story of the young physician having a fresh approach and correctly diagnosing his hand, because I really believe that there are pros and cons to being a young medical professional. A lot of patients or older practitioners may be skeptical of younger physicians or pharmacists, but as this story demonstrates, they offer a fresh perspective and have been trained differently, and I think that they have a lot of positive attributes to offset their relative inexperience.
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