Thread by @medrants

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#Humility

#UncleBob dedicates this #5goodminutes to one of my medical school heroes - the late Dr. Orhan Muren. He was a Turkish pulmonologist who won the Golden Apple award from the students so many times that they had to retire him.

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He was the first educator who stimulated my love of acid-base disorders.

But the dedication is for one of his pet phrases:

"In clinical medicine, never get cocky." He taught us clinical humility before it was in vogue.

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The NY Times recently had a wonderful column on the value of humility - Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say nyti.ms/32AuoGj

So what is humility? Humility is not false modesty. My favorite basketball coach - Tony Bennett at UVa defines it this way:

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Know who you are, & know who you aren’t.

It’s not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.

“When we have been successful, it’s been more about the team, and less about ourselves.”

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I believe this trait defines the best physicians and clinician educators. Understand ones strengths and ones deficiencies. Do you know who you are and how you are not?

Humility is one reason I love @CPSolvers so much. They epitomize this trait regularly on the podcast

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Consider your role models and heroes. I hope they demonstrate humility. If you are a clinician educator I hope you demonstrate humility to your learners. Feel free to call out your role models who epitomize humility.