Thread by @tylerblack32

To all health trainees, there is an important lesson to be learned that will one day present itself to you, and if you aren't met with wisdom, kindness, and experience, can crush you.

"Not everyone can be saved."

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This lesson doesn't care if you work with children. The lesson disregards motherhood. The lesson disregards kindness or generosity or even fairness. It can disregard your effort or even following all the best advice.

Medicine, unfortunately, is cruel in this way.

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Your efforts should always be directed at the core of:
* Providing the best care with best effort
* Advocating for your patients needs
* Reducing barriers
* Respecting autonomy

But, unfortunately, all of these things are not magical, and they do not negate the lesson.

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I know some doctors that are well into their training who still have yet to truly wrap their heads around the lesson, and, of course, students and trainees that get overwhelmed by it.

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There are times in this job where I simply gave my best and it wasn't enough, and I cried. There are times where I did all I could but something stopped the success I could see, and it hurts. I have seen unfairness that most can't comprehend, and i fill with frustration & rage./5

But to all my colleagues, my future colleagues, and to everyone who gives their all for their patients, clients, and families: you are amazing, your best is all you can do, and the lesson also carries with it an appreciation for the humility that we need.