I think empathy and compassion are the two most important reasons I am a good cardiologist. Not publications, not leadership positions, not titles, not where I trained. It’s because I look at every patient as if they were MY family member. Because they *are* important to someone.
Patients are scared, they are looking to us for help. They need us to listen. All of the brilliance in the world, doesn’t trump the power of listening to your patients
So for any trainees/med students worrying about the stress of where you match/ how many papers you have/feeling overwhelmed with the rat race / just know that all of that disappears when when you see how much you’ll impact your patients lives ❤️❤️
And just a PSA: when your patients complain of palpitations, please don’t tell them it’s just anxiety. I’ve had 4 women just month this happened to. I got a monitor - all 4 have afib. We must listen to patients ❤️

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