Being a good doctor - life lessons - Edusurg clinics conversations - Happy Doctors day
The team Edusurg Clinics Wishes everyone a happy doctor's day and is honored to welcome one of the best teachers/guides/mentors in the field of surgery - Director - Professor Surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi - Respected Dr. Shaji Thomas sir. This inspirational and motivational video is for each person who aspires to be a good doctor. It translates the amazing experiences of Dr Thomas Sir into an interesting conversation with Dr Gunjan Desai. Sir has been a guide to Dr Gunjan Desai since his inception days in the field of surgery and still enjoys the same role in his life and career.
The video is an attempt to spread the amazing philosophies and life lessons and experiences of Sir to each and every person in our field. The video is bound to resonate with each and every one of you as it has encompassed some very commonly arising questions in our minds.
The various questions answered in the video include but are not limited to
- Why be a doctor?
- Can one be a doctor if one has no doctor in the family?
- How to manage stress in the field of medicine as a doctor?
- How to handle work-life balance
- The issue of government or institutional practice versus private practice
- How to pursue hobbies in the field?
- A very important message from sir to all the viewers towards the end.
The video will surely be of help to each of our viewers and will be a treat to everyone to learn from Sir directly. Again, we are thankful to sir for his time and sincerely hope to have more such amazing interactions with sir.
As mentioned in the video, the key message in the conversation include the role of empathy in a doctor's life, the importance of good communication skills, the hassles of solo practice versus the comfort and satisfaction of institutional or government or team practice, and the role of work-life balance and hobbies to avoid stresses in life. We hope that the video will work as a ted talk and give a positive message to all our colleagues and help everyone in their medical or surgical journey.