In the first week of medical school, the author reflects on a formative exercise where students drew organs on a human outline, highlighting their initial ignorance. This experience fostered humility and curiosity about patients' understanding of their bodies, contrasting the simplistic representations seen in medical settings. The article also delves into Gabriel Weston's unique journey from an arts background to surgery, emphasizing her belief in viewing medicine holistically. Weston’s struggles and insights inform her writings, as she wrestles with the mechanistic lens often applied in medicine, advocating for a deeper understanding of patients as individuals with rich narratives.
Weston's journey from an arts background to surgery reflects the tension in medicine between viewing the body as a mechanism and seeing patients as individuals with stories.
The exercise of drawing organs forced us to confront our ignorance, reminding us of the importance of humility and curiosity when engaging with patients.
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