I am a resident physician in Family Medicine. As a requirement for the program, every resident is asked to submit a project detailing a way to make the program better. Most of my fellow residents do their project on ways to improve efficiency. Others choose to improve the scientific knowledge of the fellow residents. I wanted to do something a little different. I have personal experience with cancer as the family member of a patient. As such, I feel I have a unique perspective as to the doctor patient relationship. During my family's ordeal, we had some amazing experiences with doctors. Some of our other experiences, though, were horrible beyond imagining. As such, I wanted more for myself and my fellow residents. That being said, I wanted to put together a presentation with thoughts from actual patients and their families. I was hoping to find out what they actually think about their doctors both good and bad. I want myself and my fellow residents to learn how to better approach patients.
That is where you come in. As people who are surviving cancer every day, your lives are intermeshed with your doctors. So what do you really think about them? What do you like? What do you hate? If you could change one thing about them, what would it be? If you have any information such as opinions, stories etc you could send my way, I would really be honored. I would also appreciate any video clips on this subject. I know this is asking a lot and I am grateful for your time. I look foward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your time.
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