When embarrassment is a teacher in medicine

When I arrived in the U.S. as a young physician in the early first week, I didn’t know what “passed out” meant. Or “threw up.” My English was polished—British-style, courtesy of Indian schooling—but I wasn’t prepared for American slang, accents, or sports metaphors. So there I was in a Philadelphia hospital, fumbling through a patient

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When embarrassment is a teacher in medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

 

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