Opinion: How the restaurant drama ‘The Bear’ mirrors working in a hospital
Many chefs describe the television series “The Bear” as an accurate portrayal of the demands of a restaurant kitchen. I believe it can also be seen as a characterization of work in a hospital, in which future physicians are simultaneously gaining remarkable skills and enduring career-altering abuse.
For my new book, “Progress Notes,” I spent a couple years observing seven medical students in an experimental curriculum. As they examined patients and learned from physicians in clinics, operating rooms, and emergency departments, I saw them shaped by positive experiences. Gracious words from patients and encouraging comments from the faculty drew them towards a specialty. I also saw students opt out of specialties because they had been mistreated, just I had been during my own training two decades ago.
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