Rewarded for last weeks call, saw Star Wars

My chief last night was this really great person who is going to be an attending at this hospital next year. She's a Uconn Med School graduate and just an overall nice person. Plus, she's a wonderful teacher, extremely knowledgable about surgery, and has a great way of explaining things to you so that it makes perfect sense. Every story she told was very captivating and I kept wanting to listen to more. It's funny how after working with a lot of different residents and attendings, I'm starting to realize exactly what it takes to be a good doctor. The most important thing to a patient or colleague is how you make them feel. That comes with listening to their concerns, validating them, sympathizing with them, and treating them like your equal. It doesn't even really require a lot of knowledge above and beyond what the average doctor of that specialty knows. Even if the patient is frustrated as hell, sick as hell, or even dying, he or she will feel like you did something if you just validate them and believe them. Or at least make them think you believe them. That's all it takes.

I mention this because I see this chief as possessing those qualities with a lot of common sense. I would trust her as my surgeon.

Also, I got some sleep last night, so I was able to come home, sleep for an hour and then go see "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith". I loved it. It really explained everything and I have to say that I have a whole new respect for George Lucas as a writer. After listening to his commentaries on the movie "THX 1123" I understand what his is going for in his films. He's very good at creating believable alternate realities. But this film was just very well made. It did exactly what that movie was supposed to do: bridge the gap between episode 2 and episode 4. I didn't think that he would do it, but he did. I can't wait to see it again.