Dlaczego młodzi ludzie opuszczają kraj swoich rodziców?

Italy: The Nation That crushes Its Young.  (NYT, Oct 30, 2013) Italy Breaks Your Heart.  (NYT, Oct 26, 2013) These two recent articles published in the New York Times captured my attention.  They both comment on the exodus of Italian young people, particularly males, and their travel to France, England and for more lucky ones […]

Droga do zostania chirurgiem

Girl with toy doctor kit examining teddy on bed in own room

It is necessary that a surgeon should have a temperate and moderate disposition.  That he should have well-formed hands, long slender fingers, a strong body, not inclined to tremble and with all his members trained to the capable fulfillment of the wishes of his mind.  He should be of deep intelligence and of a simple, […]

Czy chirurgia jest sztuką czy nauką?

Surgery

The practice of medicine is a thinker’s art, the practice of surgery is a plumber’s. Martin H. Fischer, obviously a medical doctor This was a picture I grew up with in my Medical School. I saw medical specialists as a group of intellectuals discussing patient’s problems in the doctor’s lounge, and surgeons talking in the […]

Jak być docenianym, a nie pochlebianym?

“The difference between appreciation and flattery?  That is simple. One comes from the heart out, the other from the teeth out.  One is unselfish; the other selfish.  One is universally admired; the other universally condemned”.  Dale Carnegie When I was Chief of Staff in my hospital, we had an unusual run of bad luck with […]

Jak najlepiej szkolić lekarzy rezydentów

On March 4th 1984, they admitted college freshman Libby Zion to the New York hospital with high fever and agitation. Despite efforts of medical intern, medical resident and attending physician, she died the next day. Her father, a prominent NY lawyer and journalist Sidney Zion, was obviously devastated. The death raised the issue of the inadequate […]