What Makes A Good Doctor

To seek causes of disease
Why and How they occur
Discovering physiologic solutions
Are What good doctors prefer

To frequent literature review
To grasp the disease within
Name and Blame: avoided
Think and Link: can begin

To collect patient information
Acquired from far and wide
History of a patient’s family
And What old records provide

Unraveling a disease’s timeline
It’s exposure – an acquired art
Old test results long forgotten
Might answer ” How did it start?”

A detailed past medical history
A physical exam – complete
Maintaining clinical skills
By repeat and again repeat !

Test choices thoughtfully made
A process of narrowing down
Realizing the clinical context
Frames the analytical ground

Kindness and compassion
Interaction in a respectful way
Repeat physical exams oft provide
What other tests might not say

To Always seem to be available
Even when it’s hard to do
Caring about the need to be caring
To do the best that you can do