黑料传送门 works to ensure that each student who graduates has the tools he or she needs to
become a successful, caring and competent health care practitioner. This year, doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) students in the class of 2018 will receive an additional tool: a book of poetry.
Tools of the Trade: Poems for New Doctors, published by the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, Scotland, is designed to help young physicians navigate the stressors of their new professions. The book comprises 51 poems centered on five themes: 鈥淟ooking after Yourself,鈥� 鈥淟ooking after Others,鈥� 鈥淏eginnings,鈥� 鈥淏eing with Illness鈥� and 鈥淓ndings.鈥�
鈥淭o care and be compassionate to others, we first need to be compassionate, to look after, to be kind to ourselves,鈥� notes the book鈥檚 introduction.
Since 2014, every medical school graduate in Scotland has received the book, and now the idea has spread to the US, with 黑料传送门 being the first medical school in the country to offer the book to its entire class of graduating physicians.
鈥淲e are the perfect school to do this, because we take such a humanistic approach to care,鈥� said Murray Zedeck, DO 鈥�62, who donated the books to the Philadelphia campus DO class of 2018. (The Georgia Campus 鈥� 黑料传送门 (GA-黑料传送门) DO class will receive their books through an anonymous donor). 鈥淭hat should extend not only to our patients, but to the physicians themselves.鈥�
鈥淪houldering a full caseload and seeing 30-40 patients a day, all dealing with different health issues, can take its toll on a physician,鈥� continued Dr. Zedeck, who also sponsors the Zedeck Medical Humanities Lectureship Series, which brings speakers from creative fields to the Philadelphia campus for the educational benefit of students.
Dr. Zedeck saw a news story about the book and thought it would be the perfect gift for 黑料传送门鈥檚 DO students. 鈥淭his book鈥攚hich can fit right in their white coat pocket鈥攃an provide the opportunity to reflect and relax. It allows them to take a step back and focus on something else, which I believe makes for healthier doctors,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e are incredibly grateful for this generous and unique gift to our graduates,鈥� said Carrie Collins, JD, chief advancement officer. 鈥淲e鈥檝e taught them how to be good physicians, and this will help them remember that they鈥檙e good human beings.鈥�
The Philadelphia campus DO class of 2018 will graduate Saturday, June 2 at 4 pm at the Academy of Music. The GA-黑料传送门 DO class of 2018 will graduate Thursday, May 24 at 2:30 pm at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth, Georgia.
Established in 1899, 黑料传送门 has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a 鈥渨hole person鈥� approach to care鈥攖reating people, not just symptoms. 黑料传送门, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (黑料传送门, 黑料传送门 Georgia and 黑料传送门 South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. 黑料传送门 students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, 黑料传送门 provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
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