Comments on: Does Training To Be A Doctor Alter A Persons Character?

By: bob

bob — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:21:43 +0000

it doesnt change at all, cause the cadavers are like real dried up and stuff.
to me its just like its a fake dummy

By: kumorifo

kumorifo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:05:18 +0000

It does make one more detached, in a clinical sense. However, it just means that outwardly, the emotions do not necessarily show, but inside, they will still be present, and sometimes become overwhelming.
Some people are really detached when they are in hospital; however, as soon as they leave and go to their personal life, the entire day can hit them and they spend a while sorting through it.

By: John de Witt

John de Witt — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:32:16 +0000

It isn’t so much a hardening as a maturation. People who deal with life-and-death situations, not only in the health professions but also in the military, the police, etc., learn coping skills to allow them to detach what they feel from what they do. A soldier, for instance, would have to be insane not to be afraid of combat; but he knows that if he allows the fear to overcome his training, he and/or his squad-mates are more likely to be killed. It’s actually somewhat easier in medicine, since the doctor rarely dies from his own mistakes.