Finding Joy
We teach because we were once taught well – and because tomorrow’s patients depend on it
Decades after his own mentors taught him how to listen, this psychiatrist finds immense gratification in training the next generation of mental health professionals.
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There is a joy that comes from knowing that the lives we touch will, in turn, touch many others, says the writer.
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Sim Kang
I’m a psychiatrist, but on top of my clinical practice, I’ve been teaching for more than two decades. One of my most memorable moments as a teacher came from an encounter I had with a student in class.
It was in the middle of a session on “Humanities in Psychiatry” that I was facilitating with a group of medical undergraduates several months ago at the Institute of Mental Health.
