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On Being a Doctor |18 September 2012

My Magnanimous Mentor

A. Mark Clarfield, MD

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In my role as chief academic officer, one of the students popped by my office the other day asking for a letter of recommendation to support her residency application. I found myself bored by the whole process. How could that be?, I pondered, given that writing such letters is clearly a sacred duty for senior people like myself in helping their juniors. Perhaps I had been doing it for so long now that the process had become routine. Could it be that I was having a bad day? Burning out? Apparently, when practiced long enough, even rocket science can become a bit of a yawn.
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Clarfield AM. My Magnanimous Mentor. Ann Intern Med. ;157:452–453. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-6-201209180-00012

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2012;157(6):452-453.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-6-201209180-00012

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