Advice to Medical Students - your thoughts
Hi all, as a BCNA Community Liaison I have the opportunity to speak to a group of 2nd Year Medical Students at the University of Sydney next week as part of their Oncology Unit. The talk will focus o...
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Wow, so many great pieces of advice, thank you all. My focus is the person always comes before the disease / diagnosis and those small acts of kindness, compassion and understanding can make a huge difference to how we feel we have been cared for, so it's been lovely to read all your thoughts about that in particular. I also struggle with side effects post-treatment so this will be another area I will be touching on. Thank you @Unicornkisses - what a comprehensive and well-thought out list, will definitely add those in. I think I will also take up your suggestion @Romla and print out a copy of all your comments from this post for them to have a look at - good idea. Wish me luck - I hope I don't get too distracted by their footwear though @Zoffiel :D