COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2020

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 29 First-Person Perspectives She thinks about mortality as a former health care provider—a pharmacist. She thinks about mortality as a widow. She thinks about mortality as someone who lived through WWII, Vietnam, 9/11, breast cancer. She thinks about mortality as a grandmother. Becoming a physician means understanding the statistics and probable outcomes Becoming a physician means understanding the diagnosis Becoming a physician means facing death and disease along with treatment and healing Becoming a physician means taking responsibility for someone else’s grandmother What knowledge! What duty! What honor! What to do when it’s your grandma? Remember to find health, because you can, when studying long hours Remember to find peace, because you must, with the circle of life Remember to find human connection, because it is invaluable, especially with family, EVERY DAY Remember when you’re an unpracticed resident, or a busy attending—she might be someone’s grandma