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Medical Curiosity and Reading with Dr. Robby Wesley
Robby Wesley, DO is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health. He completed his medical degree at The University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine at the McGovern Medical school at UT Health. After completing residency, he joined the educational ranks as a Chief Medical Resident and then transitioned to Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Wesley serves as the Site Director for the Lyndon B Johnson Outpatient Center Medicine Clinic, and also as the Quality Officer for the Division of General Internal Medicine, helping organize quality improvement and patient safety projects for residents. He is also the Co-Director of their Primary Care Career Focused Track for medical students. He was recently awarded the Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award for his teaching efforts.
Today, Dr. Robby Wesley shares with us the traits and habits of successful residents: medical curiosity and reading. First, Dr. Wesley explains that medical curiosity is what leads a resident to not just accept an unusual presentation as part of the diagnosis. Instead, look into it. Is it a rare presentation of a known disease? Or another type of rare disease? Don't leave those cases untouched. Then, Dr. Wesley recommends reading when you're most tired. If you always wait for a break or when you have time off, that will never happen. Then, your medical knowledge will just slip away. But if you read a little, even when you're tired, that information will sink in and build layers, which will pay off throughout your career.
Pearls of Wisdom:
1. When you experience medicine as both a physician and a patient, that changes your perspective of medicine because you understand the fear and anxiety of the patient. 2. When you walk into a patient's room, take five minutes to talk about life in general before you get to medicine. Get to know your patient beyond their medical issues. 3. As a mentor, don't take it for granted that the mentee understands what you're saying. Create an environment that allows for errors, discussion, and questions.
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By The Medicine Mentors at UT HealthRobby Wesley, DO is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health. He completed his medical degree at The University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine at the McGovern Medical school at UT Health. After completing residency, he joined the educational ranks as a Chief Medical Resident and then transitioned to Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Wesley serves as the Site Director for the Lyndon B Johnson Outpatient Center Medicine Clinic, and also as the Quality Officer for the Division of General Internal Medicine, helping organize quality improvement and patient safety projects for residents. He is also the Co-Director of their Primary Care Career Focused Track for medical students. He was recently awarded the Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award for his teaching efforts.
Today, Dr. Robby Wesley shares with us the traits and habits of successful residents: medical curiosity and reading. First, Dr. Wesley explains that medical curiosity is what leads a resident to not just accept an unusual presentation as part of the diagnosis. Instead, look into it. Is it a rare presentation of a known disease? Or another type of rare disease? Don't leave those cases untouched. Then, Dr. Wesley recommends reading when you're most tired. If you always wait for a break or when you have time off, that will never happen. Then, your medical knowledge will just slip away. But if you read a little, even when you're tired, that information will sink in and build layers, which will pay off throughout your career.
Pearls of Wisdom:
1. When you experience medicine as both a physician and a patient, that changes your perspective of medicine because you understand the fear and anxiety of the patient. 2. When you walk into a patient's room, take five minutes to talk about life in general before you get to medicine. Get to know your patient beyond their medical issues. 3. As a mentor, don't take it for granted that the mentee understands what you're saying. Create an environment that allows for errors, discussion, and questions.