Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Saving Lives | Building Confidence in Medical Practice

3 Jul 2024 · 0 min

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Short monologue (YouTube video) by Aaron Hartman, MD reflecting on the emotional experience of clinical practice. The speaker addresses self-doubt in early practice, stresses that the art of medicine is developed through repeated patient encounters and practice, and urges using positive energy to persevere through frustration and accumulate rewards.

Doubting yourself when you're not really sure of what you're doing and if you're able to change patients outcomes and effect change in their health. And so as you start to see more patients and really you have to practice, and that's truly the art of medicine is just building on that and building on your knowledge base and gaining in your confidence. And for every moment of frustration, there might be two of reward and, or vice versa. But you have to hold on to those and you have to use that positive energy and that positivity to build and say, hey, it's going to be okay.