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Shelsey Weinstein
I immediately jumped at the opportunity to explore the importance of compassion-centered care. Not only is there strong evidence to show that patients do better and are more compliant when they know their doctors are committed to their treatment and health, but there are obvious cost, outcome, and satisfaction rewards to our health-care system as a whole if we work to train doctors that treat patients with compassion. Like many of my classmates, the key component of medicine that I look forward to is the opportunity to build relationships with my patients. As a first-year, as I embark on the heavy science, the fellowship is a perfect avenue through which I can keep exploring the human side of medicine that so many of us value and look forward to each week with On Doctoring. I think the opportunity to study what this enigmatic piece of doctoring that we call compassion is really exciting. Even more, in order for Geisel students to give the best care to our future patients, it is important that we bring back the observations and knowledge we gain through this fellowship in an instructive way for our classmates.
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