September 10, 2025Academic MedicineOpen Access

A Doctor Who Never Forgets What It’s Like to Be a Patient

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The narrative illustrates the importance of empathy in the medical field, particularly from the perspective of patients.
Experiences from the medical student's own journey as a patient inform their approach to future practice.
Highlighting the dual perspective of being both a patient and a student, the narrative shares lessons learned.
The essay stresses that understanding patient experiences can lead to better doctor-patient relationships.

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Medical student shares experiences of being a patient, emphasizing the need for empathy in medicine.

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Medical student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; email: [email protected]; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2526-6904 First published online

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Rebecca Kaiser (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1955c9b7b07f3a06193d2 https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000006265

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Medical student shares experiences of being a patient, emphasizing the need for empathy in medicine.

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Medical student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; email: [email protected]; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2526-6904 First published online

A Doctor Who Never Forgets What It’s Like to Be a Patient

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