The essay aims to explore personal recovery from injury and its impact on professional practice in sleep medicine.
Descriptive narrative of personal experiences following a broken ankle.
Reflection on changes in patient interactions and empathy as a physician.
Insights gained from personal recovery are applied to patient care in sleep medicine.
Enhanced understanding of patient struggles through personal experience.
Abstract
This essay discusses the author’s recovery from a broken ankle and reflects on how the experience has informed her interactions with patients as a sleep medicine physician.