Teaching the wounded healer

Abstract

The wounded healer remains easily hidden in a profession that implicitly, and at times actively, encourages a denial of illness. The wounded healer is, at the very least, less likely to encourage healthy habits in patients, and at the very worst, can become an impaired physician. In training, however, the wounded healer can be identified and treated before entering clinical practice. It would seem, then, that medical school and residency is an optimal time to identify and treat the wounded healer.

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Lisa Graves

DR LISA GRAVES is the Undergraduate Program Director Department of Family Medicine McGill University. Her clinical interests include women's health, family medicine obstetrics, and substance use. Her research interests include undergraduate medical education, Hepatitis C, and women's health issues.