Moraine Lake, Banff National Park
From the Clinic
Personal notes from the clinic
Not condition guides or literature notes — just the personal reflections of a physician, written along the way.
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park
From the Clinic
Not condition guides or literature notes — just the personal reflections of a physician, written along the way.
Even as a professor at the same hospital, I could not reach the outcome data I wanted when choosing my father’s surgeon. What I finally chose on was trust — and then the question came back to me.
Surgeons like to operate, a senior colleague said, and holding that back is part of the craft. What goes into recommending observation — and a night when that judgement looked wrong.
"So the operation went well, didn't it?" Why I could not simply say yes, and on marking the line between what has been confirmed and what cannot be confirmed yet.
From patient forums to AI. What is now within reach, what still is not, and why information, knowledge and judgement are three different things.
From a small moment in the operating room to the conditions that make young doctors hesitate to operate on children — and why it is not a failure of vocation.
Why this archive exists — memories from residency, a philosophy of what makes a good doctor, and the reason behind this site.