Quotations by Carrie Beckwith-Fellows
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Junior doctors teach us skills we cannot learn ourselves. They laugh with us and cry with us. They become our closest ally when we are facing our hardest battles. To every junior doctor fighting for recognition, I value you.
Junior doctors teach the complex patient how to survive the system. We have to be knowledgeable about our conditions so that we can help doctors to provide the appropriate care. They encourage us to be assertive and say no to treatment we know will cause us harm. They teach us how to communicate with doctors so we can work together. Without junior doctors we would not develop the skills needed to navigate the unique doctor/patient relationship. In return, the complex patient helps the junior doctor to think outside the box. We teach them that medical zebras do exist and that medicine doesn't always follow the rules. Because of us they are diagnosing others sooner. They learn that sometimes patients do know best and that a successful outcome can result from a doctor admitting they do not have the answers.
People are unaware that they are teaching children to mask, and they are unaware that how much harm it does to our sense of identity
I am autistic, and this is my unique voice