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Many clinical acts are performances and we should think of that as a strength, not a weakness, writes Roger Kneebone
I think of medicine as a performing art, although to many people the word “performing” sounds suspect, almost insulting. It smacks of inauthenticity, of putting on a mask and presenting something that is not the “real you.” This is a fundamental misunderstanding. Whenever we engage with other people, we select from multiple authentic selves. Whether it is dinner with parents, an evening out with friends, a job interview, or a clinical consultation, we are constantly making choices about how we present ourselves and gauging how those choices are perceived. Within medicine, instead of asking “when are we performing?” clinicians might ask “when are we not performing?”
Theatre, music, dance, and public speaking as with medicine are rooted in a protracted grind of rehearsal, memorisation, and preparation. You spend endless hours in practice rooms and rehears
First lady Jill Biden seemed right at home Wednesday interacting with students and praising teachers at a middle school on the west side of Salt Lake City.
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) First lady Jill Biden completes an assignment, writing a statement about herself, at Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
As Jill Biden emerged around the side of a Salt Lake County Health Department bus Wednesday, she was greeted by Comunidades Unidas members and volunteers holding a banner at Jordan Park.
“Bienvenida, Dr. Biden,” they yelled in unison.
The first lady then turned to 14-year-old Lesley Soledad, who shared with Biden how she got her name.
“When my parents came to the United States, they were confronted by the immigration patrol on the border of Arizona,” Lesley said. “They hid in bushes” near a house, and “a young girl came outside and offered my parents shelter and food.”