By teaching others, you challenge your communication skills and ensure you are absolutely up to date with your own medical knowledge. Medicine really is an endeavor of life-long learning.
This weekend I was honored to participate in the Medical School graduation ceremony of Dr. Elena Vega, a bright and driven woman who has been accepted into a surgery program in New York. She hopes to also train in Plastic Surgery in the future.
Dr. Karen Horton "guest hooding" Dr. Elena Vega at her Medical School graduation - June 7, 2009, California
This student spent two separate month-long rotations with me in my private practice and excelled in her clinical and surgical skills, learned a great deal about everything I do in my practice, and was inspired to pursue surgical training herself!
Congratulations to Dr. Elena Vega. I welcome her to the medical community as a colleague and peer.
