Dear Hannah: Letters from a Professor of Pediatrics to his goddaughter, starting her career as a doctor

A professor of Pediatric Medicine writes a series of letters to his young god daughter, who has completed medical school and is about to enter her residency, encouraging her to honor the innate wisdom of her heart as she gets trained in a conventional medical environment.“Hannah, you are under no obligation to simply be trained by more senior people, and then learn to copy what they tell you. You can do much better than the current system of medicine. You can change the system. You can transform the medical world simply by gently refusing to compromise your heart, and insisting upon a new standard of presence and care. You have to bring something from your side to make the situation complete, because there is a whole big piece missing that many of your teachers will not even know exists.”