Kaleidoscope.

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On Being a Doctor20 January 2015KaleidoscopeE. Wesley Ely, MD, MPHE. Wesley Ely, MD, MPHFrom Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-1691 Audio Reading - “Kaleidoscope” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Kaleidoscope," by E.W. Ely. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail As a boy, I was thankful for and humbled by the kaleidoscope.I'll never forget the first time I saw one; I was wandering and bored while shopping with my mom. It was a dusky-brown, dented, cheap-looking metal tube. Deceptively simple and understated. What riches lay there with a mere gaze and rotation into the light? Turn the wheel and witness red shards, turn again and see orange flowering, next yellow explodes into view, then blue seeping into the scene. From then on, I asked all shop owners whether they had kaleidoscopes.So often now, we hear of physician burnout. ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.Corresponding Author: E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Health Service Research Center, 6109 Medical Center East, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37215; e-mail, wes.[email protected]edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Kaleidoscope” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Kaleidoscope," by E.W. Ely. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBaptism in the ICU 20 January 2015Volume 162, Issue 2Page: 152-153KeywordsAntibioticsComputersCongenital heart defectsHabitsOxygenRacial and ethnic issuesSafetySepsisShouldersTransplantation ePublished: 20 January 2015 Issue Published: 20 January 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...