A Simple Guide To Medical Life Lessons Of A Doctor

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Medical Life Lessons of a Doctor from the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases

Skills and Passion
More than just being book-smart, patients want a doctor who is talented at what they do
The Art of Observation Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the author based his Sherlock Holmes character on a Dr Joseph Bell a famous lecturer in the University of Edinburgh who was famous for his ability to deduce the patient’s occupation and recent illness just through observation of the patient.

Dr Joseph Bell was not only an excellent diagnostician but also an extremely good teacher. Dr. Bell observed the way a sailor walked was completely different from that of a soldier.

Also the tattoos on a sailor might assist him in knowing where the sailor may have travel to.

By listening to for small differences in a patient's accents help him identify where they were from.

In addition observation of the calluses or other marks of the hands of his patients could help him determine their occupation. "In teaching the treatment of disease and accident," Dr. Bell stated, "all careful teachers have first to show the student how to recognize accurately the case.

The recognition depends in great measure on the accurate and rapid appreciation of small points in which the diseased differs from the healthy state.

In fact, the student must be taught to observe.

To interest him in this kind of work we teachers find it useful to show the student how much a trained use of the observation can discover in ordinary matters such as the previous history, nationality and occupation of a patient." As a medical student in our local University, this importance of observation was particularly emphasized by a story about our own Professor of Medicine Gordon Arthur Ransome.

Apparently he was making a ward round with a group of medical students and stopped at a bed of a patient with diabetes.

He asked the students “What is the best way to diagnose diabetes in a patient?” Before they could answer him, he dipped his finger into the patient’s bottle of urine and licked a finger in front of his horrified medical students.

“That is how you diagnose diabetes by tasting his urine.”

The students followed his action only to be told that he has dipped one finger into the urine and another finger into his mouth.
Professor Ransome was teaching the students on the importance of observation as one of the important lessons in medicine. “I want you to spend time to observe and establish rapport with your patient and show the patient that you are more interested in him as a person and not just as a patient”
Professor Ransome

Curiosity and Methodology
Good doctors are curious.

A good doctor should be eager to work to determine what is going on.
The doctor tells the patient what he or she needs to know clearly and in a forthright fashion.

Listening Being a good listener is critical to being a good doctor

Listening skills are important in getting a history from patients and also in social life.

A listening ear is always needed by most people who has problems at home and at work.
Always look direct into the patients’ eye when you are listening. Communication
Good doctors are good communicators

In order to treat and diagnose a patient it is important to communicate with the patient well. Treat every patient with the respect you would want them to show to you. When it is their turn to enter the consultation room, call them by their name rather than by a number.
This is a person that you are dealing with you, not a case.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Skills and Passion
Chapter 2 Curiosity and Methodology
Chapter 3 Listening and Communication
Chapter 4 Thoroughness
Chapter 5 Focus on Common Conditions
Chapter 6 Professional Attitude
Chapter 7 Knowledgeable
Chapter 8 Humanity and Compassion
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Apr 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463240922

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 70. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical disorders. He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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A

Simple

Guide

To

Medical

Life Lessons

Of

A Doctor

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2020 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Medical Life Lessons of a Doctor from the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

(What You Need to Treat Medical Life Lessons)

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

My diagnosis and treatment capability has improved tremendously from my continued education.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Skills and Passion

More than just being book-smart, patients want a doctor who is talented at what they do

The Art of Observation

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the author based his Sherlock Holmes character on a Dr Joseph Bell a famous lecturer in the University of Edinburgh who was famous for his ability to deduce the patient’s occupation and recent illness just through observation of the patient.

Dr Joseph Bell was not only an excellent diagnostician but also an extremely good teacher.

Dr. Bell observed the way a sailor walked was completely different from that