Our Achilles’ Heel: Vulnerability and Medical Uncertainty Academic Medicine Podcast

Rather than sheltering me from the rigors of doctoring, the museum has deepened my relationship to medicine by restoring its inherent mystery. It reminds me that the reality of our patients will always exceed our understanding of them.
Kain Kim reflects on how teaching the humanities can help normalize uncertainty in medical training.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the March 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.