Open AccessOpportunistic Conversations about Eating Disorder: An Encounter from my Paediatrics Elective
Author(s) -
Brishti Debnath
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2076-6327
DOI - 10.5195/ijms.2021.1089
Subject(s) - specialty , pandemic , wish , psychology , covid-19 , pediatrics , medicine , medical education , psychiatry , family medicine , sociology , disease , pathology , anthropology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
My final year elective was starkly different to the one I had envisioned in my earlier years of medical school. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, those six-weeks were spent much closer to home. But I was fortunate in that I managed to secure it in the specialty of paediatrics, an area I wish to pursue as a postgraduate. There were many thought-provoking encounters to be had during my time in the paediatrics department. One encounter has given me much to reflect upon, as I shall discuss in this article.