Finding Meaning, Locating Hope

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In a recent workshop for GP and psychiatry trainees, participants were asked to remember the last meaningful encounter they had had at work. What emerged was important. It gave us all the opportunity to talk about parts of our role that we don’t often discuss. We were able to consider the effect on us as doctors when we are able to ‘hold’ a patient, to behave compassionately, to make a connection that matters to both parties and to find meaning — both in our patients’ experience of illness and in our own role. To find meaning taps into a fundamental human need, one which will never be filled by ticking boxes, whether that’s on the e-portfolio or as part of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

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Original Article on the British Journal of General Practice:https://bjgp.org/content/72/723/488